Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1939-1967 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
16 type one boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Keith Sydney Isles (1902-1977), economist and university vice-chancellor, was born on 4 August 1902 at Bothwell, Tasmania, second son of Sydney Henry Isles, a labourer who became a farmer, and his wife Margaret Ellen, née Knight. Educated at Hobart High School and the University of Tasmania (B.Com., 1925). In August 1957 he succeeded Professor Torleiv Hytten as vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania. A period of growth saw the introduction of faculties of medicine and agriculture, but was eventually dominated by the turmoil of the Sydney Sparkes Orr case. For more information see : https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/isles-keith-sydney-10595 and https://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/1960/university-forefather/
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Received from Mrs. Irene Isles, Hobart August 1979
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Material relating to Universities, commissions and committees.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
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