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UWAnewsThe University of Western AustraliaEstablished 19118 APRIL 2002Volume 21 Number 3From sacrosanct to scabrousMummies cursedby popular moviesby Lindy BrophyEgyptian mummies have become popular fodder forchildren’s comics and cartoons: figures of fun whichare often portrayed as dirty, rotting and stinking.How far the modern Western interpretation of mummieshas come from the Victorian era when the Curse of thePharaohs was incited against archaeologists who dared todisturb ancient Egyptian tombs.Dr Jasmine Day, wearingmummy T-shirt and jewellery,with her home-made papiermaché mummy and sarcophagusDr Jasmine Day, who receivesher PhD in anthropology at agraduation ceremony inWinthrop Hall tonight, has beenfascinated by Egypt all her life.She has spent the past severalyears unravelling the reasonswhy the Western perception ofmummies has undergone such adramatic cultural change.Her doctoral thesis, Themummy’s curse: the origins,development and roles of popularvisions of Egyptian mummies andtheir relationships with representationsof mummies in museums inBritain and the United States ofAmerica during the 19th and20th centuries, explores thejourney from sacrosanct toscabrous via Westernmovies, books, comics, toysand souvenirs.She explained that theCurse of the Pharoahs wasoriginally an ethicaldiscourse used to dissuadearchaeologists from digging upEgyptian remains.“There was genuine debate earlylast century about the rights andwrongs of unearthing mummies, ofviolating the ancient tombs. Butthese days, people are happy to seeContinued on page 7

2 UWAnewsVCariousthoughts …PowerTheofOneShould Australia be developing one ‘world classUniversity’ as a focus of national policy?Just at the time when there is much critical comment over thedecline in significant competition in the national airline sector— with effectively only one major courier remaining — so thehigher education sector is being urged to concentrateexcellence in one (or two) institutions.The idea has appeal in certain business and policy circles asAustralia begins to feel the challenges of internationalcompetitiveness in the globalknowledge revolution. And asissues of scale and resources hithard, in measuring the gap whichour universities face in aspiring towork at an international level ofexcellence, so it is tempting toadopt a simple strategy of concentration.But as with many simple responses to complex issues, this ideais flawed at many levels. In a recent article in the HigherEducation Supplement of The Australian (13 March 2002) Iattempted to set out the major problems in any such policyinitiative. To those general reservations let me here add myconcerns for WA and for UWA.Yes, it would benefit our whole sector to enjoy the halo effectof having at least one ‘world beating university’. But at whatprice? Distorting national funding in a narrow focus will hardlyproduce the diverse sector of excellence that a diverse modernsociety requires.Distorting national funding in a narrow focus willhardly produce the diverse sector of excellencethat a diverse modern society requires.Likewise, choosing as a model the often cited instances ofOxbridge or the US Ivy League ignores not only the vast gap inthe historic endowments of ancient (and private) universities,but presumes that they are exactly what a modern Australianeeds. As many of our leading universities have built strategiclinkages and partnerships internationally, we have especiallycome to value the innovative and entrepreneurial neweruniversities of Europe and North America.Such universities have also come to achieve excellence throughcompetitive environments, they have carefully focussed missionswithin a range of institutions, and they have also become ‘hybriduniversities’ through a strong diversification of funding —including major industry and professional alliances.Deliberately creating a tall poppy institution policy moreoverhas some extraordinary federal or regional consequences. Is itfeasible to imagine that the focus of such a strategy would beother than eastern Australia, or even the Sydney/Canberra/Melbourne axis? Would it be likely that Australia’s ‘worldbeater’ university be placed in WA, no matter how excellentour University’s research performance in recent years?One of the critical aspects of Australian society has been amajor recognition of regional/state development. And thecapacity of a federated system to support regional/statecommunities and their cultures. Both key features of a diversenation draw heavily from therole of their universities aspowerhouses of developmentand community.Since 1911 UWA has fulfilledthat vital role for its Statesociety and is now also a criticalinternational gateway for Western Australians as globalisedchallenges and opportunities increasingly shape our lives. TheUWA Operational Plan has an absolute commitment to‘achieving international excellence’.In short — as a nation we need the kind of flexibility in policyframeworks, and the levels of contestable funding, which wouldallow world class universities to emerge in an environment ofopen competition.UWA is ready and able to compete in such a de-regulated andcontestable environment.We know the Power of One!UWAnewsEDITOR/WRITERLindy BrophyTel.: 9380 2436 Fax: 9380 1192 Email: lindy.brophy@uwa.edu.auEDITOR-IN-CHIEFColin Campbell-FraserTel: 9380 2889 Fax: 9380 1020 Email: cam@acs.uwa.edu.auDesigned and typeset by Publications Unit, UWAPrinted by UniPrint, UWAUWAnews online: www.publishing.uwa.edu.au/uwanews/Professor Deryck SchreuderVice-Chancellor and Presidentvc@acs.uwa.edu.auTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 8 APRIL 2002

