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Veterinary Education

A committee representative of the University, Agriculture Department, Education Department and the Public Service has been set up by the State Government to report on the faculties of agriculture and veterinary science at the University.

Its terms of reference include: The desirability of re-opening the Veterinary Science School on a full operative basis, a partly operative basis, or any other basis; the future use of the veterinary science buildings and equipment at Yeerongpilly; the desirability and practicability of establishing close relationship and active co-operation between the University departments of agriculture and veterinary science; the possibility and practicability of establishing a National University College in agriculture and veterinary science on the site of the Queensland Agricultural High School and College.

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Queensland Country life, 15 March 1945

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University of Queensland Mayne Medical School is a heritage-listed university building at Herston, Brisbane. It was designed by Raymond Clare Nowland and built from 1938 to 1939.

The establishment of the Mayne Medical School was a significant moment for the State of Queensland and for the medical profession. The importance of medical research, particularly into tropical medicine, was a significant impetus for the establishment of the Medical School.

Since 1939, all medical students at the University of Queensland have passed beneath the decorative elliptical arch between main entrance hall and the rear corridor which bears the inscription articulating the philosophy upon which the School was established, translated as: “May all members of the general community profit by the art and skill of those who learn, with deference and respect, their profession in this place.”

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The Anthropology Museum was formed in 1948 by Dr Lindsey Winterbotham’s donation of his own collection of over 1,000 objects, prior to the establishment of an Anthropology Department at the University. Added to over the years with bequests, donations, purchases and student and staff contributions, the Museum continues to grow.

The initial allocation of three drawers in the School of Anatomy was insufficient to cope with the rapid influx of objects. Further space was designated for installation of public exhibitions, but it was only in 1957 that sufficient space became available to store the entire collection on campus. The Museum moved to its current purpose-built facilities in 1972.

The Museum quickly grew to be a unique resource beyond its initial intent. Under subsequent Directors, the collection and exhibition program was broadened to represent dynamic contemporary Indigenous Australian and Pacific cultures. Substantial field collections by Museum and University

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Established through a 1909 Act of Parliament, the University of Queensland was the first university in the state and was officially founded on April 16, 1910, with the gazettal of appointments to the first UQ Senate.

Teaching started in 1911 in Old Government House in George Street, Brisbane. In the first year there were three faculties – Arts, Science and Engineering – and 83 students (60 men and 23 women).

After World War I, the University expanded rapidly and soon outgrew its inner-city location. In 1922, an additional site in Victoria Park (now occupied by the Medical School) was secured. Four years later, Dr James O’Neil Mayne and his sister Miss Mary Emelia Mayne provided funds to buy the St Lucia site where the University’s main campus is now located.

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The University of Queensland, Australia

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Collision In The River.

Bombala And Dolphin

The Dredge Barge Sunk

Yesterday morning the Brisbane River in the vicinity of Pinkenba was the scene of a collision between the Howard Smith Company’s coastal steamer Bombala and the Government dredge barge Dolphin. As a result the barge eventually sank. Captain Douton occupied the bridge of the Bombala at the time of the accident, but would give no information on the subject when interviewed. He contented himself by saying, “It was an unfortunate collision,” and added, “I will say no more.”

However, from particulars gleaned, it appears that the Bombala was inward bound from Melbourne, and was proceeding at the regulation pace in the vicinity of Pinkenba about 10 o’clock, when the barge Dolphin was sighted making out. The Bombala continued ahead, when suddenly it became evident that a collision was inevitable. The Bombala’s whistle sounded long and strongly, and her

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Suction dredgers operate by sucking river or sea-bed material through a long tube, like some vacuum cleaners but on a larger scale.

A plain suction dredger has no tool at the end of the suction pipe to disturb the material. This is often the most commonly used form of dredging.

A bucket dredger is equipped with a bucket dredge, which is a device that picks up sediment by mechanical means, often with many circulating buckets attached to a wheel or chain.

Some bucket dredgers and grab dredgers are powerful enough to rip out coral to make a shipping channel through coral reefs.

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The lawn bowls competition at the 1982 Commonwealth Games took place in Brisbane at the Moorooka Bowls Club. Scotland won the Men’s Singles and Pairs with Australia winning the Men’s Fours.

The first ever event for women was introduced with a Triples tournament. It was won by the Zimbabwe team, with Australian in second place and England taking the third.

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The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan.

The ceremony at the QEII stadium was held on a fine but extremely windy day. The wind was so strong that skydivers who were going to descend into the stadium were cancelled. Instead they made an entrance at the closing ceremony.

46 Commonwealth nations and territories took part in the 1982 Games. A total of 1,583 athletes and 571 officials participated in the event. The Griffith University campus was used as an athletes village.

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Matilda the “winking” Kangaroo was present in both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. She was a gigantic-size 13-metre high mechanical kangaroo built around a forklift truck.

As she travelled around the athletics track during the Opening Ceremony, she winked several times at the crowd, including a personal wink at the Duke of Edinburgh who was representing the Crown at the Ceremony.

Once her lap was complete, her pouch opened and children representing joey kangaroos ran out towards small trampolines which had been set up in the centre of the stadium. As they bounced, Rolf Harris performed a special version of “Tie Me Kangaroo Down”.

The massive Matilda prop was relocated to Wet’n’Wild Water Park, a water park in the Gold Coast hinterland. Matilda was dismantled for maintenance in 2007 but never reassembled. It was relocated and assembled at a

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Archery is one of the optional sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since 1982 but has only featured twice in the competition’s history; at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

As an optional sport, it may or may not be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games. The host country of the games decides whether to include it.

During the 1982 Commonwealth Games, the medal winners were as follows:
Men – Mark Blankarne (ENG), gold medallist; Roger Lamay (CAN), silver medallist; Micahel Coen (AUS), bronze medallist.
Women – Neroli Fairhall (NZL), gold medallist; Janet Yates (NIR), silver medallist; Lucille Lemay (CAN), bronze medallist.

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