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13 August 2001Volume 20 Number 11
UUWWAAnewsUWA13 August 2001
Volume 20 Number 11
The University of Western AustraliaCelebrating 90 years of achievement 1911-2001
Marcus Beilby’s painting of the Somerville Auditorium …come and see it in colour (story page 11).
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 13 AUGUST 2001
Professor Deryck SchreuderVice-Chancellor and [email protected]
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While it will be a few months before theFederal Senate Inquiry publishes its report,
some critical issues have been exposed by thehearings of the hundreds of submissions.
I have now appeared twice before the Senate Inquiry – firsthere in Perth as our VC and President, and then in Sydney asthe Vice-President of AVCC. A total of 3 hours ofinteraction!
The stand-out questions which should deeply concern us allin the universities, and not least on our campus, arethreefold.
First, when and how is the Commonwealth going to developan appropriate public policy and related set of fundingarrangements, which supports a diverse higher educationsystem? The notion of one single playing field, on which weall operate, pervades public thinking. Tilting the playing field,to assist the least supported – away from the apparentlymore affluent – is the great temptation! When in truth whatis needed is a series of policy playing fields, for differentkinds of universities, with different missions, costs,operations, and outcomes.
Next, how do we convince our political masters that ourhigher education system as a whole is still inadequatelyfunded in its base grants that greater salary indexation isfully justified … and that we still do not invest sufficientlyin R & D?
Finally, with regard to our national research-led universities,which compose the Group of 8, what more can be done toestablish the reality that we are comparatively slippingbehind our international peers?
There has been considerable debate about those figures andhow they are to be interpreted for the system at large. Butin terms of the G08 alone, the picture is clear.
The Go8 Convener – Professor Gavin Brown of TheUniversity of Sydney – has indeed published (on theirwebsite and in their “Uninews”) some very revealing datawhich simply tells its own story. I here reproduce thefigures.
Focussing on the funding per student (in US currency as theinternational norm) and recognising some averaging ofinfrastructure costs and salaries, the informal table looks likethis:
• Go8 Australia ($US per student) 12,341• UBC and U of Toronto (Canada) 15,376• Chongnam and Seoul, Korea 17,521• Russell Group, UK (except for Oxbridge,
Imperial and UCL) 21,886• Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College
and University College, London 32,720• 8 State Universities in USA 35,162• 4 Universities of Hong Kong 37,965• 6 Japanese Universities 56,190
And the trend is for the bottom and the top to grow furtherapart as the Go8 universities lose competitivenessinternationally. This is very hard on our universities, ourstudents and our staff. It is also worrying for our nation atlarge, given that we do the overwhelming basic research forthis country, and given the global recognition of theabsolutely critical role of intellectual capital in the future.
Because the Go8 universities are the best funded inAustralia there is the ultimately worrying notion about thatwe can manage, or even absorb, a reduction in state fundingto benefit the sector at large.
That kind of levelling down would be disastrous for ournational research endeavour. The Australian highereducation sector rather needs levelling up.
Indeed we need a new Aussie slogan in regard to ourresearch-led universities: “If it ain’t broke, make it better”!
uplevelling
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 13 AUGUST 2001
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An intensive course in the anthropology of nativetitle at UWA attracted lawyers, miners and graziersfrom across Australia.
The three-day program for fee-paying professionalsinvolved with native title was run during the mid-year breakby Professor David Trigger and senior research fellowMichael Robinson at the Centre for AnthropologicalResearch.
“It was an experimental break from convention for theArts Faculty,” Professor Trigger said. Not a conference andnot post-graduate teaching, the unique module examined allthe anthropological issues for people working in the field.
“It was so successful, from both the perspective of theparticipants and our departments, that we are alreadythinking of running it again,” he said.
It could herald a new Graduate Diploma in AppliedAnthropology, made up of intensive three-day modules,designed for working people who want professionaldevelopment but can’t take long periods of time off work.
“Such a Graduate Diploma could include modules inmedical anthropology, multiculturalism and anthropology ofcorporations, as well as native title,” Professor Trigger said.
Of the 35 people enrolled in the course, about half wereanthropologists who needed to hone their skills in thestatutory area of native title. The other half were lawyers,employed both privately and by the government,representatives of the mining industry, a valuer,pastoralists and graziers and a member
Professor David Triggerand Michael Robinson… experimenting withflexible delivery
of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission(ATSIC).
Professor Trigger said there had been an increaseddemand for applied researchers in anthropology since theearly 1990s when issues of native title started arising.
“But some of them need extra training in the specificarea. There was a definite need for this course. And we’vebeen asked to run another one in Queensland, from wheresome of our participants travelled,” he said.
Michael Robinson, who is engaged by the University toconduct independent research for the Yamatji Land and SeaCouncil, prepared and presented most of the course He wasable to bring formal anthropological training as well aspractical experience with the Council to the intensivecourse.
“It provided a rare opportunity for all the players in thenative title arena to exchange their views. There was somevery lively discussion and the feedback has beentremendous,” Mr Robinson said.
The course covered proof of native title; the role ofanthropological research; doing anthropological research fornative title claims; practical issues; and buildinganthropological analysis and models of native title.
These course topics also included linguistic issues,alternatives to litigation, fieldwork including genealogicalresearch, the role of anthropology in a legal environment,and legal issues for anthropologists.
understanding the issues
NATIVETITLE
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 13 AUGUST 2001
The study of physiotherapy has returned to UWAafter an extended absence.
The Centre for Musculoskeletal Studies (CMS), recentlyestablished within the University Department of Surgery(UDS), is providing research and clinical training programsfor graduates in physiotherapy.
A Masters in Musculoskeletal Studies: Manual Therapy,and a Graduate Diploma in Musculoskeletal Studies: SportsManual Therapy have answered a need for continuingprofessional education for physiotherapists who have beenattracted to these new models of graduate study.
Associate Professor Kevin Singer, who heads up the newCentre, said the Masters and Graduate Diploma courses wouldbe offered as external study programs with short (three- andone-month) intensive clinical skills training on campus.
The first Masters course, with the on-campus componentbeginning next month, (September) was quickly over-subscribed. Half the students, who are already enrolled andstudying externally, are from overseas.
Classes will be run in the Centre’s newly refurbishedrooms in the Park Avenue building, while research students,completing a Masters of Medical Science (by research thesis)and doctoral studies, are working at the Centre’s UDS basein the Medical Research Foundation Building, on theWellington Street campus of Royal Perth Hospital.