UWAnews 3Alzheimer’s, that insidious disease thatindiscriminately robs the minds of elderly people,is coming closer every year to being obliterated.Already, there are drugs available to treat the symptoms ofAlzheimer’s and, in the opinion of Associate Professor RalphMartins (pictured right), in 10 years’ time, it is very likely that therewill be drugs available that can treat the cause of the disease.Ralph Martins is the Director of the Sir James McCuskerAlzheimer’s disease research unit at Hollywood PrivateHospital, and an Associate Professor in the UWA Departmentof Surgery.He and his colleagues around the world, but especially his labat Hollywood, have made extraordinary progress over the pastdecade.His research team is short of space (there are 15 of themworking at Hollywood Private Hospital) and short of money,despite the generous patronage of the McCusker family. But ithasn’t prevented them from making huge strides in theunderstanding of Alzheimer’s.The first steps were made in 1985 when a research teamfrom UWA under Professor (then Dr) Colin Masters found thatdeposits known as senile plaques seen in the brains ofAlzheimer’s patients were composed of a new type of protein,which they called beta amyloid.Alzheimer’sBrilliant mindstake on themind robber“… nearly a hundred years afterAlzheimer’s was identified, it’s still notpossible to give a definite diagnosis —why most people get it is still a mystery”Researchers are now experimenting with ways of controllingthe formation of these beta amyloid deposits in the hope ofpreventing or even curing the disease.“But even now, nearly a hundred years after Alzheimer’s wasidentified, it’s still not possible to give a definite diagnosis whilethe patient is still alive,” Professor Martins said.“Why most people get it is still a mystery. For the vastmajority of the population, there’s no way of predicting who isat risk.“We need to know the molecular factors that cause theformation of beta amyloid and the leading scientist in this field isProfessor Sam Gandy from New York University.”Professor Gandy has been working with Ralph Martins’ teamand spent time at UWA as a Raine visiting professor in 2000.Together, they discovered that sex hormones play an importantrole in reducing beta amyloid. Hormone replacement therapy isnow considered as a possible key to controlling or eveneradicating the disease though further research is needed toestablish its clinical significance.“When to start drug therapy is so important,” ProfessorMartins said. “Memory clinics have now been set up in mostcities in Australia so people with symptoms of Alzheimer’s arediagnosed early.Professor Martins said that controlling cholesterol could helpprevent Alzheimer’s. The APOE gene, which is a major high riskContinued on page 4Probably one of the most beneficial projects undertaken byProfessor Martins recently is his media fellowship at the ABC inSydney.Each year the ABC trains carefully selected leading scientists tounderstand and work the media, for the benefit of themselves,their research teams and universities and also the ABC, who thenhas a steadily building team of expert commentators with soundknowledge of how the media works.Professor Martins was chosen for a six-week fellowship late lastyear and, although he found it difficult to drag himself away fromhis work, he took some long service leave, believing it wouldbenefit his research.By the end of the course, he was presenting a program onAlzheimer’s on Robin Williams’ Science Show on ABC Radio.After Christmas, he gave a series of public lectures in the US atwhich he said he felt much more relaxed and confident than heever had before at a public lecture, and last month, he gave along interview to Perth journalist Norman Aisbett for The WestAustralian’s big weekend.“The fellowship helped me enormously with that interview. Afterit was published, we had a huge response. And that’s where Ithink the course at the ABC will best work for me: by becoming abetter communicator and learning about media opportunities andhow to take advantage of them, I have opened the door toattracting more funding.”Communication skills are the key to that door.THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 8 APRIL 2002

4 UWAnewsDeputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Alan Robson meets some of the new equity and diversity advisers: Claire Webb, Penny Van Reenen,Dr Thelma Koppi, Dr Allan Goody and Maureen RussellNow available: diverse adviceThe 16 new equity and diversity advisers were Sometimes people don’t want to go to somebody who worksguests of the Vice-Chancellor for a special too closely with them.morning tea on Harmony Day.“They can tell you what course of action is available to you,The Equity and Diversity Office, which organised activities and it may not fall within the equity/diversity framework,” shefor Harmony Day, was pleased that the staff members who had said.recently been inducted were recognised by the Vice-Chancellor Ms Hill said the idea of the advisers was to empower peopleon a day devoted to living in harmony with our fellow men and to resolve matters at the lowest possible level, quickly andwomen, exactly what the advisers are promoting.sensitively.Of the 16 new advisers, eight have previously been sexual Posters identifying the new advisers are no going up aroundharassment or equity officers. Their brief is now broader and campus and information about them is also available on theall of them attended a two-day training course, opened and Web.supported by Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Robson. “It’s not just about compliance,” said Ms Hill. “We have proactivestrategies in place. And if anybody has some good ideas“They are people on campus who can listen sensitively,without prejudice and give sensible advice,” said Beverley Hill, about promoting equity and diversity, they can approach anthe University’s acting manager of Equity and Diversity.adviser. There is some funding available for small projects, like“These advisers are working throughout the University and posters or providing relief for somebody while they attend aanybody who has a problem can contact any one of them. course.”Continued from page 3Alzheimer’sgene associated with the disease, alsocarries fat and cholesterol around thebody.He said that people still fearedaluminium could cause Alzheimer’s butit now seemed unlikely. Recent studiesshow that aluminium identified in thebrains of patients now appears to haveresulted from contaminants in the lab.However, the publicity given toaluminium pots and pans has stuck inAssociate Professor Ralph Martins: “Youhave to be passionate about your researchbecause, for the first few years, you’re justbanging your head against the wall”people’s minds. The amount ofaluminium coming in through the diet orthe use of deodorants is much higherthan from pots and pans but is notassociated with disease ,” he said.The McCusker Foundationlaboratories are currently hosting avisiting professor of neurology fromChina for 12 months and later this year,a visiting post-doctoral fellow from Italywill join the team for six months. Thesevisitors are self-funded.If you would like to make a donation ora bequest to the McCusker Foundation,the phone number is 9346 6312.THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 8 APRIL 2002

