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Other Journeys: Reflections on reading Iris Murdoch and Making Art
No full textArticle and Cover Design
‘The Iris Murdoch Review’ is the journal of the Iris Murdoch Research Centre and Society – which aims to represent the breadth and eclecticism of contemporary critical approaches to Murdoch. Petrie also designed the cover for the journal.
This 2800 word article offers a reflection on an emergent creative strategy that explores how aspects of the novels of Dame Iris Murdoch might be visualised. The methods involve:
• Reading the novel in order
• Drawing to visualise aspects of novels
• Development/combining of images through drawing, painting, and printmaking
• Printmaking exploring variations on a theme
• Engagement with Murdoch community/literature to review/reconsider possible meanings/directions of artworks
Four artworks by Kevin Petrie were reproduced in the journal for the first time:
The Enchanter
2023
Acrylic on wooden panel
60x42cm
Photo: David Williams
The Unicorn
2023
Ink on paper
21x29.7cm
Photo: David Williams
In the Nightjar Alley
2023
Ink on paper
21x29.7cm
Photo: David Williams
The Bell
2023
Ink on paper
21x29.7cm
Photo: David Williams
The cover was also designed by Kevin Petrie showing work in progress, materials, tools, and Iris Murdoch novels shown in a display case at the exhibition Other Journeys – Paintings and Drawing by Kevin Petrie curated by Karolynne Hart at The Gallery, Gateshead Library 28th April – 8th July 2023. Photo: David Williams
Gallipoli letter from Keith Arthur Murdoch to Andrew Fisher, 1915 [manuscript].
No full textPart of Papers of Keith Arthur Murdoch.; In MS 2823 Series 2 Folder 1.; Photocopy enclosed.; Selected in 2015 for inclusion in UNESCO's Memory of the World Australian Register.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms2823-2-1; Selected items exhibited: "Treasures Gallery", National Library of Australia, 16 September 2013 - 2 February 2014. ANL; Exhibited: Treasures Gallery NLA Iteration 10, 24 September 2015 – February 2016. The Gallipoli letter is an 8000 word private report which was written by Keith Arthur Murdoch with the help of a British war correspondent (Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett) after he visited the Gallipoli peninsula in September 1915. It describes the organisation, and conditions of the Gallipoli campaign. It was sent to Andrew Fisher (Australian Prime Minister) and Henry Herbert Asquith (British Prime Minister)
Feasibility of a natural gas cogeneration system at Murdoch University
No full textThis report documents the procedure and findings of an economic feasibility study for a trigeneration system at Murdoch University that was performed in accordance with the requirements of an Internship with MTU Detroit Diesel Australia. The system could be used for power generation, space cooling and heating and extends to the possibility of selling waste energy to Saint John of God Hospital.
Specific components and locations were selected as the basis of the feasibility study. Predictions for the cost of energy and carbon credits were varied to determine the effect on economic feasibility.
The natural gas fueled 20 cylinder reciprocating engine provided by MTU Detroit Diesel Australia would run at a constant output of 2145kWe to provide 75% of Murdoch University’s electricity needs. The heat from the exhaust would be fed directly to an absorption chiller. The jacket water from the engine would be sold to Saint John of God Hospital for a cost.
The absorption chiller provided by Broad would be used to provide an extra 1745kWr capacity to Murdoch University’s existing chilled water pipe circuit. At the estimated time of installation, this would bring the chilled water capacity at Murdoch University up by 15% to 11700kWr.
The jacket water would be pumped under Murdoch Drive to Saint John of God Hospital to provide all space heating requirements amounting to 7TJ per year.
The results of the feasibility study indicate that the proposed system would pay for itself in nine years. 3.6 million dollars would be saved over the estimated 25 year life time of the project when compared to the current system. The predictions for the cost of energy over the next decade would have a significant effect on payback period. Collection of reliable energy rate predictions is the next step in creating a more accurate feasibility study. A detailed risk analysis is also required
Collaborative strategic and business planning at the micro level: The Murdoch Business School
No full textThis paper analyses and critiques the traditional top-down strategic planning process that prevails in organisations. It investigates the argument(s) for a shift from the traditional to an emergent approach to planning issues. It argues, however, for a planning approach that has active staff/employee involvement and ownership of the process to nurture real engagement with the outcome(s) and to enhance authorship of, and commitment to, the final results. The empirical component is a case study of the planning process used by the Murdoch Business School within Murdoch University in Western Australia. It concludes that although the planning process was an effective example of participative decision-making it remained a limited form of empowerment. The University can publicly proclaim that it has implemented a ‘best practice’ planning process. The reality is that it has been no more than an organisational act of game playing unlikely to be repeated in future
The Murdoch Ethos: Essays in Australian history in honour of Foundation Professor Geoffrey Bolton
No full textReviewing Geoffrey Bolton's life and work at Murdoch is rather like those first European attempts to describe Australia's platypus: what a complex, curious and extraordinarily energetic creature this is. Like the platypus Geoffrey Bolton defies all the convenient categories of his age. Some have labelled him a political historian, noting his interest is statues, statesmen and parliamentary intrigue Others have seen him as a champion of 'social history': a persuasive practitioner of labour history, Aboriginal history and all such 'history from below'..
Full-fee paying international students at Murdoch University 1985-1991: a policy case study
No full textIn 1985 the Australian Government announced a momentous policy initiative allowing Australian universities to enrol full-fee paying international students for the first time. This case study is an analysis of the policy development that ensued at Murdoch University between 1985 and 1991 as it responded to this opportunity to alleviate problems, with finance and low student numbers, that were threatening its very existence as an independent university. In particular, it examines the factors that had placed Murdoch in such a parlous situation, and the reasons why it was able to respond quickly and effectively so as to implement a highly successful and comprehensive program for the recruitment, enrolment and support of full-fee paying international students.
