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Happy Birthday Sir Walter Murdoch

posted 06 September 2016 | Student Announcement (student)

Vice Chancellor Professor Eeva Leinonen and the Office of Alumni Relations invite you to celebrate the 41st Anniversary of Murdoch University’s first intake of students in 1975 and the 142nd birthday of the University’s namesake, Sir Walter Murdoch.

Vice Chancellor Professor Eeva Leinonen and the Office of Alumni Relations invite you to celebrate the 41st Anniversary of Murdoch University’s first intake of students in 1975 and the 142nd birthday of the University’s namesake, Sir Walter Murdoch.

Thursday 15 September 2016
12.00pm – 1.00pm
Join us on Bush Court and enjoy a special birthday cupcake.


The inauguration of Murdoch University on 17th of September 1974, the 100th birthday of Sir Walter Murdoch, was marked by the setting in place of a central survey mark in a disc of granite from Pitsligo, the birthplace in Scotland of Sir Walter Murdoch.

To read more about Sir Walter Murdoch and the history of the University go to:
our.murdoch.edu.au/University-Secretarys-Office/University-history/Early-history/