UWAnews 5Long-distance musicsoundssweetestImprovising a piece of musictakes special talent, andteaching improvisation isanother level up.Teaching improvisationacross the world via theInternet is a dream ofsenior music lecturer,Dr Sam Leong, and his latestwork with visiting Professor Fred Reeves from IndianaUniversity is bringing that dream a step closer to reality.Professor Reeves, Head of Graduate Studies at IndianaUniversity at Indiannapolis, teaches a unique course, a Mastersof Science in Music Technology. Dr Leong is an adjunctprofessor at Indiana, working with Professor Reeves on theonly music course of its kind in the world. While he was atUWA, consulting with Dr Leong on his music software,Professor Reeves was able to keep up his teaching, from theother side of the world.Using AARNET, Australia’s high band Internet system,Polycom software and a ViaVideo camera, Professor Reeveswas able to deliver a lecture in real time to his students, whocould see and hear him as clearly and smoothly as if he was inthe classroom. He could see and hear them, with the cameraautomatically zooming into whichever student who asked aquestion. “I was blown away when I could see the students andinstruct them how to use my software,” Dr Leong said.“This new technology has exciting implications for teachingstudents in Albany, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton. There is less thanhalf a second’s delay between Perth and Indiana, so the deliveryMurderweekendfor expertsABOVE: Dr Sam Leong andProfessor Fred Reeves teach aclass in Indiana — from anoffice in PerthLEFT: The camera that sendstheir images across the worldis far superior to any system usedbefore. And it’s more flexible andcheaper than conventional videoconferencing.Once you’re connected to the Internet,it’s practically free,” he said.Dr Leong is on sabbatical leave this year, concentrating ondeveloping diagnostic and metacognitive software, and writingand exploring flexible delivery for the music education coursesat UWA.His software, developed with Dr Martin Lamb from theUniversity of Toronto, over the past two years, is designed tohelp students find new and better ways of improving their auralskills. His research, funded by a grant from the Committee forUniversity Teaching and Staff Development and an ARC smallgrant, will be presented at an international music educationconference in Norway in August. He is also working at thecommercialisation stage in the development of his auralsoftware and hopes to launch it as shareware later this year.“With livestream lecturing so easily and economicallyavailable, the next thing Professor Reeves and I would like to dois try the challenge of teaching performance and improvisation,”Dr Leong said. “It’s so exciting and it’s something that willbenefit all students who are remote from the campus because itcan be used in any discipline.”This year marks a milestone in the legal history of WA. For the firsttime police will be allowed to use a suspect’s DNA in a criminalinvestigation.They will also be able to check DNA profiles against unsolved crimes. Will some ofour most baffling cases be re-opened and solved? Is this realistic or is this newtechnology vastly over-rated? UWA’s Centres for Forensic Science and CrimeResearch present a weekend seminar, DNA – An Effective Contribution to Justice?To be held at Rottnest Island from May 3 to May 5, the seminar brings together fourinternational experts in DNA. David Richards, Head of the National Crime Faculty inthe UK and Dr David Barclay, Chief Forensic Scientist, Forensic Science Services, UK, will join Judith Fordham, a WA barrister who iscurrently studying for her PhD in forensic science and who lectures internationally on the presentation of expert evidence in court. Thefourth expert, Robin Napper, the Director of Research and Development at UWA’s centre for Forensic Science, is a former DetectiveSuperintendent from the UK who was instrumental in introducing the use of DNA to most other Australian states.What has been the experience of other countries? What is the real story behind the first intelligence-led DNA screen in Australiaat Wee Waa? Answers to these and other questions will emerge at the seminar.THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 8 APRIL 2002

6 UWAnewsGRADUATIONSFallingAs the autumn leaves start to fall, the University has its own way of marking the changeof season — the first of the year’s graduation ceremonies.Tonight, 396 graduands will receive degrees in architecture, landscape architecture, visual arts,social sciences, the arts and humanities. By far the biggest group among them will be the 215leaves,Bachelors of Arts, followed by 50 newly-qualified social workers.Over the next ten days, a total of 2,247 degrees and diplomas will be conferred across sixgraduation ceremonies. Among them are 65 new Doctors of Philosophy, and the biggest singlegroup of first degree graduands, 338 Bachelors of Commerce. This year, there are 108 new medicalrustling gownsdoctors, each receiving their MB BS and 150 lawyers, graduating withBachelors of Laws. The Graduate School of Management has passed 94Backyardcultivationproducesa PhDDr Andrea Gaynorin her UWAoffice gardenstudents as Masters of Business Administration.The idea of Australians producing food in theirbackyards because they couldn’t afford to buy it islargely a 20th century myth.Dr Andrea Gaynor, who receives her PhD in history at thefirst of this year’s graduation ceremonies, studied people’srelationship to the environment by looking at the history ofsuburban food production in Perth and Melbourne.While many suburban Australians are now subdividing theirland and building houses in their backyards, Dr Gaynor says it issurprising how many people still grow fruit and or vegetables ontheir suburban blocks.