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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 University Unlimited : The Monash Story
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'From its beginnings, Monash has been a "university in a hurry". Born on the suburban fringe of Melbourne, it reached outwards rather than gazed inwards. Over its five decades it embraced the challenges of the age of Sputnik, became a hotbed of student radicalism, then took an equally radical turn towards market capitalism to become Australia's largest and most international university, with branches in Italy, Malaysia and South Africa.

'Its movers and shakers included visionary vice-chancellor Louis Matheson, biologist and stirrer Jock Marshall, Australia's third woman professor Maureen Brunt, historian Ian Turner, student politicians Albert Langer and Peter Costello, writers Don Watson and David Williamson, IVF pioneer Carl Wood, philosopher Peter Singer, broadcaster Jon Faine, buccaneering vice-chancellor Mal Logan and his ill-fated successor, David Robinson.

'The Monash story shows how universities have transformed Australia since the 1960s. Based on extensive interviews with staff and students, and heavily illustrated, this is a warts-and-all portrait of a great Australian institution.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Allen & Unwin.
      Extent: xxix, 385p., [32]p. of platesp.
      Description: 1 map, plans, ports
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: May 2012.
      • Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-368) and index.
      ISBN: 9781742378664 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Monash Mêlées Brenda Niall , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 342 2012; (p. 14-15)

— Review of University Unlimited : The Monash Story Graeme Davison , Kate Murphy , 2012 single work prose
Monash Mêlées Brenda Niall , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 342 2012; (p. 14-15)

— Review of University Unlimited : The Monash Story Graeme Davison , Kate Murphy , 2012 single work prose
Last amended 5 Jun 2012 09:48:33
Subjects:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • 1960-1999
  • 2000-2012
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