Oral History of the University
Foundation staff stories

During the course of 1992/1993 former Griffith Deputy-Chancellor and Griffith mature-aged student graduate, Patience Thoms, undertook a number of projects that looked at the history of Griffith University. This included the Oral History of the University which was a series of one-on-one oral history interviews she conducted with long-serving and foundation staff. Below are digital copies of some of the interviews conducted by Patience for this project.

Professor Calvin Rose - Our foundation School of Australian Environmental Studies Chairman

John Topley - Our foundation Registrar

Professor Robert Ross - Our foundation Director of CALT (Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching)

Professor Charles Presley - Our foundation Humanities Chairman

Colin Phillips - Our foundation Curator of Grounds (Groundsman)

Doctor Margriet Bonnin - Our foundation Director of the Queensland Film and Drama Centre (now Griffith Artworks)

Sir Theodor Bray - Our foundation Chancellor

Sir Theodor Bray - Our foundation Chancellor