“The keeping of poultry has greatly diminished but, accordingto the statistics I used (which are now ten years old), I guessthat between 40 and 50 percent of Perth households and from50 to 60 per cent of Melbourne households produce some oftheir own fruit and vegetables,” said Dr Gaynor, who is now alecturer in History at UWA.Her research showed that backyard food production wasnot usually carried out for reasons of economic necessity andwas, in fact, most prevalent among the middle class, who hadthe space and security of tenure.“During the Depression, for example, the people who mostneeded to grow their own food were often fleeing fromlandlords, unable to pay their rent. They didn’t have the luxuryof staying in one place long enough to grow their own food.”She found that home food production became a symbol ofindependence for middle-class home-owners. “Like homeownership, which showed they were independent of landlords,growing some of their own food allowed them to think ofthemselves as independent producers rather than dependentconsumers” Dr Gaynor said.She did some modelling on quantities and proportions ofproductive households, based on statistics from the AustralianBureau of Statistics, and found that if around a third ofhouseholds in Perth and Melbourne grew some of their ownfruit, the average quantity produced per household would havebeen around 35kg in 1992. Average vegetable productionprobably ranged from 47kg to 51kg.“I also found that although keeping chooks wasn’t as popularin the 1990s as it had been earlier in the century, morehouseholds in Perth kept them, whereas more households inMelbourne grew vegetables.“I put this down to the dry hot summers and sandy soil inPerth which make it very difficult to keep crops going over thesummer,” she said.Dr Gaynor is teaching Australian Studies and next semestershe will run a course on aspects of Australian culture and the riseof suburbia, in which she will draw on the work in her thesis.THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 8 APRIL 2002

UWAnews 7GRADUATIONSJanet and Sarah Dawson, readyfor the big nightFollowingin Mum’sfootstepsThere was no question forSarah Dawson when itcame to choosing a university.“I felt so comfortable and athome at UWA and I knew it wasthe best,” said one of tonight’s 233arts graduates.One of the reasons for Sarah’simpressions was that her mother,Janet Dawson, had been workingon campus for 10 years. Janet is anadministrator in the Vice-Chancellery. She, like her daughter,has also studied arts at UWA, inthe late 1970s.Sarah, who receives a Bachelorof Arts in Linguistics and PoliticalScience, has also worked oncampus. She did some researchwork for Community Relations lastyear and is now contemplatingstarting her Honours thesis midyear.Janet pointed out that this wasthe second time Sarah hadgraduated in Winthrop Hall. Herformer school, St Hilda’s, alwaysholds their speech nights andgraduation ceremonies here.Continued from page 1Mummies cursedmummies on display inmuseums and they nowthink of the Curse as alegend, rather than anargument about ethics,” DrDay said.“The big question waswhat disempowered theCurse of the Pharaohs? AndI began to find the answer inthe writings of an Italianacademic in the 1930s, AntonioGramsci’s theory of hegemony.“He says that in order to maintainpower, the powers that be, whetherthey are politicians or the mass media,take a phenomenon that is of interestto the people, neutralise it to ensure itcan’t incite them, then return it to themin a sanitised form.“The mummy’s curse has beenneutralised by the mummy films sopopular in the 1930s and 40s. Theybegan with Boris Karloff in The Mummyin 1932 and progressed through manyfilms, with the mummy coming alive tovisit the curse on whoever disturbedhim.“The pre-classic curse followed thehubris-nemesis pattern but the classiccurse, the curse of cinema, extendedthat pattern to hubris-nemesis-revenge.The mummy was always defeated in theend.“The film industry implied that it wasOK to dig up the dead and turned themummy into a defeatable character (thearchaeologist always won). In contrastto the days when King Tut’s tomb wasdiscovered and people raged against itsviolation, the mummy had been changedfrom victim to villain.”Dr Day studied the plots of moviesand television shows (mummies haveeven featured several times inepisode of The Simpsons),collected hundreds of mummytoys and souvenirs frommuseum shops around theworld and bought them fromInternet sites, read books andcomics such as the 1990children’s series of novels,Goosebumps, and talked toEgyptologists as well as ordinarypeople visiting Egyptian displaysin museums in England andthe USA.“I had been to Egypttwice before I began myresearch and I didn’t goback there again until I hadcompleted it. I didn’t needto because I wasinterested in the Westernresponses and images. Butwhen I did return last year,I took some of my dolls and toys withme and the Egyptians were horrified bythem. Nothing like them is available inEgypt,” Dr Day said.One of the most outlandish mummyspin-offs she came across were jellybaby-typelollies called Gummy Mummiesfrom the Mummy’s Tummy!Dr Day found that feminist authorJulia Kristeva’s theory of abjection hadalso been applied to mummies. Thetheory groups together anything that isunpleasant and polluting like cruelty,decay, incest and death.“The mummy has become abjected.In films and comics there is always lotsof emphasis placed on dust and smellscoming out of the mummy, withunravelling bandages showing rottingflesh and decay. In reality, mummiesdon’t mould and rot as long as they arekept dry. The latest image of them asfilthy and rotting is in exact oppositionto the truth.“This idea of filth could be whymummy toys and characters appeal tochildren, who, although they’re told it isundesirable, love the idea of anythingdirty!“The post-classic stage of the curse,following the great mummy movies, isthat the idea of the curse is laughableand the mummy character has passedentirely into children’s culture. Thecurse is no longer a part ofthe mummy story and thereis no reason given for amummy to get up out of thetomb and walk. (In earlierfilms and stories, he got upand walked so he couldcarry out the curse.)”Nobody else in the worldhas studied mummy-maniato this extent.THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 8 APRIL 2002

