Monash University Archives

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Did you know that Monash has a cutting of the apple tree Isaac Newton reportedly observed the apple fall from? It was planted in 1975 and boy has it grown in the 49 years since! Here you can see it on the day it was planted in 1975 and again today.

What better way to spend your summer than learning new skills at Summer School! From art and music, to science and typing, there's always something new to learn!

This week in 1975, Sir Richard Eggleston was elected as @MonashUni Chancellor following the death of Sir Douglas Menzies in office the previous November. A former judge and then lecturer at Monash Law, Sir Richard served as Chancellor for eight years until 1983.

Towards the end of @MonashUni's first year in 1961 the first cricket match on campus took place, with the Vice-Chancellor's team taking on the students who won by six runs! Here you can see our first Vice-Chancellor, Louis Matheson, participating.

It's #WorldTypingDay! What better day to showcase Monash's Japanese typewriter which was purchased in 1969 for $1,000 ($12,000 today). In these two photos you can see it being used in 1984 and in its current home in the Archives.

As we all head back to work for another year, let's take a look at a @MonashUni office space in the 1970s. But this wasn't just any old office. It was the office of the Teaching Services Unit which, among other things, housed & distributed audio-visual material used for teaching.

Here's your sign to get all dressed up these holidays, just like these Physics Honours students in 1985!

Let's go back to the 1960s to have a look at some science labs from @MonashUni's earliest days! Because @Monash_Science was one of Monash's first faculties, the science buildings were some of the first to be built at Clayton. This is what some of them looked like inside.

Did you know that the Hargrave-Andrew Library was the first library at @MonashUni? Since opening in 1962 it has gone through a lot of changes and these photos show just how much has changed between then and now. @monashunilib

Because @MonashPharm has its origins in the late 1800s, we are lucky enough at the Archives to have some pharmacy related items that are over 150 years old! These prescription books, for example, are from 1863-1929, making them some of the oldest items in our collection.

Did you know @MonashUni used to have campuses at Berwick and Gippsland? Berwick campus was opened in 1996, while Gippsland was the Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education from 1968 until it merged with Monash in 1990. Both campuses are now part of Federation Uni.

Did you know that from the start there were plans for a hospital to be included on Clayton campus? When this didn't happen, students had to rely on distant hospitals, including the Queen Victoria Hospital. Monash's residence block is pictured here in 1964. @Monash_FMNHS

Time for a Then vs Now look at @MonashPharm. Did you know it dates back to 1881 as the Victorian College of Pharmacy? The 1st photo shows the College in 1887 in Swanston St, while the 2nd shows Parkville in 2011, after they moved there in 1960 & then joined @MonashUni in 1992

Looking for some last minute Halloween costume ideas? We've got you covered! Check out these weird and wacky costumes from productions held at the Alexander Theatre over the decades! @monashpac

Did you know that next year @MonashLawSchool will be celebrating its 60th anniversary? Let's start the celebrations early with a look back at the very first moot court in c.1968!

Let's celebrate #NationalBirdWeek with a look at these Cape Barren Geese and their precious fluffy babies! Full video can be found on our YouTube Channel: youtu.be/eIGXsU5b_JI?si…

In 1990, @MonashUni merged with Chisholm Institute of Technology, and @MonashInfotech was created out of the Department of Computer Science at Monash & Chisholm's Faculty of Technology. 5/5

Then in 1968, a Department of Information Science was established in @Monash_Science, with its first subject, a third year subject, being offered in 1969. 4/5

Did you know that although @MonashInfotech as we know it today didn't come into being until the 1990s, computing education has a long history at Caulfield Institute of Technology/Chisholm Institute of Technology and @MonashUni? 1/5