Archive
Under the Sea
This story is a look back to 1981 and 1982 when staff from Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computing…
Flashback to 1976
An enduring Curtin characteristic is to learn by doing, an attribute which had its origins in our early WAIT days…
Satellite breakthrough
1982 satellite imagery of a cloud of volcanic ash from Mount Galunggung, Indonesia. The above image from 1982 is of…
The Great WAIT Scavenger Hunt
In late 1978, as part of Student Activities Week, the WAIT Student Guild organised The Great Scavenger Hunt. Meant in…
The roaring 70s at Curtin: flashback to 1975
WAIT, Curtin, Bentley campus, aerial photograph, 1972-1975 1975 was a year of consolidation at the Western Australian Institute of Technology…
Celebrating Pride: LGBTQIA+ community at Curtin
We are celebrating Pride Month with records of the LGBTQIA+ community on campus from our early days. Queer people and…
The origin of the Curtin University logo
Curtin University’s logo still carries with it a connection to our days as the Western Australian institute of Technology (WAIT)…
A brief history of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University
The family tree that evolves into Curtin University begins with the various trade schools and technical colleges in the early…
NAIDOC Week – For Our Elders: The Centre for Aboriginal Studies
For this year’s NAIDOC theme For our Elders, the Archives is exploring the difference our early Indigenous educators at Curtin…
55 years since our first graduation ceremony
On 14 June 1968, our very first graduation ceremony was held in Hayman Hall in building 102 (now Curtin Connect)…