Dr Stephen Edmondston, Dr Kevin Singer and Dr Garry Allison intheir refurbished teaching rooms in the old Park Avenue building.
Physios find postgradmuscle in new centre
Dr Stephen Edmondston is the Centre’s clinical co-ordinator and will administer the three components of theMasters and Graduate Diploma courses: classroom-basedclinical skills training; supervised hospital-based patientmanagement; and biological sciences, including functionalbiomechanics and anatomy.
An important feature of these courses is the interactionwith the Departments of Anatomy and Human Biologyand Human Movement and Exercise Science.
Dr Edmondston’s work is supported by AssociateProfessor Garry Allison, who, with Dr Singer, is also super-
vising research students. Presently five Masters (by research)and four PhD students are enrolled through the Centre.
“When we first came up with the idea for postgraduateresearch and teaching in physiotherapy, our cross-disciplinary model appealed to the University,” Dr Singersaid.
“We’ve had tremendous support from Professor JohnHall, UDS, who has facilitated the development of ourCentre, and at all levels of the university during ourestablishment, particularly from Deputy Vice-Chancellor,Professor Alan Robson, and Professor Lou Landau, theExecutive Dean of the Faculty.”
Dr Singer, who trained in physiotherapy in New Zealand,then completed his PhD at UWA’s Department of Anatomyand Human Biology, was elected in 1996 to activemembership of the International Society of the Study of theLumbar Spine, one of only five physiotherapists worldwideto gain membership of this research society.
He said there had been great interest in the Centre andits courses from graduate physiotherapists in the UK, partsof Europe, the Pacific rim countries, North America andacross Australia. A measure of this has been the Centre’sWebsite [www.cms.uwa.edu.au] which has attractedconsiderable attention since a major internationalconference on Manual Therapy held in Perth last November.
The main research areas being investigated in theCentre’s Wellington Street laboratories involve spinaldeformity assessment in older persons and its associationwith other risk parameters in osteoporosis, back and neckpain classification, the effects of different exercise regimeson back pain outcomes, and muscle activation patterns inpersons with particular disabilities.
Funding for these programs has come from traditionalsources including National Health and Medical ResearchCouncil, the Lotteries Commission of WA and, recently, DrAllison has received a grant-in-aid from the University ofVermont for a project on joint position sense of the spine.
The Centre is currently investigating a graduate-entryprogram for physiotherapy, which would provideopportunities for graduates with appropriate sciencedegrees.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 13 AUGUST 2001
Lest we forget” is probablyone of Australia’s most
recognised phrases.But Fred Alexander Fellow
Professor Henry Reynolds (picturedbelow) says that not all Australiansapply the sentiment equitably.
“I often find that the same peoplewho are keen to celebrate thecentenary of Federation, who celebratepast achievements and alwaysremember ANZAC Day are oftenthose who tell me ‘to let sleeping dogslie’ when I write and talk aboutAboriginal history,” said ProfessorReynolds, a research professor at theUniversity of Tasmania.
“There is a lot of resistance tocoming to terms with Aboriginalhistory. People say ‘let’s forget thepast, we must look forward to thefuture’. They want to remember their(non-Aboriginal) past but they want toforget Aboriginal history.”
Professor Reynolds makes it hardfor them.
The History Department’s 2001Fred Alexander Fellow has written 10highly acclaimed best-selling books onthe history of Australia’s indigenouspeople and their relationship with non-indigenous Australians.
His latest, An Indelible Stain? waslaunched while he was at UWA earlierthis month. The winner of the 1999Australian Human Rights Award forthe Arts, Professor Reynolds’ books
include The Other Side of the Frontier(published in 1990 and sold 70,000copies) This Whispering in Our Hearts(1992), and Why Weren’t We Told? afrank account of his personal journeytowards the realisation that he, likegenerations of Australian, grew up in adistorted and idealised version of thepast. Published last year, it has alreadysold 25,000 copies.
Born and raised in Tasmania, wherehe says it is not unusual to have aninterest in history, Professor Reynolds’first academic position was at theTownsville University College.
“I went there intending to teachEuropean history, but I found that thesenior lecturer was already doing that and Iwas told that I would be teaching a newcourse in Australian history,” he said.
His interest blossomed from there.“As a teacher, a historian and a
writer, I want to teach the communityaspects of Australian history that I thinkare not known or haven’t beenexplained before. I want to educate ona wider plane than I can just by teachingin universities,” he said.
“But I don’t want to do it in adidactic way. It becomes a bitof problem when
Ahistorythat’seasytoforget
you have views that many people thinkare strange, even heretic. It’s hardwork not to alienate people, but tosimply tell them that this is what I’vefound out and they may like toconsider it.”
He spent a week at UWA givingtutorials and lectures to AboriginalHistory students, presenting a staff-student seminar in the Department ofHistory, meeting students at the Centrefor Aboriginal Studies and, of course,delivering the Fred Alexander lecture.
In his lecture, History andReconciliation, Professor Reynolds saidthat reconciliation was a big andimportant movement in the 1990s.
“And an important aspect of it wasthat the Aboriginal people reallywanted their history to be fullyrecognised and understood and paidrespect by the non-Aboriginalcommunity,” he said.
He talked about the difficulties ofincorporating the Aboriginal view intohistory because it changed so manythings.
“As we saw, the Mabo judgment wasabout changing history as well aschanging law. Something like that can
have dramatic consequences.”
“
Ahistorythat’seasytoforget
“People want to remember their(non-Aboriginal) past but they want
to forget Aboriginal history.”
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 13 AUGUST 2001
Domestic violence, mandatory sentencing,Indigenous people in the justice system, road
rage … they are all in a week’s work for the CrimeResearch Centre.
Originally set up 12 years ago by Professor RichardHarding to analyse and publish comprehensive crimestatistics for Western Australia, the Crime Research Centre(CRC) plays a key role in Western Australia and beyondthrough its research and other activities in the areas ofcrime prevention, law reform and correctional practices.
Although the Centre operates under the umbrella of theLaw School, it is independent and self-sufficient. Establishedwith a grant from the previous State Labor Government, itswork is funded by research grants and contracts, many ofthem from State Government agencies such as theDepartment of Justice, the Aboriginal Justice Council,Domestic Violence Prevention Unit and the WA DrugAbuse Strategy Office.
