Project
Details
Access to these oral history recordings, in the Conversations
series,
is through the Oral History Unit, National Library of Australia, Canberra
The Interviewer is Tony Ryan, Executive Producer Lifelong Learning, 5UV Radio Adelaide
| BERKELEY, Mr George Fitzhardinge, AM |
| Queensland (1926 - 1995) |
| Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Former Director General of Education, (1984 - 1986); Long involvement in educational administration, research and statistics; Significant involvement in various reports on education in Queensland, including Radford, ROSBA and Vivienne; Views on SEMP and MACOS controversies; Fellow and Medallist of The Australian College of Education |
| BLACKBURN, Dr Jean |
| Victoria and South Australia (1919 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes |
| Inaugural Chancellor of The University of Canberra (1991 - 1992); Chair, Victorian Board of Education (1991-1992); Deputy Chair, Australian Schools Commission (1972 - 1988); Key involvement in the two Karmel Reports, Disadvantaged Schools Programs, Education for Girls; Victorian Certificate of Education; Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board; Chair, Blackburn Committee (Victoria). |
| COUCH, Dr Victor, AM, KSGG |
| New South Wales (1926 - 1996) |
| Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Consultant to the Catholic Education Commission; Chair, Catholic College of Education Council Sydney; Committee Member, Australian Catholic University Planning Committee; Vice Principal, Sydney Teachers College (1969 Ð197; Lecturer STC (1961-1969); Lecturer Wagga Teachers College (1948 -1960); Fellow, Australian College Education. |
| DAVIS, Dr Betty |
| South Australia ( - ) |
| Duration: - hour - minutes |
| Details as yet to be provided. |
| DRUERY, Mr Alan Edgar |
| Queensland (1936 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes |
| [Details as yet to be provided] |
| FRICKER, Mr Lyall Peterie, AM, KSJ |
| South Australia (1923 - ) |
| Duration: 3 hours 10 minutes |
| Director General of TAFE (SA) (1982-88); Chair Australian Conference of TAFE Directors (1986 - 87): Member, Overseas Qualifications Board; Chair (1990-92); Chair Australian College of Education (1977-78); Regional Director, NSW Department of Eduction and Science (1966); RAAF (1942 - 1945): Fellow and Medallist of The Australian College Education. |
| GLEESON, Most Rev James William, AO |
| South Australia (1920 - 2000) |
| Duration: 55 minutes |
| Former Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide; Director of Catholic Education in Adelaide (1952-1958); Founding member, The Australian College of Education. |
| GRANT, Dr John |
| Australian Capital Territory ( - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes |
| [Details to be shortly amended] |
| HOGG, Dr Anna |
| New South Wales ( - ) |
| Duration: 46 minutes |
| Founding Member and Fellow, The Australian College Education; Teacher in NSW Schools; Lecturer, Sydney Teachers College; First woman Head of Department of Education at Sydney Teachers College; First woman awarded Imperial Relations Trust Scholarship; NSW Institute of Educational Research; Long involvement in Christian Education; Editor of Journal of Christian Education; Member of Postgraduate Committee in Medicine NSW. |
| HOWELL, Dr Maxwell Arthur, AM |
| Queensland (1926 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes |
| Fellow, The Australian College of Education; Headmaster, Brisbane Grammar School (1965-1989); Member, Commonwealth Schools Commission (1985-1988); Member, Council of Griffith University (1976-1988); Member, Radford and ROSBA Committees (1970-1976); Member Board of Secondary School Studies (1973-1992). |
| HUGHES, Prof Phillip, AO |
| Tasmania (1926 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes |
| Education Consultant, OECD (1993 - ); Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Tasmania (1991 - ); Director of Centre for Advanced Teaching Studies; Foundation Chair, ACT Schools Authority (1973-1977); Head, School of Education, Canberra CAE (1970-1980); Dep Gen Education Tas 1965-1969; Gold Medal For Educational Administration ACEA 1992; President of Australian College Education. |
| JONES, Dr Albert Walter, AO |
| South Australia (1912 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes |
| Director General of Education, SA (1970-1977); Deputy Director (1967-1970); Educational Administrator (1949-1977); Fullbright Scholar (1956-1957); Renowned for his expertise in education, curriculum, administration and his Freedom and Authority Memorandum; Fellow and Medallist, The Australian College Education; Original Member of the Schools Commission; ANZAAS Medal 1979. |
| JORDAN, Dr Deidre F, AC, MBE |
| South Australia ( - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Chancellor Flinders University (1988 - ); Pro-Chancellor, Flinders University (1980 Ð 1988); Senior Lecturer, Adelaide University; Principal, St Aloysius College (1954 Ð 1968); Research into problems affecting Aboriginal Communities in Australia, Canada, Norway and Pakistan; Patron, Notre Dame Institute in Karachi; Fellow Australian College of Education; Member of the Order of Sisters of Mercy. |
