Eric Carwardine has a special connection with Curtin University that spans 35 glorious years, from 1964 to 1999. 🎓
Last month, the Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences alumnus and former Curtin staff member took a trip down memory lane with us, visiting his old stomping grounds at our Bentley Campus.
“In the summer of 1964, I was part of the pioneering movement from St George`s Terrace Perth to the Bentley campus.
“Somewhere in my archives, I have photographic negatives of the construction of Building 306 which housed the departments of Chemistry, Biology, and Medical Technology, and was set amongst a pine plantation. 🔬🧪
“In the basement of Building 306, there was a cafeteria and an ablutions block and several of us set up home in the ground floor chemistry laboratories, putting our sleeping bags under the fume hoods. With all the comforts of home, we could save traveling time as we set up the laboratories.”
Eric attended Perth Technical College before it became the Western Australian Institute of Technology in 1967, and later Curtin in 1985.
Eric now resides at SwanCare Tandara in East Victoria Park with his wife Heather and likes to keep active by creating beautiful jarrah furniture and writing his memoir.✍ 📓
“At the age of eighty years my quota of one billion heartbeats must be nearing exhaustion but before the counter reached zero, I had a task to perform, a pilgrimage to where my full-time employment started,” he said.
“When I retired in 1999, I was the longest-serving member of the technical staff. Thank you, Curtin, for the opportunity to stroll down memory lane.” 💛
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