Vol. 24 No. 3 SPRING 2005 Alex Harris Memorial Award Science and Environment ADAPE State and National Tertiary Publication Awards Registered Print Post no 602669/00256 Vol. 24 No.3 Spring 2005 CONTENTS FEATURES In Focus: campus news and views 2 Graduate Profile: John Welborn 5 From the Vice-Chancellery 7 Nightingales in France 8 UWA’s China connections 12 Celebrating Seventy! 19 A ‘happy accident’ for Australian music 21 The vision: a national museum of Indigenous art 23 Newsmakers: Dr Ken Michael 24 GRAD NEWS 27 GRAD BRIEFS 30 COVER: As the world becomes more aware of China’s rich cultural heritage, UWA becomes the site for Australia’s first Confucius Institute. (Photo: FormAsia Books, Hong Kong) CONTENTS PAGE PHOTOGRAPHS: Top: Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Robson and His Excellency, Mr Raidi, Vice-Chairman of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, at the launch of UWA’s Confucius Institute – see UWA’s China connections (Photo: The Australian). Centre: Research Assistant Leisha Richards samples river water in Albany – see New Course for Albany in In Focus. Bottom: Kimberley artist Gilgie of Derby – see The vision: a national museum of Indigenous art. Editor-in-Chief: Colin Campbell-Fraser (
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