Canberra, Thursday 29 November 2001
ANU honours work of great humanist
Chancellor of the ANU, The Hon Emeritus Professor Peter Baume AO, will
formally open the W E H Stanner Building at 11am on Friday, 30 November
2001. Mrs Patricia Stanner will unveil the plaque honouring the life and
work of her late husband, W E H Stanner.
The building represents a strong commitment by the ANU to the humanities
and cross cultural research, strengthening the University's claim to be
one of the nation's top research institutions in this field. ANU has affirmed
the importance of the humanities and social sciences with the new centre,
the development of the historically significant Old Canberra House and
surrounding grounds at a time when the disciplines are under increasing
pressure in Australian universities.
The Stanner Building will house staff and graduate students of the Centre
for Cross-Cultural Research and the Humanities Research Centre. The building
provides an additional 54 offices and a new library dedicated to research.
The building is named after one of Australia's most respected scholars,
William Edward Hanley Stanner. Stanner was one of the main figures in
the fight for the recognition of Aboriginal land rights. He was an advisor
to a succession of Australian Prime Ministers from Harold Holt to Malcom
Fraser. With H C Coombs, he played a major role in changing government
policy towards self-determination and in advancing land rights.
The commemorative plaque states: "The history I would like to see
written would bring into the main flow of its narrative…the other
side of the story over which the great Australian silence reigns"
Biographical
information and photograph of W E H Stanner available.
For information contact: Julie Gorrell 02 6125 2063 or Genevieve Turville
02 6125 5575
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