8 UWAnewsLDW runs intodouble figuresAn early LDW planning group: (back) Trish Todd, Judy Fetherstone, Delys Bird, Lyn Abbott,Sarah Mann, Judy Stratton, Marnie O’Neill ; (front) Izan, Maria OsmanThe Leadership Developmentfor Women Program thatstarts next month marks the tenthintake from staff at UWA.Over the eight years since theprogram began, a total of 250 women atUWA have benefited from the course,one of the most successful run by theCentre for Staff Development.LDW is open to all levels of femalestaff who are employed half-time ormore and whose contracts run at leastuntil the end of the year in which theprogram starts.To meet the needs of all eligiblewomen, two separate programs streamsare now run in alternate years.Jen de Vries, LDW Program coordinator,said that while there were nostipulated levels of appointmentrequired for either program, womenwere encouraged to self-selectaccording to their particular needs andwhat would be appropriate for them.The 2002 program, for whichapplications are due on April 17, isLeadership and Management, designedfor women in leadership roles who arefocusing on developing and exercisingtheir leadership in a broader area.“The women we expect will choosethis course will be reasonably wellestablished in their research,academic, administrative, technical orprofessional roles. They will have alarge degree of autonomy in theirpositions and may carry responsibilityfor projects or new initiatives, bemanaging teams or units, supervisingothers, or participating in Universitywidecommittee or working parties,”Ms de Vries said.Next year’s program is for womenwho are keen to explore theirleadership potential while they areestablishing themselves. Potentialparticipants will be keen to extend theirself-management and leadership skillswithin their current roles as well asexplore future career paths andpossibilties.Applications for that program will becalled later this year.Ms de Vries encouraged heads ofschools and sections, managers andsupervisors to encourage eligiblewomen staff to apply for the LDWcourses which have made such adifference already to 250 women atUWA.Muffins & maintenanceThe bicycle co-operative has had news that was even better than the freemuffins at their annual Bike to Breakfast recently.The co-op, which comprises all bike groups on campus, is setting up a bicycle repairshop in the Recreation Centre where it will run classes on bicycle maintenance and carryout repairs for anybody who cycles to University.The co-op has been looking into establishing a fleet of second hand bicycles for saleor hire around the campus but the legal implications will probably mean the scheme willnot get off the ground.The club is also looking for a ‘home base’ somewhere on campus and, depending onthe success of the bike repair shop, this too may be established somewhere close by.The fifth annual Bike to Breakfast was another great success with about 250 staff andstudents dropping in for free breakfast, water bottles and stickers, a chance to winprizes including two nights at the Esplanade Hotel, and an opportunity to meet othercyclists. The morning is sponsored by UWA Sports, the Office of FacilitiesManagement, the UWA Cycle Club and the Bicycle Users’ Group (BUG).BUG members cycled from as far away as Kalamunda to support the event.UWA Cycle Club members show how it’s doneTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 8 APRIL 2002

Law studentssecond inthe worldUWA’s champion law mootingteam has narrowly missed outon first place in theinternational Jessup Mootcompetition.The Australian national winnerscame second to the University ofWitwatersrand in a split decision inthe grand final in Washington lastmonth.The Jessup Moot competition,which centres on international law,involves 1,500 of the best lawstudents from 300 law schoolsthroughout the world.The president of the Jessup Mootassociation said he had been part ofthe finals for the past 16 years andthis was the highest standard moothe had ever seen.Lorraine Van Der Ende wasawarded best mooter in the grandfinal and she also finished third bestoralist overall in the preliminaryrounds. Another UWA teammember, Lee Carroll, who wasawarded best oralist in theAustralian national competition, wassixth best oralist in the preliminaryrounds. The team’s written workreceived a score of 97% comingthird.Others in the team, made up offourth and fifth year law students,are Ben Gauntlett, Julie Taylor andAdam Sharpe with coach JamieEdelman, a UWA graduate andRhodes scholar.Congratulations to them and theirsupporters in the Law School fortheir marathon effort and brilliantresults.UWAnews 9A not toosympatheticbiographerWhen UWA historianRichard Bosworth set outto write a biography of Mussolini,he was warned that he wouldbecome too sympathetic towardsthe Italian leader.“But now the book is written, I donot believe that I have weakened in myhostility to fascism,” ProfessorBosworth (pictured) said.His book, Mussolini, the first majorbiography of Benito Mussolini since theend of the Cold War, was launchedrecently at the Imperial War Museum inLondon.Professor Bosworth is a leadinghistorian of 20th century Italy and hisbiography is expected to create newdebate about the role of Mussolini inItalian politics.His portrait is described as a subtleand complex one that captures themultiple strengths, flaws andcontradictions of Mussolini’s personalityand of a remarkable political career thatspanned the most traumatic momentsof the 20th century.“I have loved the writing. I amnotoriously a person who finds trueFamily linkwith mootcourtRichard and Hilary Lane withBill Ford (centre) in the mootcourt named after their relativeFrom engineer to magistratemight seem an unusualprogression.But for Lambden Owen, aLincolnshire engineer who arrived inAustralia in 1886, it meant a fascinatingaddition to his career. And it alsoresulted in a greatly appreciatedaddition to the Law School.Lambden Owen, at various timesWarden of the Pilbara and CoolgardieGoldfields, Resident Magistrate in Menzies,happiness in a nice sentence. Of all mybooks, Mussolini was the most fun towrite, probably because I was aware ofwriting for a considerable audience andnot only for other academics,”Professor Bosworth said.Mussolini is published by OxfordUniversity Press.the Wellington district and Perth, has aMoot Court named after him.His niece, Edith Stewart Gordon, left abequest to the Law School in 1976, withthe specific instruction that it be used toconstruct a moot court for law students.Last month, Warden Owen’sbiographer Richard Lane and his wifeHilary visited from England andinspected the moot court with the Headof the Law School, Bill Ford. Mrs Lane isrelated to Warden Owen.THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 8 APRIL 2002