Director of the CRC, Frank Morgan, says the centre isunique in Australia, being a blend of government anduniversity obligations and influences. The centre fulfils manyof the functions that are provided separately in other statesby government departments and universities.
Senior Research Fellow Dr David Indermaur says that,while the centre is at the cutting edge of law reform, itencompasses a huge range of activities in a rapidly-growingfield of criminology and related disciplines.
“We cover every aspect from measurement of crime totreatment of offenders, even extending to what happens tothem after they leave prison,” he said.
Before the Centre was established, no single agency ororganisation in the State was concerned with research intomatters ranging from crime victimisation to theimprisonment of offenders. Information about crime and thepublic’s response to it had to be pieced together from theannual reports of the police, the courts and corrections.This information mainly served the interests of theseagencies and did little to provide a clear picture of crime andthe criminal justice system.
The Crime Research Centre was established to fill thisvoid, to provide a more comprehensive picture of crime andto investigate more effective ways of dealing with it. Over12 years the Centre has grown and extended the ways inwhich it achieves these objectives.
Amongst many other projects the Centre has anAustralian Research Council SPIRT grant, with theDepartment of Justice, to develop a nationally valid modelfor forecasting regional crime trends.
The project will investigate crime patterns and attitudesto crime in regional and metropolitan areas and thedifferences between them. A statistical model will bedeveloped to predict small area crime trends and tofacilitate placement of cost-effective local crime preventionprograms.
... fromstatisticstosentencing —they haveit covered
The staff of the Crime Research Centre: (BACK) Principal research analyst Max Maller, senior research fellow Dr David Indermaur(CENTRE) Senior research officer Giulietta Valuri, senior research officer John Fernandez, senior research officer Nini Loh, research fellow IreneMorgan, director Frank Morgan (FRONT) Administrative officer Avril Lowenhoff, research fellow Dr Harry Blagg, director of studies, Neil Morgan
CrimeCrimeCrime ... fromstatisticstosentencing —they haveit covered
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 13 AUGUST 2001
Data gathering for a joint projectwith the Department of Psychiatry andBehavioural Science on schizophreniaand crime is almost complete.
One of the centre’s biggest contractsfor research was funded by NationalCrime Prevention and the Departmentof Employment, Education, Training andYouth Affairs. The CRC won thecontract for qualitative and quantitativeresearch into young people’s attitudesto domestic violence. It involved asample of 5,000 young people and thefinal report is to be released by NationalCrime Prevention soon.
Another ARC grant is fundingresearch into road rage, driving-relatedviolence between strangers, and crimeprevention strategies. This study isanother aspect of the centre’s alreadyextensive research into domesticviolence, involving Dr Indermaur andresearch fellows Anna Ferrante and DrHarry Blagg.
Ms Ferrante was the principal authorof a book published by the CRC,Measuring the Extent of Domestic Violence.
Dr Blagg’s area of expertise isjuvenile crime, restorative justice andAboriginal contact with the criminaljustice system. He is working on a three-year contract with the Department ofAboriginal Affairs to assist thedepartment to fulfil its obligations toParliament on reporting progress madein implementing the recommendationsof the Royal Commission intoAboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Other work involved withAboriginal communities and the lawinclude a $50,000 contract to evaluatemandatory sentencing. The primaryfocus of this study will be WA’s ‘threestrikes’ burglary laws.
Dr Blagg is also particularly
The centre is unique in
Australia, being a blend
of government and
university obligations
and influences.
The Crime ResearchCentre is highly
regarded bycriminologistsinternationally
interested in family violence amongAboriginal people and its prevention.Crisis intervention strategies wererecently addressed by the CRC byfocusing on issues of Indigenouscommunity healing. The family violenceapproach lends preference to strategiesthat reduce the involvement of thecriminal justice system in favour ofindigenous healing options.
This project was commissioned bythe Domestic Violence Prevention Unitand two model programs to be run byindigenous people have beendeveloped, in Roebourne and in themetropolitan area.
Dr Blagg is currently working on thefirst ever study of Aboriginalcommunities ‘night patrols’.
“They are an initiative of Aboriginalcommunities, who send out their ownpeople to check on each other,” DrBlagg said. “It could be a couple ofwomen on a remote station or a moresophisticated system in a big city.There are Nyoongah patrols inNorthbridge.
“I’m looking at how they fit into thepicture of Aboriginal self-determinationand governance,” he said.
The Crime Research Centre is alsoan important teaching centre, deliveringcriminology courses for undergraduatelaw and arts students. In 1998, theCentre set up the Master of Criminal
Justice courses. It is not necessarily forlaw graduates, but designed for any pro-fessional working in the justice system,such as employees of the Departmentsof Aboriginal Affairs and Public Prose-cutions and the Ministry of Justice.
The Centre’s teaching activities aresupervised by its Director of Studies,Neil Morgan, who is also a seniorlecturer in the Law School.
The Crime Research Centre ishighly regarded by criminologistsinternationally. The Centre hosted the2000 Environmental Criminology andCrime Analysis Conference; it alsoorganised the 14th annual conferenceof the Australian and New ZealandSociety of Criminology and continuesto maintain the Society’s web site.
Further information about theCentre, its research interests,publications and staff members can befound at:http://www.law.ecel.uwa.edu.au/crc/
David Indermaur
Anna Ferrante
Harry Blagg
Neil Morgan
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 13 AUGUST 2001
The commissioning of a new$2 million high-resolution
electron micro-scope at theCentre for Microscopy andMicroanalysis focused attention onthe cutting-edge research of threevery different UWA scientists.
They are working in areas as diverseas locating minerals in difficult terrain,restoring function to damaged nervefibres, and developing the advancednano-powder technology that hasresulted in a multi-million dollar jointventure.
All three researchers assured guestsat the commissioning ceremony thattheir internationally-recognisedresearch in these areas would not havebeen possible without the world classfacilities the Centre now offered in itscustomised laboratories.
The Centre currently houses eightelectron microscopes used by over 200researchers, and its new acquisitionwas described as the State’s mostsignificant piece of researchinfrastructure.
Professor David Groves, Director ofUWA’s Centre for Global Metallogeny,
MLC Ken Travers at the $2 million microscope, with Professor Syd Hall, Director of theCentre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, and Vice-Chancellor Professor Deryck Schreuder.
said that the new microscope was animportant mining and exploration toolthat further enhanced the productivesynergy between universities, industryand government. The result was thatagainst world trends, this Statecontinued to make significant orediscoveries in increasingly difficultterrain.
