{"id":56,"date":"2022-04-11T12:27:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T04:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:02:00","slug":"stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n                class=\"block cards-image block--no-indent\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n\n    <div class=\"card-grid\" data-card-size=\"standard\" data-card-count=\"9\" data-card-background=\"white\">\n                    <div id=\"flashback-to-1976\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/84163_833406_02-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpeg\" alt=\"Flashback to 1976\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Flashback to 1976<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Radio 6NR, courses, computers on campus and community Fairs<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/flashback-to-1976\/\" aria-label=\"Read this story\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Read this story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"satellite-breakthrough\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/87123_Research-ReviewVolcanic-Ash-Cloud-aspect-ratio-2-1-2-480x240.jpeg\" alt=\"Satellite breakthrough\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Satellite breakthrough<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>In 1982 WAIT and CSIRO design a computer program to identify volcanic ash cloud<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/satellite-breakthrough\/\" aria-label=\"Read this story\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Read this story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"the-wait-scavenger-hunt-that-got-out-of-hand\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/84162_831394_1_10-scaled-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"The WAIT scavenger hunt that got out of hand\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">The WAIT scavenger hunt that got out of hand<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Scavenger hunts were a popular student activity in the WAIT Guild Week in the 1970s and early 1980s.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/the-great-wait-scavenger-hunt-that-got-out-of-hand\/\" aria-label=\"Read this story\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Read this story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"flashback-to-1975\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/30156_836060-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Flashback to 1975\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Flashback to 1975<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Find out more about our past with this flashback to 1975<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/the-roaring-70s-at-curtin-flashback-to-1975\/\" aria-label=\"Read this story\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Read this story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"celebrating-pride-lgbtqia-community-at-curtin\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_0556-scaled-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Celebrating Pride: LGBTQIA+ community at Curtin\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Celebrating Pride: LGBTQIA+ community at Curtin<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>We are celebrating Pride Month with records of the LGBTQIA+ community on campus from our early days. Queer people and their stories have traditionally been silenced in written history and archives, so there is additional significance when it comes to the preservation of records created by and for queer people.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/celebrating-pride-lgbtqia-community-at-curtin\/\" aria-label=\"Read this story\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Read this story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"the-origin-of-the-curtin-university-logo\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/newWAIT-Curtin-logo-story-image-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"The origin of the Curtin University logo\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">The origin of the Curtin University logo<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Curtin University&#8217;s logo still carries with it a connection to our days as the Western Australian institute of Technology (WAIT) and the symbol we used then. <\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/the-origin-of-the-curtin-university-logo\/\" aria-label=\"Read this story\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Read this story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"a-brief-history-of-health-sciences-at-curtin-university\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/87117_253_01_Nursing-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpeg\" alt=\"A brief history of Health Sciences at Curtin University\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">A brief history of Health Sciences at Curtin University<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>WAIT\u2019s first intake of students was in 1967, with an official enrolment of 2,891 students. Of the health sciences, the associate qualification of pharmacy transferred from Perth Technical College is one of the first disciplines taught in our inaugural year.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/faculty-of-health-sciences\/\" aria-label=\"Read this story\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Read this story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"55-years-since-our-first-graduation-ceremony\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/84163_834469_12-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpeg\" alt=\"55 years since our first graduation ceremony\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">55 years since our first graduation ceremony<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>On 14 June 1968, our first graduation ceremony was held in Hayman Hall in building 102 (now Curtin Connect) on the Perth campus.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/55-years-since-our-first-graduation-ceremony\/\" aria-label=\"Read this story\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Read this story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"1990s-2000s-image-gallery\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/87116_196_01_B109-copy-aspect-ratio-2-1-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"1990s-2000s image gallery\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">1990s-2000s image gallery<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Have a browse through a selection of images on the Perth campus from the 1990s and early 2000s and compare what&#8217;s different and what&#8217;s exactly the same.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"card__links\"><ul class=\"link-list link-list--magenta pink-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/stories\/image-gallery\/\" aria-label=\"Explore this gallery\"\n                                           target=\"_top\">Explore this gallery<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[34,13,17,10,56,16],"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-archive","tag-collections","tag-curtin-university","tag-preservation","tag-stories","tag-wait"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}