10 UWAnewsIn memory of a maritime scholarThe personal library of the lateProfessor Frank Broeze hasbeen acquired by the Library.As well as maintaining a remarkablyproductive record of research andpublication at UWA, Professor Broeze,a leading international scholar in thefield of maritime history, served asPresident of the InternationalCommission of Maritime History and asDeputy Chair of the Board of theWestern Australian Maritime Museum.University Librarian, John Arfield,described Professor Broeze as adedicated teacher who inspiredgenerations of students with hisenthusiastic approach to modernhistory.He said Professor Broeze’s personallibrary reflected these interests andactivities and contained a wide range ofbooks, journals and papers relating tomaritime history and shipping, as well asmore general books on modern politicaland economic history. A particularlyimportant aspect of the collection wasits considerable amount of Dutch andGerman material, including books onearly Dutch commerce, and on the portof Hamburg.He said the Library had a specialinterest in developing its strong collectionson the maritime and commercialhistory of the Indian Ocean region.The new acquisition – to be knownas the Frank Broeze Memorial Library –will be housed in the Scholars’ Centre,where it will complement the ErulkarCollection, which contains rare booksand manuscripts relating to IndianOcean commerce in the colonial period.“This is a significant acquisition whichis a major addition to our researchcollections and will be of great value toresearchers. It will also provide a mostfitting memorial to an outstandingscholar,” Mr Arfield said.Six books and thenThe number six is an auspiciousone for UWA Press this year.Already, they have six new titles incirculation since the beginning of 2002,with a further six due to appear overthe next six weeks.Children of the Shadows: Voices of theSecond Generation is a collection ofpersonal reflections on growing up in ahome touched by the shadow of theHolocaust. It is the first time such acollection has been published inAustralia. It is edited by Kathy Grinblatand is for sale for $34.95 (paperback)and $45 (hardback).The story of a loyal pet dog, a bestmate, rabbit trapping after school, ahorrible headmaster, adventures on abike, summer heat and bushfire are allelements of Bodger, a novel by PeterJeans, set in the Australian bush in the1940s.It is described as a heart-warmingtale about a boy and his dog (Bodger),based on the author’s own childhoodexperiences and adventures. It ispublished under the Cygnet imprint, foryoung readers’ fiction and is available inpaperback for $14.95.Professor Ken Clements, theDirector of UWA’s Economic ResearchBodger by Peter Jeans — set to becomean Australian classicCentre, has made some provocativeproposals for the reform of energypolicy in WA in his newest publication,The Great Energy Debate: Energy Costs,Minerals and the Future of the WesternAustralian Economy.six moreWith decisions about future energypolicy imminent, this book provides atimely analysis of the importance ofenergy costs to the entire state. It ispublished in paperback and sells for$39.95.A collection of essays takes thereader back to the early modern periodin A Touch of the Real: Essays in EarlyModern Culture In Honour of StephenGreenblat.Edited by Philippa Kelly, thecollection addresses in particular theworks of Shakespeare, and asks howhistorical texts might be seen tointerplay with identity. It is for sale for$38.95 (paperback).UWA Press has also recentlypublished Built on Faith: A History of PerthCollege for Perth College, and While WeLive, Let Us Live: From University Hostel toCurrie Hall, 1942 – 1999. These twobooks are available only from PerthCollege and Currie Hall.The others are on the shelves at theCo-op Bookshop and the Visitors’Centre on campus and are also availableat UWA Press, on the corner of MountsBay Road and Crawley Avenue.THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 8 APRIL 2002

UWAnews 11Expo’s on —rain or shineA tower-to-tower steeplechasewill be one of the highlights of theUniversity’s inaugural Expo onAugust 25.This will be a fun run from the BellTower in the city to the clock tower inWinthrop Hall, to mark the Expowhich will take the place of the OpenDay and the Prospective Students’Evenings.Ian Lilburne, UWA’s special projectsmanager, will co-ordinate the event,bringing his extensive experience ofOpen Days to the Expo.“This time, we are anticipating thatit will rain and working from thatpremise!” he said.He already has a committee workingon the details. These includecommunity activities to get the publicinvolved, both on and off the campus.“We decided to combine the OpenDay and the Prospective Students’Evenings to give staff less work and tobuild on the strengths of both of thoseevents,” Ian said.For information on the Expo, callProspective Students on 9380 2477,and keep reading UWAnews forupdates each fortnight.secretsC A M P U SWanna race? — Olympic swimmers, Jonno van Hazel and Rachel Harris at the Uniswim poolMost people know there is a swimming pool at Human Movement andExercise Science. But did you know YOU could use it?The pool is open for convenient daily exercise from 6am to 7.45am on Monday,Wednesday and Friday, from 11.30am to 2pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday andFriday, and from 12noon to 2pm on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.It’s open to the public as well as staff members so if you want to meet a friend whodoesn’t work at UWA and have a lunchtime swim together, you can.It costs $2.20 and if you plan on swimming regularly, you can buy 12 tokens for $20,a much better saving than most commercial or council-run swimming pools offer. Youcan also get a season pass for $250 ($150 for pensioners) which allows you to swim asoften as you like all year.Uniswim runs adult squads for grown-ups who want help with their style andlessons for those who want to learn to swim from scratch. There are special squads forthe over-50s. For more information