Associate Professor Sarah Dunlopfrom Zoology, spoke about themicroscopes importance to NHMRC-funded research on the damaged brainby herself and Professor Lyn Beazleywhich has stirred international interest.“The challenge now is to take thisresearch forward into more excitingareas.”
Professor Paul McCormick fromMaterials and Mechanical Engineering(who is Director of AdvancedNanopowder Technologies, a $12million joint venture with a worldleader in electronics) paid tribute tothe vital role that the Centre’s suite ofelectron microscopes had played inthe development of the State’sadvanced nano-powder technologyindustry.
New facility crossesscientific boundaries
Findinga talentto fitthe billDo you know
of a stu-dent whosec u l t u r a la c t i v i t i e sshould berecognised?
Now is the time to nominatethat talented tap-dancing historystudent or opera singingbiochemistry student for the annualMatilda Award.
The Matilda Award for CulturalExcellence is jointly sponsored bythe UWA Guild and the UWAGraduates’ Association (UWAGA).There is $1000 each year forstudents who excel in some culturalarea outside their realm of study.
Last year, the judges could notseparate two nominees, and lawstudent Kathleen Foley and thePerth Undergraudate ChoralSociety (PUCS) shared the award.
Kathleen is a successful debaterand public speaker and has been amember of a moot team that wonthe 2000 Asia Pacific Law StudentsMoot Competition. She wasawarded the Best Speaker in thefinals. She has also won nationaldebating competitions, but it is hervoluntary coaching of the stateschools debating teams over severalyears that persuaded the judges toaward her the Matilda.
PUCS is an amateur choir whichhas been run by students for 40years. It has a non-audition policywhich encourages people who loveto sing but may not feel confidentabout performing alone. They stageat least three concerts a year, oftenwith the WA Symphony Orchestra.
Nominations for the MatildaAward should be sent to the Guildor the UWAGA by FridaySeptember 21.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 13 AUGUST 2001
A man of boundless ideas andenthusiasm, a global thinker,
a champion of unheard views anda mentor to hundreds of post-graduate students, Professor ChrisPowell was fondly rememberd intwo moving eulogies at his recentmemorial service.
Professor Ian Dalziel, the Head ofthe University of Texas node of theTectonics Special Research Centre(TSRC) and a friend and colleaguefor near ly 40 years , spoke ofProfessor Powell’s unique qualities.A tribute from another colleague,Mike McElhinny, Chairman of theTSRC Advisory Board, who wasunable to attend the service, wasalso read.
Collaborating with Professor Powellon the TRSC since 1991, ProfessorDalziel came to Perth three or fourtimes a year.
“I have always come with a lightheart to this fair city but this time, Icrossed the Indian Ocean, from fieldwork in Africa for the TSRC with aheavy heart to a still fair but emptierPerth,” he said.
The two met in the 1960s whenProfessor Powell was working atCincinatti and Professor Dalziel was atColumbia.
“In those days, all the action intectonics was on the ocean floor.Chris’s centre brought tectonicsresearch back to land.”
He said that Professor Powell’schildhood on a station in Queenslandand his love of explorers attracted himto geology.
“His work was the best kind ofexploration there is today. There isalways lots to explore in science. Youdon’t have to find an unclimbed peak.
“Chris acquired his global approachfrom his postgraduate work with SWCarey at the University of Tasmania.Carey was a great global thinker andwas talking about global tectonics evenbefore anybody even knew about oceanfloor tectonics.
With his original approach,Professor Powell rose through
academic ranks to become head of theschool of earth sciences at MacquarieUniversity, then moved to WA to takeup the chair in geology at UWA in1990.
“The road to the TSRC began in1991 at a meeting in Hobart where wetalked about the supercontinents thatonce covered the globe. Australia hadbeen a part of the supercontinent ofRodinia and the whole thrust of theTSRC was to investigate thatsupercontinent.
“When an academic is remembered,some people enumerate his papers andkeynote addresses. But in my mind,those are criteria for administrators. Iwould rather count his original ideasthat served as a magnet for establishedresearchers and students eager towork at the cutting edge.
“Chris was always brimful of newideas. The Mawson Medal from theAustralian Academy of Sciences for hisoutstanding contribution to earthsciences was a great accolade for apassionate advocate of Australian science.He was a natural leader and took delightin telling the US ‘how to do it’!
“His passing is a critical transitionfor us, but unlike the critical transition
that made the dinosaurs extinct, Chris’sresearch centre will not lay down anddie. ‘Extinction? Not the TSRC! Nobloody way!’ he would have said.
Mike McElhinny, in his tribute, saidthat Professor Powell had been adominating and dynamic researchscientist and one of the great names inglobal tectonics.
“Tributes have been coming in fromall around the world showing howmuch he was respected internationally.I was totally swept along by hisenthusiasm and gladly joined in withhim in being a sounding board as he putout new ideas one after the other.
“I feel confident that the TSRC willcontinue to flourish.
“A lot of new and excitingdiscoveries have been made in the pastyear or two and these will be revealedat the Rodinia Symposium in October.Papers presented there will form thebasis of a memorial volume to Chris.Many eminent researchers from aroundthe world have already agreed to makea contribution.
“This will not only represent a fittingtribute to Chris’s life work but will putthe TSRC well and truly on the worldmap just as Chris would have wanted it.”
theideasman
Professor Chris Powell (right) and Professor Ian Dalziel in the Geology Department in 1997.
Chris Powell ...
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 13 AUGUST 2001
UWA has been recognised forits efforts with an
EmployAbility award.The award, from Edith Cowan
University, is made to businesses whichhave employed a significant number oftrainees with disabilities through ECU’sEmployAbility program. It was acceptedby UWA’s Disability Committee.
This year, UWA has employed fivetrainees, three in the Faculty ofEconomics and Commerce, Educationand Law, one in the Faculty ofAgriculture and one in HumanResources.
A further six people with disabilitieshave also been directly employed(without a traineeship): two in theLibrary, two in the Office of FacilitiesManagement, one in the Faculty ofMedicine and Dentistry and one inEngineering and Mathematical Sciences.
The Equity Office and the DisabilityCommittee have been working togetherto put UWA on the path to being anoutstanding employer of people withdisabilities.
