hacket hall and  pool pic

1923
First purpose built university building commenced on the UWA campus when construction of the former Biology and Geology building commenced on the Park Avenue site.

1929
Building begins on a 51-hectare site in Crawley.

1931
The first issue of PROSH newspaper, short for ‘procession’ and originally called SRUSS-SRUSS, is published. The popular student newspaper is produced each year and sold by UWA students around the streets of Perth to raise money for charity.

1932
Completion of the Hackett Memorial buildings including Winthrop Hall adjoining the main entrance to UWA, funded by the bequest from Sir John Winthrop Hackett.

The move of UWA from Irwin Street in Perth to the Crawley campus is completed.

1935
The University Text Books Board is established, renamed the University of Western Australia Press in 1953.

1945
William Somerville’s ‘cathedral of trees’ planted in 1927 is opened as an outdoor venue called Somerville Auditorium.