University of Western Australia

University of Western Australia
Perth, Australia (AU)
Sir John Winthrop Hackett was the founding Chancellor of UWA and its main benefactor, leaving more than £425,000 (the equivalent of $18 million today) to the University. He was proprietor and Editor of The West Australian newspaper, and had an abiding interest and passion in the establishment of a university for Perth, a vision realised in 1911.
Sir John Winthrop Hackett was the founding Chancellor of UWA and its main benefactor, leaving more than £425,000 (the equivalent of $18 million today) to the University. He was proprietor and Editor of The West Australian newspaper, and had an abiding interest and passion in the establishment of a university for Perth, a vision realised in 1911.
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Links: www.uwa.edu.au
By: trecherus

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