“The focus of the DisabilityCommittee has changed,” said DrLaurence Spencer, the chair of theCommittee for the past eight years.
“It used to be called the Committeefor Students with Disabilities but wecame to realise that, even thoughstudents far outnumber staff, we mustalso cater for staff and visitors withdisabilities,” he said.
There are nearly 600 students atUWA who have a disability. “And thatincludes only those who have disclosedtheir disability,” said committeesecretary Janette Barrett.
Many of those disabilities areinvisible: students could suffer fromdebilitating asthma, back pain or chronicfatigue. They don’t have to have anobvious visible disability to have theirlife and studies significantly affected.
Lifts installed around the campussolved some of the earlier disabilityissues. “But we’re looking at more thanjust physical access,” Dr Spencer said.“With major changes that are occurringin methods of delivery, there is anabsolutely brilliant opportunity toincorporate leading edge inclusivedelivery practices, with the minimum ofinconvenience.
Efforts for disabledgiven thumbs up
Members of theUniversity’sDisabilityCommitteemeet four timesa year
“Almost everything (in the deliveryof education and services) that helpspeople with disabilities is also helpful topeople without disabilities. So if thingsare done right from the beginning, theyprovide a double benefit, and peoplewith disabilities don’t need to ask forspecial consideration.”
The University committee is doingmore than just implementing its ownpolicy. Part of its work is to ensure thatthe University is complying withlegislation.
Ms Barrett and Dr Spencer said theyapplauded what had already been donefor people with disabilities but theywanted to encourage greaterawareness in all aspects of Universitylife. For example, members of theDisability Committee were now onvarious planning and building projectteams throughout the University, soany problems can be nipped in the bud.
“We would like more people tobecome involved in helping us – not tojoin the committee, but to contact uswith ideas or problems. We welcomecontributions from everybody,” they said.
Dr Spencer said that while he wasdelighted with the degree of help andco-operation his committeeexperienced from all sectors of theUniversity, he was particularlyimpressed with the efforts of the staffat the Library.
“The Library has been fantastic overmany many years, providing exceptionalservices for people with disabilities,” hesaid.
The Disability Committee hasrecently developed a new strategic planand it is available on the Web at http://www.ecs.uwa.edu.au/uwadc
There are times when all of us have challenging issuesto deal with. When personal or work related issuesmake life difficult, the University has an EmployeeAssistance Program (EAP) to help staff manage theseissues more effectively.The EAP is a professional, confidential counselling andconsultation service. The services of Davidson Trahaireare available FREE to you and your family for up to sixsessions a year.For appointments, please ring Davidson Trahaireon 9382 8100 or if urgent 9480 4847(24 hours).Their offices are located at Suite 11, 100 Hay St,Subiaco. Further information can be obtained atwww.admin.uwa.edu.au/sho
UWAEmployeeAssistanceProgram
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 13 AUGUST 2001
Marcus Beilby isone of those
artists whom every-body feels they know.
It might be because hisimages are so real thatviewers feel they arethere, in the painting. Itcould also be because theartist, a local, has suchpositive feelings about Perth that are obvious in his work.
Although he is based in Perth, Beilby has not had a local exhibition for aboutten years. His major solo retrospective opened last week at the LawrenceWilson Art Gallery.
The new exhibition concentrates on pictures of everyday life, in his easilyidentifiable super-realist style. They include scenes from Perth central railwaystation, Cottesloe beach and the UWA campus. Somehow his pictures look evenmore real than photographs.
Many of the paintings have not been seen in Perth before. The exhibitioncontinues until September.
Real lifein thegallery
The writings of Dante are keepingEmeritus Professor John Scott indemand around the world.
The Honorary Senior ResearchFellow in the Department of EuropeanLanguages has recently returned from anextensive trip overseas where helectured and conducted graduateseminars on various aspects of Dante’sDivine Comedy.
One of the world’s leading experts onthe classic Italian writer, Professor Scottwas a guest at the University of Oregon,the University of Notre Dame (Indiana)and Harvard University where he alsogave a successful introduction toAustralian wines!
At the University of California atBerkeley, he lectured on The Dialectics ofDialects in Italy.
He examined original Dantemanuscripts and carried out otherresearch at libraries in Milan, with a final
lecture on Dante at the University of Zurich.While at Harvard, Professor Scott addressed the Dante Alighieri Society of
Massachusetts and attended the annual meeting of the Dante Society of America(of which he is an Honorary Life Member) and a meeting of the Board of theInternational Dante Seminars.
Professor Scott is one of only 12 life members of the Dante Society ofAmerica (himself, one American and 10 Europeans).
Dante donin demand
Fromhypotheticalto the real
thing
Associate Professor Paul Moyle
A UWA law professor has beenappointed a facilitator for theState Government’s CommunityDrug Summit this week.
Associate Professor Paul Moyle wasthe successful facilitator of theUniversity’s inaugural ‘hypothetical’ inMay. It brought together leadingacademic, government and communityexperts to discuss Drugs in theCommunity: Is There a Quick Fix?
Professor Moyle’s experience indrug-related law and his role ashypothetical facilitator led to the StateGovernment inviting him to act as asummit working group facilitator. Thesummit, to be held at ParliamentHouse, was a key pledge of the newLabor state government and will drawheavily on the community tocontribute to the formation of longterm and strategic policies to addressthe illicit drug problem in WA.
“I believe that our hypotheticalforeshadowed many of the topics thatwill be discussed and debated at thesummit. Our wide-ranging discussioncovered many issues which haveemerged in the background papers forthe summit and now they can bedebated in the broader community,”he said.
Professor Moyle is one of 100delegates selected from more than1000 applications.
EmeritusProfessorJohn Scott
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 13 AUGUST 2001
... the last word
It was a crisp but silent winter morning in NewDelhi.
India was barely coming to terms with the devastationcaused by the earthquake in Gujarat. And we were sitting in ahall in the India International Centre.␣ The Buddhist teacherinvited to speak was slowly explaining the meaning of life."There is no beginning. There is no end.␣ But if we believe inthe beginning and the end, then let us make sure that we makea difference when we visit this world.␣ Not a lot of difference.But some difference." And I was wondering if we, who are saidto be living in ivory towers, make any difference in this world?Do we make the world a better place for others to live? I stillask myself the same question. And then images float in front ofme. Images of the not too distant past.