The case study format allowed for the use of a wide range of data sources. Sources of documentary evidence included: formal written works about the events and concepts under investigation, newspapers and other media items, letters, memoranda, agendas and minutes of meetings, and other internal Murdoch University documents. In addition, archival materials such as annual reports, budgets and financial records were consulted. Verification and extension of the documentary and archival evidence was gained from interviews with past and present staff and students of Murdoch University who had been involved with the program.
The study found that organisational changes initiated by successive Vice-Chancellors in the 1980s had replaced a slow and unresponsive, collegial style of decision-making, based on very wide consultation, with a more centralised, bureaucratic and market-oriented system. New, streamlined procedures, and the devolution of policy-development to small, semi-autonomous committees, enabled the University to rapidly develop policies and procedures for the inauguration of a program for full-fee paying international students in 1987. The continued success of the program, both in terms of enrolment numbers and financial returns, was found to be based on the creation and development of an almost independent, and entrepreneurial, International Office for the organisation of most aspects of the program, including the marketing and recruitment process
BJC Radio and TV Repair Faculty James Murdoch in class
No full textBJC Radio and TV Repair Faculty James Murdoch in clas
Development of the Murdoch Chiropractic Graduate Pledge
No full textPurpose:
This paper reviews the origins of the learned professions, the foundational concepts of professionalism, and the common elements within various healer's oaths. It then reveals the development of the Murdoch Chiropractic Graduate Pledge.
Methods:
A committee comprised of three Murdoch academics performed literature searches on the topic of professionalism and healer's oaths and utilized the Quaker consensus process to develop the Murdoch Chiropractic Graduate Pledge.
Results:
The committee in its deliberations utilized over 200 relevant papers and textbooks to formulate the Murdoch Chiropractic Graduate Pledge that was administered to the 2010 Murdoch School of Chiropractic and Sports Science graduates. The School of Chiropractic and Sports Science included professionalism as one of its strategic goals and began the process of curriculum review to align it with the goal of providing a curriculum that recognizes and emphasizes the development of professionalism.
Conclusions:
The reciting of a healer's oath such as the Hippocratic Oath is widely considered to be the first step in a new doctor's career. It is seen as the affirmation that a newly trained health care provider will use his or her newfound knowledge and skill exclusively for the benefit of mankind in an ethical manner. Born from the very meaning of the word profession, the tradition of recitation of a healer's oath is resurgent in health care. It is important for health care instructors to understand that the curriculum must be such that it contributes positively to the students' professional development
Murdoch University’s submission to the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Reference Committee's inquiry on 'all aspects of higher education and skills training to support future demand in agriculture and agribusiness in Australia
No full textMurdoch University is a recognised leader in agricultural-related research as evidenced by the excellent results attained in the 2010 ERA ratings (e.g. an ERA rating 5 for Crops and Pastures).
Murdoch University’s national and international research strengths include plant and animal virology, immunology, plant nematology and animal parasitology, phytoplasmas, fungi, microbiology, bacteria, etc., and a strong focus on crop pre-breeding research, molecular diagnostics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and bioinformatics, transgenic plants and crop biosecurity, animal and veterinary science (among others). Within the Plant Biotechnology Research Group (PBRG) Murdoch hosts the largest team of plant nematologists in Australia, the only nematology group focussing at the molecular level. The PBRG also specialises in plant viruses and phytoplasmas (plant bacteria). Murdoch also has multi-million dollar internationally collaborative crop and pasture RD&E projects involving ACIAR and the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, among others, and hosts associated agricultural biotechnology companies such as Saturn Biotech, Xytogen and NemGenix. Murdoch’s collaborative projects encompass R&D on crop pest and disease resistance, soil fertility improvement, crop diversification, abiotic stress, pre-breeding research for crop biosecurity, and biological nitrogen fixation (etc.), located predominantly in the Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Europe. Furthermore, Murdoch also has a strong focus on immune-mediated disorders, animal breeding, fish biology and diseases, pathogen therapeutics, autonomic and sensory neurobiology, veterinary bacteriology, viral immunology, ecology, and environmental management
Sir Walter Murdoch remembers
No full textIn this interview with his grandson Francis King, Sir Walter Murdoch talks about his childhood growing up in Rosehearty, a small Scottish fishing village. He discusses his immediate and extended family, giving an account of their emigration from Scotland due in large part to the threat of tuberculosis.
Sir Walter shares memories of his father, a theologian who was involved at major conflicts in orthodox ministry from the start of his career. He talks about his mother’s family background and the various books she wrote.
After losing several older siblings to tuberculosis, the family travelled to Australia by ship. He talks about the siblings who made the journey, including an older brother who was coincidentally an officer on the same ship. He remembers his eldest brother, a well-regarded Presbyterian minister in Victoria; he recalls not being particularly close due to their large age difference.
Sir Walter talks about his extended family. In this part of the interview, Lady Barbara Murdoch also participates in the discussion, often to clarify names and dates.
Sir Walter reflects upon surpassing his childhood life expectancy: he was only expected to live until the age of 45, but at the time of this interview he was 92 years old.
Sir Walter also reflects upon returning to Rosehearty 54 years after the family moved and was not particularly surprised to find it had not changed much.
This interview was recorded in Melbourne, possibly in the home of his daughter Catherine King.
PLEASE NOTE: This recording is incomplete.
This recording is part of the Sir Walter Murdoch Collection
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