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unusual facts about Adelaide University



Benjamin Speed

Growing up in Adelaide, Speed graduated with an honours degree in Music Technology from the Elder Conservatorium of Music at Adelaide University and has a Masters Degree in Screen Composing from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Sydney.

Edward Harold Davies

Edward Harold Davies (usually known as Harold) (18 July 1867 - 1 July 1947) was professor of music at Adelaide University, Principal of the Elder Conservatorium, and brother of Sir Walford Davies.

John Lancelot Stirling

He was a member of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society and its president from 1891 to 1893; he was president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Pastoralists' Association, the St Peter's Old Collegians Association, the Caledonian Society, the South Australian Zoological and Acclimatization Society, and was a member of the Adelaide University council.


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Archibald Watson

His portrait (by William Beckwith McInnes) hangs in the Adelaide University's anatomy department.

South Australia Rugby Union

By 1971 clubs included: Army, Adelaide University, Glenelg, Burnside, Elizabeth, Flinders University, North Adelaide, Old Collegians, Onkaparinga, Port Adelaide, Roseworthy College Rams, Salisbury, Southern Suburbs, West Torrens and Woodville.

William Henry Bragg

Whilst in Adelaide, Bragg played tennis and golf, and as a founding member of the North Adelaide and Adelaide University Lacrosse Clubs, contributed to the introduction of lacrosse to South Australia and was also the secretary of the Adelaide University Chess Assosciation.

Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz

He also directed two plays for the Adelaide University Theatre Guild, in 1959 and 1967, and later appeared as an actor in several television dramas for Crawford Productions in Melbourne.