The scene is a seminar at the Sustainable DevelopmentPolicy Institute in Islamabad. I am giving a presentation onAustralia's relations with South Asia.␣ "Maybe, it is time Pakistanceases to raise the issue of a UN administered plebiscite inKashmir.␣ Or at least not attempt to drag other states into theconflict with India", I suggest.␣ The temerity of the one who is
born and educated in Pakistan is too much for thosepresent.␣ "How could we compromise on the issue.␣ It is aquestion of principle," some of them argue. And we argue forsome time. There is no answer!
And now it is the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysesin New Delhi.␣ My dear friend, Air Commodore Jasjit Singh, hasasked me to speak on the context of Pakistan's foreignpolicy.␣ "Pakistani foreign policy is the sum total of the ideaspresented and contested by a number of groups.␣ There is noone policy,” I suggest to those who want to know theanswers. "But how do we deal with a military regime?␣ How dowe talk to a General who torpedoes the Lahore Declaration?How can we trust him?" they ask one after another.␣ "I knowthe sense of disillusionment. But I know that he is still aprogressive compared to others who may come afterhim.␣ Deal with him now before it is too late", I insist.␣ "Butwhy?" a young man asks.␣ "Because we are neighbours and whathappens in Pakistan affects India as well,” I try to simplify it.␣ Atthe end of the three hour session, I am not sure if I havemanaged to convince anyone of them. They are probably notsure either of how objective I am.␣ But at least they are willingto listen to this 'daughter of Pakistan' who now lives inAustralia.␣
I am not sure if I change anyone's mind. In Pakistan or inIndia. I know for sure that when the Indian government extendsan invitation to the Pakistani General, it is not because of what Isay in New Delhi.␣ But, then that is not my role.␣ Diplomats arerecruited and paid for that. As someone dealing with ideas, Ijust place my thoughts in front of those who are interested inthem.␣ And I hope that I can do it compassionately andobjectively.␣ Compassionately, because I come from the region. Ifeel for the region in ways which others not from the area maynot.␣ Objectively, because without that objectivity, I cannot claimto have an intellectual integrity.␣ And also because it is easier forme to be objective from a distance.␣ I can understand the language
and use it to suggest ideas forunderstanding the other.
What does it say about others likeme who are born in war-torn areasand then emigrate to peaceful placeslike Australia?␣ Maybe nothing morethan the fact that we can play a role …in not resolving issues directly, but justintroducing ideas about how toapproach the issues.␣ A lot of us dothat in one way or another. It is notalways easy. It puts you in a difficultspace where you have to hold on youridentity and still be fair to all thosearound you. But then, it is not thatdifficult too.␣ We are not KahlilGibran's prophets … but we can bethe teachers in The Prophet who helpothers discover what is already hiddenin the depths of their souls. But doesthat answer my question? I am notsure. You have the last word.
What isour rolein globalaffairs?Dr Samina Yasmeen,Political Science
LIFT-OUT13 AUGUST 2001 Volume 20 Number 11
CAMPUS DIARY • RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS • CLASSIFIED ADS • NOTICES • REDUNDANT EQUIPMENT
Compiled by Joanna Thompson
Telephone: 9380 3029Facsimile: 9380 1162
Email: [email protected]
ResearchGrantsContracts
&AGRICULTUREWESTERNAUSTRALIA
Prof J. Lambersand Dr E. Vene-klaas (pictured right),Plant Science, and DrM. D. Bolland andDr J. Bowden(external): ‘An ecophysiological analysis of theresponse to phosphate fertiliser of differentlupin species, canola and wheat onphosphate-fixing soil’ — $436,500 (2001-03).
Dr T. Colmer, Plant Science and Dr T. L.Setter, Dr J. Rane, Dr K. N. Singh, Dr B.B. Singh (external): ‘Physiological and geneticapproaches for the development of water-logging tolerance in wheat on sodic/alkalineand neutral soils in India and Australia’ —$239,760 (2001-03).
ALTERNATIVEENERGYDEVELOPMENTBOARD
Dr A. Tavner,Mechanical andMaterials Engineeringand Prof D. Blair,(pictured left) Physics:
‘B223 Low Energy Air Conditioning System’ —$30,000 (2001).
ARC LARGE GRANTADMINISTRATED THROUGHCURTIN UNIVERSITY
Prof M. Randolph, Civil and ResourceEngineering and Dr Y. Hu , OffshoreFoundation Systems: ‘Stability of spudcanfoundations during deep penetration’ —$42,000 (2001-03).
AUSTRALIAN HOUSING ANDURBAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE(VIA CURTIN UNIVERSITY)
Dr M. Tonts (external): ‘Strengtheningcommunities: the contribution of HousingPolicy and Planning’ — $4166 (2001).
AUSTRALIANRESEARCHCOUNCIL
Prof A. Pauwels,(left) Faculty of Arts:‘Investigating feministlanguages change inAustralia’ — $25,000(2001).
BATTELLE, USADr P. T. Clement and Dr S. Jyothish,Environmental Engineering, and Dr G. Davis,Mr R. Nelson, Mr M. Truex (external):‘Development of a design tool for simulatingthe enhanced and/or natural bioremediationprocesses occurring at a groundwatercontaminated site’ — $454,596 (2001-03).
BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKSAUTHORITY
Prof K. Sivasithamparam, Soil Science andPlant Nutrition, Dr K. Dixon, Plant Science:‘Development of somatic embryogenictechnology for large scale propagation ofAustralian plants for land rehabilitation andhorticultural utilisation’ — $397,860 (2001-03).
DEFENCE SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION
A/Prof J. Pan, Mechanical and MaterialsEngineering: ‘Characterisation and vibrationcontrol of tilting-pad thrust bearings’ —$30,000 (2001-02).
ENVIRONMENT AUSTRALIA /WATER AND RIVERS COMMISSIONDr P. Davies and Dr A. W. Storey,Zoology: ‘Productivity and water flowregulation in the Ord River of NorthwesternAustralia’ — $68,876 (2001).
ENVIRONMENT AUSTRALIA VIAMURDOCH UNIVERSITYDr D. Hamilton, Environmental Engineering:‘Environmental water requirements tomaintain wetlands of national and internationalimportance’ — $6400 (2001).
GRAINS RESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Prof K. Sivasithamparam, Agriculture:‘Determination of histological and biochemicalresistance mechanisms and identification ofmolecular markers for blackleg resistance inoilseed Brassicas’ — $246,315 (2001-04).
HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFWESTERN AUSTRALIA
A/Prof M. Stevenson , Public Health:‘Agreement for the engagement of aconsultant to the Health Department ofWestern Australia Public Health Division’ —$25,000 (2001).
KML ENGINEERING LTD
Prof K. P. Wong, Electrical and ElectronicEngineering: ‘Development of intelligent datamanagement system for power systemsimulation’ — $133,570 (2000-01).
LORIKEET HOUSE
Mr M. Clare and Mr P. Murphy, SocialWork and Social Policy: ‘Evaluation of theLorikeet Clubhouse Recreation Programme’— $2000 (2000).
Convocation, the UWA Graduates Associationand the UWA Student Guild present
FOR CULTURAL EXCELLENCE
ARTS MUSIC DANCE DRAMA LITERATURE
PUBLIC SPEAKING VISUAL ARTS
NOMINATIONS FOR THE MATILDA AWARDMAY BE FOR INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS
Applications close Friday 21 September 2001For further information and nomination forms,
contactThe Graduates Co-ordinator, Convocation,
the UWA Graduates Association
Telephone: (08) 9380 1336email: [email protected]
orThe UWA Student GuildTelephone: (08) 9380 2295
email: [email protected]
AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE $1000 INCLUDE:
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CAMPUS13 to 27 August
Monday 13 toFriday 17 AugustNEW MUSIC WEEKA week-long festival of music from thetwentieth and twenty-first centuries,bringing together emerging and establishedcomposers and performers. This yearfeatures the music of Gerard Brophy, thenew Music Week 2001 composer-in-residence. For further details, call theSchool of Music.
Tuesday 14 AugustINSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDSTUDIESLaunch of the Genomics, Society andHuman Health program. Lecture by Prof.Grant Sutherland, University of Adelaide,and a panel discussion. 7.15pm, OctagonTheatre.
Wednesday 15 AugustBOTANY/ZOOLOGY SEMINAR‘Pliocene vegetation and climate history inthe northern sand plains’, Prof JohnDodson, Geography. 1pm, Jennifer ArnoldLecture Theatre.
PHILOSOPHY SOCIETY MEETING‘Unity’, Graham Priest, University ofMelbourne. 4.30pm, Arts Seminar Room1.33.
FRIENDS OF THE UWA LIBRARYSEMINAR‘Perceptions and misconceptions asportrayed on nineteenth-century carto-graphy: select examples from Australia andSouthern Africa’, Dr Vivian Forbes,Library. 7.30 for 8pm, Library TrainingRoom, Reid Library.
Thursday 16 AugustFREE LUNCHTIME CONCERT‘Fragments of Gratification.’ A solo pianorecital exploring 20 miniatures byAustralian composers. 1.10pm, OctagonTheatre.
Monday 20 AugustBOTANY SEMINAR‘The use of charcoal in sediments toindicate fire history in Fitzgerald RiverNational Park’, Dr Cleve Hassell. 4pm,Room 2.14, Second Floor, Botany.
Tuesday 21 AugustLAWRENCE WILSON ARTGALLERY TALK‘Jenny Bevan on Geo•Images.’ Jenny willtalk about the scientific significance of theimages in the latest exhibition,Geo•Images. 1pm, LWAG.
HISTORY SEMINAR‘Sources of the self: exploring identityamong an ethnic minority– the Cham ofthe Mekong Delta’, Dr Philip Taylor,Anthropology and Asian Studies. 4.30pm,Postgraduate Lounge.
Wednesday 22 AugustPATHOLOGY SEMINAR‘Are we on the verge of a paradigm-shift inthe selection of cancer patients to receivechemotherapy?’ Dr Barry Iacopetta,Surgery. 4.30pm, Pathology ConferenceRoom, G14, Ground Floor, M Block,QEIIMC.
Thursday 23 AugustFREE LUNCHTIME CONCERT‘The art of Bach.’ Visiting artist NiallBrown presents one of Bach’s magnificentsuites for solo cello. 1.10pm, LawrenceWilson Art Gallery.
Friday 24 AugustASIAN STUDIES SEMINAR‘No longer untouchable! The increasingsocial and political activism of India’s Dalitsto attain equality’, Faria Mohsin; and
‘The China factor: impact on ChineseSingaporeans’ identity and the dynamics ofSingapore’s regional and ethnic relations’,Sharon Tham. 1 to 2.30pm, G.25, GroundFloor, Social Sciences Building.
CIVIL AND RESOURCEENGINEERING SEMINAR‘Grade 500N Rebar — the ductility andcrack-width debate’, Mr K. Baker. 3.45pm,Room E151, Civil Engineering Building.
ENGLISH WORK-IN-PROGRESSSEMINAR‘Shakespeare’s maps: lines and signs’,Associate Professor Chris Wortham. 1pm,Room G.14, Arts␣ Building.
UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY‘Masterworks for wind.’ Four of Australia’sfinest virtuosi, Anthony Chesterman, GraigHill, Peter Moore and Darryl Poulsen, joinstaff and graduates from the School ofMusic to perform wind music. 8pm,Winthrop Hall. Tickets can be bookedthrough BOCS outlets on 9484 1133 orfrom the Octagon Theatre on 9380 2440.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Tuesday 28 AugustPERTH MEDIEVAL ANDRENAISSANCE GROUP TALK‘More’s Utopia and radical equality’, DrPina Forde, Notre Dame University.7.30pm, Postgraduate Lounge, HackettHall.
CENTRE FOR STAFFDEVELOPMENT
What’s on NextPlaces are available in the following workshops due to closewithin the next month. Further details are available on the CSDweb page: http://www.csd.uwa.edu.au/programme/ or bycontacting CSD on ext. 1504 or [email protected].
