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David Lumsdaine was one of Australia’s most significant composers.

Join David Marr and Wiradjuri elder Frank Doolan as they shed light on Australia's bloody history in 'Killing for Country'. A must-read for all Australians.

Compiled by Keith Jackson IN THIS SECTION: History of ASOPA - Chronology - Archives The ASOPA Archives offer a range of articles and papers about the Australian School of Pacific Administration, about education in Papua New Guinea and about matters...

In the 50th anniversary year of UNSW Law & Justice, a renowned human rights lawyer reflects on the founding Dean’s legacy and ‘living greatly in the law’.

UNSW professors pay tribute to law school founder UNSW professors pay tribute to law school founder Share Several UNSW professors have paid tribute to a UNSW law school founder, who passed away last week. Emeritus Professor Hal Wootten AC QC was the founding dean of the UNSW law school and passed away on 27 July at the age of 98. He also served as a commissioner on the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in the late 1980s to early 1990s and was a co-founder of the first Aborigin...

UNSW Emeritus Professor Hal Wootten passed away during the night of 27 July, leaving behind a world where the law can finally meet justice. “A law school should have and communicate to its students a keen concern for those on whom the law bears harshly.” These were the echoing words of Emeritus Professor John Halden Wootten AC QC that formed the guiding principle of the faculty since it first opened its doors on 1 March 1971. Prof. Wootten joined UNSW as the founding Dean of the Faculty of ...