about squads and lessons, please call Robyn on9380 2277.Make the most of the heated Uniswim pools and keep fit over winter.If you have a secret spot on campus, a favourite feature or a little-knownfact to share, please send it to us: lindy.brophy@ uwa.edu.au or phoneextension 2436, fax 1192.Professor Cheryl Praegerhas recently been electedas one of the three academicstaff members of the UniversitySenate.But she is not a newcomer toSenate. Professor Praeger served aterm on Senate from March 1997 toMarch 2001.Her term is for another fouryears and she takes over fromProfessor Terry Quickenden.Continued from page 12The Last Wordin HM&ES at $50,000 a year, that’s $3million!So, with governments directingresearch funds so stringently, oneshould beware of just following theircues. Governments come and go,universities are here for the longer termand we should fight for thespontaneous, creative, outside thesquare, basic functions for thebetterment of humankind — not fit intoa government formula.Eighty per cent of our clients/customers are undergraduates whocontribute immensely to the local, stateand national communities. Therefore, 80per cent of our human and technicalresources should be directed tonurturing that group to maximise thebenefits they can provide.Change we must but, selectively, notblindly. Smokescreen change is not new:“We trained hard … but it seemedthat every time we were beginning toform up into teams we would bereorganised … I was to learn later in lifethat we tend to meet any new situationby reorganisation; and a wonderfulmethod it can be for creating theillusion of progress while creatingconfusion, inefficiencies anddemoralisation!” Petronius (65AD) Romanscholar and military leader.Is there anyone out there with astaff:student ratio of 1:14? We’d like abit of that action!THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 8 APRIL 2002

12 UWAnewsPlus ça change —plus c’est la même choseProfessor Brian BlanksbyHead, Human Movementand Exercise ScienceArecent newspaper article, How We Have Changed1971 – 2001, just about matches up with my timeat UWA.In 1970, I was 28 with a love of the beach and all thingsswimming - so life was good with a joint appointment inAnatomy and Physical Education. Being young and invincible,“those people who thought they knew everything annoyedthose of us who did.”Teaching was big then and I lined up for 20+ hours per week.Staff:student ratios were 1:10 or thereabouts. Of coursechanges were around at that time. Anatomy changed its nameto Anatomy and Human Biology, and Physical Education andRecreation became Human Movement and Exercise Science(HM&ES). I suppose the words were important becausemeanings do change regularly but, sometimes, it confuses ratherthan clarifies issues. For example, when I was a child, beinghappy on the grass meant you were out playing on the lawn!There was less pressure then becausethe staff:student ratios were moremanageable. Of course we still complainedand one Vice Chancellor even told me wehad a divine right to complain — althoughwhat was done about it was anothermatter. Then, another Vice Chancellor toldme we were expected to do considerablymore with considerably less — what a wiseprophet he turned out to be!Then came another change when we hadto become more business-like and wordssuch as mission statements, clients andcustomers appeared. I suppose a bit of goalsetting and focussing never went astray.During the 80s I was the Head ofHM&ES, and in that period we had theamalgamation/devolution changes whichused up a lot of emotional energy onvarious proposals, most of which neverhappened. Mark Twain said somethingabout that: “Some terrible things havehappened in my lifetime, and some of them have actuallyhappened”.The 90s were much more pleasant for me while performing asomewhat quieter role of teaching classes and writing researchpapers. In 2001, my friends and colleagues (at least I thoughtthey were), suggested I do a ‘Nelly Melba’ and step back intothe Head of School role for a final stint before retirement.Well, a return to the meeting circuit revealed ‘plus çachange …’, and that we still had the same problems, but theywere worse. For example, now HM&ES has a staff student ratioof 1:22 and several departments in the faculty spend more than100 per cent of their income on fixed salaries and are graduallydisappearing down the gurgler via incremental creep!What has this government done to us? About 15 years agowe had a few international students here under such schemes asthe Colombo plan. Currently, education is Australia’s fifthhighest export earner. And, still they cut, cut, cut.One is reminded of the Ardmona fruit commercial on TV afew years back in which Rod Marsh juggled, then dropped thecan of peaches. I told someone that I had heard he was paid$5000 for that commercial and the response was: “Cripes, whatwould they have paid him if he had caught it?”Doesn’t one feel a bit that way about the success universitieshave made of the education export industry? Maybe we shouldhave ‘dropped the peaches.’ We have picked up so many extratasks outside core business (largely marketing andadministration at which we are untrained) which are completelyignored by our funding fathers in the East — tasks whichmysteriously but regularly just materialise. The increase in paperwarfare in an era of the supposed ‘paperless office’ isnonsensical. What size army is required to sift through it, letalone interpret. All in the name of accountability. Hell though,it’s good for the ACT economy to hire all these people tocollect and archive materials which will not help anyone but willprovide a focus point from which to hold an enquiry whensomething goes pear shaped — of course, always after theevents they were supposedly employed to prevent.I sometimes think the mistake we made was to make a successof it and so the government has decided to squeeze more andmore. Rather than being rewarded for self-help, it seems that“make yourself a donkey and we’ll ride you into the dirt” .Down here in HM&ES, at the true epi-centre of campus onthe river bank, we have changed enormously over my 32 years.The only remaining certainty is change but it needs controllingand balance.‘Switching on’ undergraduate students to scientific endeavourprovides a heap of young, talented Honours and PhDresearchers working under careful, passionate and dedicatedsupervision for efficient and effective research output. About 60Continued on page 11t h elast wordTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 8 APRIL 2002

