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New Physiology Building Will Speed Research

As it will be a few years before the physiology department of the University of Queensland can expect to enter its proposed buildings at St Lucia, additions are now being made to the existing department.

The existing temporary accommodation is quite inadequate for the department to carry out all its work and the State Government has approved of additions to the Pharmacy College BUilding in William Street, now occupied by the Physiology Department.

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A second air-conditioning room, laboratory ante-room and animal house are all under construction as a ground floor in the rear of the present building. In the air-conditioning rooms almost any tropical conditions can be reproduced.

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This research floor will be self-contained and will house both the human and animal investigators, who can then work in collaboration. Additional teaching accommodation will be provided on a second floor.

This will include a biochemistry

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Inspiring

It is an inspiring thing. The river sweeps round the 260-acre site, and the lay-out of buildings and grounds has been made to conform to its contour. An ornamental lake, a river drive are in the scheme. On the slopes in from of the main building, extensive tree plantations have been made. The grounds are studded with playing ovals. But it is in the buildings themselves that the most captivating effects have been wrought.

Seen from a distance, the facade is broad and low. Up close, it is massive. When the main building is completed by the construction of the Administration offices and the Great Hall, it will be more than 1000 feet long. The Great Hal, matching the library at the other end, will be as tall as a six-storey city building.

The choicest of Queensland materials are going into the work. Broad stairs leading up

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University Colleges

Brisbane, January 16. –
The joint appeal on behalf of Queensland University colleges has reached £29,208 with the promise of another £10,000. The objective of the fund, which is to build six new colleges on the site of the new University at St. Lucia, is £300,000. The colleges are St. John’s, St. Leos, Emmanuel and King’s for men and the Women’s College and Duchesne College for women.

The existing college buildings are old, dilapidated and scattered throughout Brisbane. In addition to the joint appeal to business firms, each of the colleges is appealing for its own funds and the State Government is giving a pound-for-pound subsidy up to £50,000 for each college.

Description source:
Maryborough Chronicle, 17 January 1951

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Digital Image ID 19112

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