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Notable alumni - any reason that the list has been merged back into the article again, rather than just linking to List of University of Western Australia people? Dannow 08:11, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
A minor point perhaps, but certain to annoy some people from the University if they read this - the correct title of UWA is "The University of Western Australia" (see the Act), with a capital T. Some people can be quite picky about this. Any objection to my going through the article and fixing that up? Grahame
"Western Australia's first indigenous doctors and lawyers graduated from UWA in the 1980s, almost a century after the University was established. This contrasts unfavourably with other Commonwealth countries like Canada or New Zealand, which have been turning out indigenous graduates, including doctors, for over a century."
I was uncomfortable with the previous top-level section on Aboriginal students. To me, this is not and was never an important fact worth knowing about UWA - i.e. it is irrelevent (Life expectancy <20 years? Is this an article about UWA or what?) Has UWA actively discriminated against aboriginal students significantly moreso than the rest of 'European Australia', because that would be something worth knowing, or is the fact that few indigenous students attend UWA aptly enough explained by the sorry facts in this article. As such, I have incorporated an abbreviated, factual 2 sentences about the situation into a section retitled 'Students'. Why indigenous Australia is the way it is, is an interesting debate; however, tertiary under-representation is, in my opinion, a symptom and not a cause, and thus in this instance largely irrelevent. Ian peters 11:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Ian
I attended a sad, pitiful auction, handled pro-bono by Sothebys, in Kintore (NT) where local Aboriginal people sold off artwork to fund a renal dialysis centre. It was reported widely overseas but did not get much coverage here.'Italic text More on that later.
Every Australian has a right to healthcare and to equal treatment. As a nation, we pride ourselves on this. As an institute of higher learning, UWA has a responsibility to the community to help improve health outcomes for all Western Australians, not merely those who require botox or mammary implants.
In reference to the Pastoralists case, I think I know what you are alluding to. Yes, a good work ethic is a positive thing. I hope you are openminded enough to accept that some of those poor fella stockmen in the above case served this country admirably overseas, laid their lives on the line even though they were not allowed to vote, only to receive below-award pay on their return. Pay that was less than that of their white counterparts who they had served alongside with in Singapore, Tobruk, New Guinea and elsewhere. Where's the justice or consistency in that? Then again, in those days, women got paid less for being women...! There you go.
Personally, I'm interested in Aboriginal health issues, I'm not interested in blame, even if I did have a swipe at the hallowed University.
You mentioned employment and its relationship to health outcomes. I'd challenge anyone to tell some old blackfella half blind with trachoma (a disease most commonly seen in the third world) that "its all your fault pal because you don't have a job."
Ian, It costs nothing to be compassionate, to feel for other peoples suffering. Not one cent need be expended. This is not about being a conservative or leftist. Its about having a heart.
I attended a sad, pitiful auction, handled pro-bono by Sothebys, in Kintore (NT) where local Aboriginal people sold off artwork to fund a renal dialysis centre. It was reported widely overseas but did not get much coverage here.
We are a great and compassionate nation with a sense of fair-go and justice for all. There's a crisis out there and I sought to highlight the fact that Universities, repositories of wisdom, learning and truth, have turned a blind eye to the suffering of Aboriginal people for close to a century. You excised my post. I respectfully ask that you reinstate it or, failing that, amend it to better reflect the common ground that I am sure we both share.
Paul Kickett-O'Connor newhigh@hotmail.com
i don't think that the unversity should be regarded as ranking highly on an international scale. ranked moderately might be a better phrase. but a rank that is not in the top 50, should not be considered high. it gives a false sense of prestige which is unfortunately not correct.
We lost the citation site http://www.biospace.com/company_profile.cfm?CompanyID=825320. Leads no where probaby fixable. The Fact was "The University has over 80 research centres, including the Crime Research Centre, the Centre for Forensic Science, the Centre for Water Research and the Centre for Oil and Gas Engineering." I know this to be true personally so should be an easy find, but I don't feel like it. Repeat biospace has probaby just been restructured.--AresAndEnyo (talk) 10:50, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
In-line citations No. 8 and No. 12 lead nowhere. These citations support some fairly major claims, so they should be restored in order that the claims are verifiable. The two websites are:
http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/business-briefing/uwa-house-international-radio-astronomy-research-centre.html
http://www.http://www.uwa.edu.au/university.html
Citation No. 8 supports a statement that recently welcomed the State Government announcement of a $20 million international radio astronomy research centre on UWA's Perth campus. Use of the word recently needs to be supported by some indication of date. It is unclear whether this sentence pertains to something that happened five years ago or five months ago. Dolphin51 (talk) 11:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
I'm going to go through and fix a few minor issues, mostly about grammar. I've started by culling some of the most egregious Inappropriate Useage Of Capitals. Humakt (talk) 06:13, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
The article probably needs to mention the teaching hierarchy and how it differs from other universities. Specifically, what the title of Winthrop Professor means. Hack (talk) 06:55, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I may have inadvertently ruffled some feathers in citing online UWA Senate minutes (which were immediately taken off line) for a 24 June 2013 resolution that construction of the museum would not commence until 100% of the funds were in hand (Sen-M-6-13.doc, 97.5 kB, downloaded on 6 January). That resolution may subsequently have been rescinded. However, I could find no mention of a start date or funding status in the Berndt Museum of Anthropology newsletter (page 9)—the alternative citation which I have adopted. Interestingly, the newsletter chooses to call it the Aboriginal Cultures Exhibition, a distinction which is relevant to a separate discussion I happened to be in at the same time! In his page one Introduction article in the newsletter, Professor Sandy Toussaint states "... we are working toward the development of a new Aboriginal Cultures Museum that we hope will be built by the University in about five years." Bjenks (talk) 03:36, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Cruwsible isn't a WP:NOTABLE publication, but a section here would be preferable to deletion. Boleyn (talk) 16:50, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
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No external sources to support notability, but may be reasonable subject to include in the university article Ost (talk) 21:08, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
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