How to Say ‘No’ and Maintain CustomerService
Writing and Publishing in Scientific Journals
Introduction to WebCT
Stress Management Through Meditation
English as a Second Language:Advanced Speaking Skills
Designer’s Introduction to WebCT
GRANTS FROM THE GENERAL STAFFDEVELOPMENT FUND
Members of general staff may apply for individual grants fromthe Staff Development Fund to attend courses and conferences.In the last rounds of applications, the following staff wereawarded grants:
• Darryl Kirk, Anatomy and Human Biology, Visits to HealthDepartment of New Zealand and The University of Auckland
• Daniel Maddock, Arts Computing Services, QUESTnet 2001Conference
• Gregory Allen, Biochemistry, Laboratory Design andTechnology Conference
• Gegory Cole, Chemistry, 5th Australasian GlassblowingSymposium
• Felicia Symonds, Community Relations, 2001 AustralianUniversity Alumni Council Conference
• Milly Ingate, International Centre, AVCC Leadership inInternational Education Programme
• Judith Smith, Library, ALIA Library Technician’s Conference• Maureen McAllister, Library, ALIA Library Technician’s
Conference• Peter Yen, Microbiology, The International Congress on
Tropical Medicine• Ross Comstock, Publications Unit, Open Publish 2001
Conference• Jon Stubbs, Student Services, Heads of Student Administration
Australia and New Zealand• Harvey von Bergheim, Student Services, Heads of Student
Administration Australia and New Zealand
Staff interested in obtaining more information about theprogrammes should contact grant recipients directly.
The remaining closing date for grant applications in 2001 isWednesday 3 October.
Guidelines and application forms are available from the Centreand at http://www.acs.uwa.edu.au/hrs/policy/part06/5.htm.
Diary
UNIVERSITYLODGE
An esteemed Freemason’s Lodge in WA Est. 1932(Nedlands Park Masonic Hall, Broadway, Nedlands)
This Lodge was founded on amembership of University staff andgrads. They continue as majoritynumbers in our Lodge, though otherscan/do also apply.
The world’s largest and oldest fraternity,historically based on traditionalbrotherhood, with its values so veryrelevant within the pressures of today’slife-styles.
If you would like further information, or to talk to or meet with us or fellowcolleagues, please contact our Secretary, Arnold Potts: Phone: 9385 9322;
Email: [email protected]
World-renowned Australia geneticist
Professor Grant Sutherlandis the guest speaker at the launch at the
Octagon TheatreTuesday August 14 at 7.15pm
Everybody is welcome to attend the launch of Genomics Society andHuman Health, the new program to examine all aspects of the humangenome project.
The Governor of Western Australia, Lt Gen. John Sanderson, will open theprogram.
A panel of distinguished scientists, led by Professor Fiona Stanley, will takequestions from the audience, following Professor Sutherland’s lecture, The HumanGenome: Progress and Prospects.
The program is designed for the whole community to become informed aboutthe human genome project. So tell your friends, encourage your neighbours andbring along your family to the launch and to the many community events over thenext 18 months.
To keep up to date with the program, check the Genomics, Society and HumanHealth Website: www.gshh.uwa.edu.au
get intogenomics!
UWA Staff and Graduates are invitedto join the Spare Tickets Club forthe best on-line ticket prices.
Visit us today: www.sparetickets.com.au
Participants requiredfor study into the
ACQUISITION OFCOGNITIVE SKILLSThe Organisational Lab in theDepartment of Psychology iscurrently seeking subjects toparticipate in a study examining theacquisition of cognitive skills.
The study involves two testingsessions conducted on separateweekday afternoons in the mainUWA Psychology building. In the firstsession subjects will be taught toperform a simple computer-basedtask then given extensive practice onthe task until criterion levels ofskilled performance are obtained. Inthe second session a series of pencil-and-paper type tests will beadministered to test predictionsregarding correlations betweendifferent categories of tests andperformance on the main computertask at various stages of skillacquisition.
Testing sessions will containnumerous rest breaks andreimbursement for time spent/travelexpenses will be provided at $50 perparticipant.
If you are interested in participatingin this study, or would like to findout more information (e.g. thenature of the computer task,confidentiality of results, etc) pleasecontact the chief investigator MrMatt Huitson on the following:
Email: [email protected]
Work phone: 9380 3639(9 to 5 weekdays)
Mobile: 0414 294 770(after hours)
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Departments are reminded that all University equipment available for sale must be advertised in the UWAnews. Receipts should be PeopleSoftaccount coded 490 (computing with barcode), 491 (non-computing with barcode) or 493 (items with no barcode). If equipment has an existing
barcode please contact extension 3618/2546 for details.
CONDITION refers to the general condition of item ( 1 = as new; 2 = good; 3 = serviceable; 4 = unserviceable). AGE refers to the nearest year.
Redundant Equipment for Sale
Bids should be accepted by Monday 27 August with departments to have first option
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Pentium 90, 16MB RAM, 850MB
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Apple ColorOne Scanner $20 .................................................................... — — Mark 1405
Dimplex Dac 11000 Air Conditioners .................................................................. 2 x $450/
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SILVER MAZDA 323 HATCHBACK 1981, oneowner, service records, 190,000kms, rego toDec. ’01. $1000 ono. TOSHIBA COLOUR TV,43cm, in good working order. $150 ono. CallLee on 9387 1301 (hm); 9489 7796 (wk).
MAZDA 626 red, 1987 2.0L Turbo SSP, manualsunroof, a/c, central locking, immobiliser,187,000km. Good cond. $4200. Phone 93164284.
MEDICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCHINFRASTRUCTURE FUND
Dr D. Knight, Medicine — $14,285 (2001).
A/Prof J. Olynyk, Medicine — $14,285(2001).
Dr M. Degli-Esposti, Microbiology —$14,285 (2001).
Dr S. Prescott. Paediatrics — $14,285(2001).
A/Prof M. H. Zheng, Surgery — $14,285(2001).
MELBOURNE ITALIAN-AUSTRALIAN HISTORICALSOCIETY (CO.AS.IT)
Dr L. Baldassar, Anthropology: ‘VenetoBook Project’ — $3000 (2000).
NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION
Dr G. Hankey, Medicine and A/Prof K.Jamrozik, Public Health: ‘Trends in themedium-term outcome of stroke’ — $35,791(2001).
RIRDC (ex AgWest)
A/Prof L. Abbott and Dr D. Murphy, SoilScience and Plant Nutrition: ‘Identifing thebenefits of composted soil amendments tovegetable production’ — $90,240 (2001-03).
RURAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Ms X.-L. Ma, Plant Science: ‘RIRDC Travel/Conference Funding TAOO1-50: XVIthEucarpia Conference, Edinburgh Scotland’ —$3000 (2001).
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Dr J. Romero, Centre for Water Research:‘Development of limnological modellingsystems for Lake Burrangorang and ProspectReservoir’ — $1,813,309 (2001-03).
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