| KARMEL, Professor Peter, AC, CBE |
| Australian Capital Territory ( - ) |
| Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes |
| [Details will be provided shortly] |
| LAMB, Dr Peter Noel |
| New South Wales (1926 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes |
| Director of Teacher Education, Mitchell College of Advanced Education; Senior Lecturer Macquarie University; Visiting Scholar University of Kent (1972-73); Lecturer, Sydney Teachers College (1963-1967); ABC Eduction Officer (Schools Broadcasts) (1956 Ð 1960); Headmaster, Kelso Demonstration School (1959-1960. |
| LAWTON, Mr Collin, OAM |
| South Australia (1925 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes |
| Staff member, Department of Adult Education, University of Adelaide (1957-1990); Secretary to Workers Educational Association (1949 Ð 1957); Assisted in establishing University of the Third Age; Involved in the establishment of Australian Association of Adult Education (now Adult Learning Australia); Medallist of AAAE; Involvement in the foundation of 5UV, The University of Adelaide, in 1972. |
| MITCHELL, Miss Bessie |
| New South Wales (1909 - ) |
| Duration: 58 minutes |
| Founding Head, Cheltenham High School (1958-1970); Founding Member of The Australian College of Education in 1958; Established Modern Language Teachers Association; Involvement in Association of High School Principals; President; Secondary Teachers Association (1950-1956):, Deputy Head, Marrickville High (1954): Sydney High School (1955-1957); Influential in combining professional aspiration with trade union perspectives. |
| OATS, Dr William Nicolle, OBE |
| Tasmania (1912 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Headmaster, The Friends School Hobart (1945-1973); Headmaster, Kings College Adelaide (1942-1943); Teacher, International School Geneva (1938-1940); Former President, Quaker Society in Australia; President, New Education Fellowship; President, Fellow and Founding Member, The Australian College of Education. |
| PITMAN, Mr John |
| Queensland ( - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes |
| Details as yet to be provided. |
| RANDALL, Dr Shirley Kaye, AM |
| Victoria (1940 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes |
| Fellow, Australian College of Education; Director, Council of Adult Education, Victoria (1991- ); Dean of Academic Affairs, Ballarat University College (1990); Director of Professional Development Programs, Schools Commission (1981); Department of Education, Canberra (1982-1989); Papua New Guinea University and Teachers College (1966 Ð 1974). |
| ROGERS, Mis Ruth N, OAM |
| South Australia (1926 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes |
| Fellow and College medallist, The Australian College of Education; Assistant Director of Eduction (1976 Ð1985); Assistant Superintendent of Primary Education (1970-1975); Adelaide Teachers College (1956-1970); lecturer in Early Childhood Education; Taught in Junior Primary Schools, Rose Park, Nairn; Long involvement with World Education Fellowship; Organised National Biennial Conference, Early Childhood Learning. |
| SQUIRE, Dr Robert A |
| Queensland (1915 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Owner and Principal, Hubbards Specialist Independent School (1962 - 1995): Kelvin Grove Teachers College (1949 Ð 1961) as Lecturer in Charge of Science; RAAF for 5 years (1942 Ð 1945): Air Disaster Invesigator (1945 Ð 1946); Expert in teaching Science, Physics and Zoology; Member Australian College of Education and Secretary to the Queensland Chapter (1969 - 198); Life member, Queensland Science Teachers Association; President, Queensland Science Teachers Assocation (1965). |
| STEINLE, Mr John |
| South Australia ( - ) |
| Duration: - hour - minutes |
| Details as yet to be provided. |
| THIELE, Mr Colin |
| South Australia (1920 - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes |
| Internationally recognised and awarded author and educator; Director Wattle Park Teachers Centre (1974 Ð1980): Director, Murray Park Teachers College (1973); Principal, Wattle Teachers College (1965-1972); Vice Principal, Wattle Park Teachers College (1964); Lecturer WPTC (1957-1962); Fulbright Scholar (1958); Teacher, Port Lincoln High School (1946 Ð 1955); RAAF (1941 Ð 1945); Author of many books, many of his childrenÕs books based on his experiences in Port Lincoln; Author of "Grains Of Mustard Seed", to mark the centenary of the SA Education Department (1875 - 1975). |
| WEEDEN, Mr William John, OBE |
| Australian Capital Territory ( - ) |
| Duration: 45 minutes |
| Head of the Commonwealth Office of Education; Secretary to the Universities Commission, later Head of Commission; Secretary to the Murray Enquiry into Universities; Involvement in the Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme, the Colombo Plan, Innovation for Commonwealth to assist States with the funding of Universities; Involved with the establishment of the Australian College of Education. |
| WINKLE, Mr Les |
| Queensland ( - ) |
| Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes |
| Details as yet to be provided. |