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Brick by brick

The Urrbrae Gatehouse, pre-deconstruction

The laborious reconstruction of the Urrbrae Gatehouse is about more than retention of the built form.

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Treasures of Waite

Bill of Sale

To some, the trove may seem to be a slightly quirky collection of oddities. But they are very dear and important to us.

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Celebrating 100 years of Waite

Lumen: Waite 100

In this special edition of Lumen we celebrate all things Waite, the University's home of agriculture, food and wine. But none of this would have been possible without a history making bequest.

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Human infrastructure

Herbert George ‘Andy’ Andrewartha

Though Peter Waite’s name looms large over our eastern campus, there are many other prominent people who, through their research or riches, contributed to the University of Adelaide, WARI, or South Australian science, and earned a building dedication in response.

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150th Wine Collection

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Our special collection of wines made by alumni.

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A year of celebrations

A year of celebrations

The celebrations for our 150th have already begun – the party has officially started.

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World News - Autumn 2024

Peter Ong

We invited some of this community to be our special “foreign correspondents” - to give a brief insight into their lives, careers and success around the world.

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Letters to the editor - May

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We invited readers of our Spring/Summer issue of Lumen to tell us how studying at the University of Adelaide helped change their lives – what impact we had on their history.

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David Penberthy

David Penberthy

OnDit, the UniBar and other formative experiences.

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Onnie Chan

Onnie Chan

Education has always played a significant role in my life, thanks to my mother’s influence. Now, I am turning a new page because of my studies at the University of Adelaide.

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