Explore some of the most iconic archival images of university life at Deakin taken during the 1970s to early 2000s.
By Deakin Archives.
Built in 1973/4, the Laird and Collins student residences at the Deakin Waurn Ponds campus were among the first buildings on campus. This was acquired from The Gordon Institute of Technology. For some years, they sat like a fort on the sparsely populated campus. Source: Deakin Archives.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Jevons screen printing a Deakin T-shirt in 1977. Source: Deakin Archives.
In 1977, after their success at the Australian Intervarsity Surf Competition, ‘we put the [University] on the map’, said the Deakin Surf Club. The surfers made the 4800km journey across the Nullabor to compete. Source: Deakin Archives.
From left to right: Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Jevons, Former Premier of Victoria Sir Rupert James ‘Dick’ Hamer, Chancellor Dr Peter Thwaites and Governor of Victoria Sir Henry Arthur Winneke at Deakin’s official opening on the Waurn Ponds Campus on May 11, 1978. Source: Deakin Archives.
Peter Lane, who still works at Deakin and has done since 1974, filming at Geelong College on 1 June 1978. Source: Deakin Archives.
Bruce Renick from Deakin’s off-campus productions is selected for BBQ duties at the inaugural staff orientation at the Waurn Ponds Campus in 1978. Source: Deakin Archives.
Students enjoy discussing their studies at Deakin’s Waurn Ponds Campus in 1978. Source: Deakin Archives.
Deakin’s annual Market Day event where stalls bands, buskers and street theatre vie for the attention of staff, students and the Geelong community in 1980. Source: Deakin Archives.
Professor Nguyen Tran pioneered microwave technology at Deakin throughout the 1980s. Source: Deakin Archives.
Students hanging out on the steps of Deakin’s Waurn Ponds Campus in the 1980s. Source: Deakin Archives.
In 1980, students riding bikes along the pathways around the Deakin’s Waurn Ponds Campus KA Building. Source: Deakin Archives.
Cows from a local farm make their way onto Deakin’s Waurn Ponds Campus in 1982 attracted to the aquatic delights of Delacombe Court. Source: Deakin Archives.
Professor Alan Bond observing a computer sciences student in 1983. Source: Deakin Archives.
In 1987, students model the latest Deakin merchandise. Source: Deakin Archives.
In 1992, Vice-Chancellor John Hay and students board the Deakin tram for its maiden voyage. Source: Deakin Archives.
Deakin physical education students take a class in the Burwood Campus pool in 1993. The pool was also used by staff and students recreationally to cool off on hot summer days. Source: Deakin Archives.
Deakin graduates at Melbourne’s Dallas Brookes Hall in 1993. Source: Deakin Archives.
The early days of video conferencing in 1993. The TV screen reads ‘Viewing WARRNAMBOOL’. Source: Deakin Archives.
On 1 June 1994, Vice-Chancellor John Hay purchased the last bale of wool auctioned at the Woolstores building on Gheringhap St in Geelong. He is pictured with Mr John Yencken, owner of the Lang Willi estate. Later in 1996, after extensive renovations, the building would open to students as Deakin’s Waterfront Campus. Source: Deakin Archives.
An overhead view of students walking on the bridge above Delacombe Court in 1995. Source: Deakin Archives.
Visiting master Indian potters share their Indigenous knowledge and expertise with second year visual arts students at the Institute of Koorie Education (now known as the National Indigenous Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute), April 2003. Source: Deakin Archives.
OWeek activities at Deakin’s Burwood Campus in 2003. Source: Deakin Archives.
During 2004, Professor Peter Hodges, Faculty of Science and Engineering, models the new Deakin branded Ford Territory fleet with students from Surf Coast shire in Lorne. Source: Deakin Archives.
Students meet and congregate outside the Undergraduate Student Centre at the Waterfront Campus in 2008. Source: Deakin Archives.
In 2008, renovations to the Denny Lascelles Building began. Programs offered in the newly branded Health Precinct aimed to help redress the nursing shortfall in regional and rural areas. Source: Deakin Archives.
Undergraduate students enjoy the friendly and inclusive atmosphere of OWeek at the Burwood Campus in 2009. Source: Deakin Archives.
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