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Transformative gift will support future excellence in engineering

Posted on Aug 28 2023 by Jessica Stanley

South �Ӱ�ֱ��n philanthropist Pamela Wall has donated $5 million to the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide to establish an endowed academic chair: the Ian and Pamela Wall Chair in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. This extraordinarily large and generous gift will kickstart the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide’s 150th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign.

Forgotten migrants were critical to the building of �Ӱ�ֱ��

Posted on May 25 2023 by Poppy Nwosu

Personal accounts of migrants’ stories from their time in South �Ӱ�ֱ��n work camps could help researchers begin to construct a much fuller account of this important, yet overlooked, period of �Ӱ�ֱ��n history.

Five decades of rock ‘n’ roll: UniBar joins Hall of Fame

A gig in the UniBar in 1990: the audience dances before a stage,

Posted on Oct 31 2022 by Eleanor Danenberg

The �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide’s UniBar is being inducted into the South �Ӱ�ֱ��n Music Hall of Fame after 50 years of hosting iconic live music.

Uni of Adelaide seeks social histories of Holden

Posted on Sep 23 2019 by Crispin Savage

Historians at the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide and Monash �Ӱ�ֱ�� are searching for former Holden employees to interview about their working experiences for an oral history project to be housed at the National Library of �Ӱ�ֱ��.