infoUWAnewsResearch&GrantsContractsUWA SMALL RESEARCH GRANTSDr Kieran Dolin, English: “An introduction tolaw and literature” – $12,013 (2001).Dr Brenda Walker, English: “A critical examinationof the auditory in Poe’s fiction” – $11,152(2002).A/Prof Andrew Hunwick, European Languages& Studies: “The founding of biblical criticism inseventeenth-century France” – $5525 (2002).Dr David Denemark, Political Science: “Populistpolitics in Anglo-American democracies: Buildinga cross-national model of political change” –$7006 (2002).Dr Bruce Stone, Political Science: “Proceduralchange in the Upper House of Australian StateParliaments” – $5777 (2002).Dr David Van Mill, Political Science: “Amempirical test of social choice and deliberativetheories of democracy” – $4000 (2002).Mrs B. Clare, Social Work & Social Policy:“Making children visible: Mapping the early stagesof the care journey” – $6825 (2002).Mr Mark Holub, Mr Alexander Clarke andDr Juliana Kam-Leng Ng, Accounting &Finance: “The theory and practice of corporatefinance in Australia” – $3000 (2002).Dr Chong Man James Lau, Accounting &Finance: “The effect of manufacturing andmanagement accounting innovations onorganisational performance” – $9,464 (2002).Dr Nicholaas Groenewold, Economics:“International transmission of share-pricechanges: Fundamentals or speculation?” –$11,290 (2002).Dr Moonjoong Tcha, Economics: “Australia andAsia - What kind of neighbours?” – $15,864 (2002).Dr Yanrui Wu, Economics: “Measuringeconomics openness and its impacts on growth:With application to the Chinese regions” –$19,057 (2002).Dr Reinout de Vries, Organisational & LabrStudies: “Leadership and shared mental models”– $19,686 (2002).Dr Anne Chapman, A/Prof ThomasO’Donoghue and Dr Marilyn O’Neill, GSE:“Developing a model for professional developmentin cross-curricular numeracy teaching inWA middle schools” – $12,412 (2002).A/Prof Stephen Houghton and Dr GrahamDouglas, GSE, and Dr K. Whiting (external):“Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderedchildren’s emotion regulation to emotionallyprovoking events in school classrooms” –$15,854 (2002).Dr Lesley Vidovich, GSE: “Curriculum policyand teachers in non-government schools: Globaland local perspectives” – $13,500 (2002).continued on page 4CAMPUS DIARY • RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS • CLASSIFIED ADS • NOTICES • REDUNDANT EQUIPMENTLIFT-OUTCompiled by Joanna ThompsonTelephone: 9380 3029Facsimile: 9380 11628 APRIL 2002 Volume 21 Number 3Email: joanna.thompson@uwa.edu.auMedical research gets a$4 million boostAtotal of 29 newmedical researchprojects have been fundedby the Western AustralianInstitute for MedicalResearch (WAIMR).To celebrate the $4 millioninvested in these newpartnerships, WAIMR announcedthem at a special awardsevening last month.Jan Yerkovich (Fundraising Management Consultants),New collaborations have Harry Perkins (Chairman of WAIMR Board) and Brucebeen funded at UWA, Royal McHarrie (TVW7 Institute for Child Health Research)Perth Hospital, Sir Charles at the WAIMR awards nightGairdner Hospital, KingEdward Memorial Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hollywood PrivateHospital and Curtin University.An initial $1.7 million has been allocated for these endeavours in the firstyear, with a further $2.3 million over the following two years. The vast majorityof the funds will go into new appointments. Through these grants, 15 positionshave been created for Postdoctoral fellows, biostatisticians and bioengineers, aswell as eight research assistants and eight PhD scholarships.One of WAIMR’s aims is to contribute to increasing the cohesion betweenresearchers in WA and to foster the careers of outstanding young investigators.The creation of these positions is seen as investment in the intellectualcapital of the state, in line with the recommendations of the Premier’s ScienceCouncil and the vision of WAIMR.The Institute was established in March 1998 with Wesfarmers as the foundingsponsor. Its vision was to create a multi-site Institute which would enhance theintellectual environment in WA and to become an international leader inbiomedical research, which would also mean improved health care in WA.These research awards are one of the steps WAIMR has taken towardspromoting medical research in the state. They were awarded on the basis ofnew collaboration, scientific excellence, recruitment of new research personneland the potential for commercialisation.The 29 programs funded include:investigating mechanisms of cardiacfailure; epidemiological and geneticstudies of asthma and chronic airflowlimitation (within the Busselton Study);proliferation and apoptosis in theplacenta during development and preeclampsia;genomics in bone andcartilage disorders; vaccination againstDr Giles Plant, David Prast and Louise Daw mesothelioma; molecular-based classificationof ovarian cancer; and opticfrom the Neurotrauma Research Programcelebrate the new grantsnerve regeneration.

CAMPUSDiary8 to 22 AprilMonday 8 AprilINSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDSTUDIES PUBLIC LECTURE“Language evolution and the evolution oflanguage”, Dr Simon Kirby, University ofEdinburgh, as part of the Language Puzzleprogram. 6pm, Geography LectureTheatre 1.Tuesday 9 AprilPUBLIC HEALTH SEMINAR“An overview of programs by the RuralHealth, Primary Heath and the OATISHbranches”, Ann Blunden, CommonwealthDepartment of Health and Ageing. 11am,Seminar Room 3, Department of PublicHealth, Clifton St Campus.Thursday 11 AprilUNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETYMasterworks of stage and screen –Taryn Fiebig (soprano), Matthew Styles(saxophone), Richard John (piano) andthe Chameleon Ensemble. A concert ofdiverse musical styles from popularclassics to classic jazz, including Barber’spoignant Adagio for Strings (from the filmPlatoon), Bernstein’s immortal West SideStory and haunting melodies from thefilms Meet Joe Black and The EnglishPatient. 7.30pm, Octagon Theatre. Bookthrough BOCS on 9484 1133 orthrough the Octagon Theatre on 93802440.FREE LUNCHTIME CONCERTRoger Smalley (piano) performs FourteenAubades by his former teacher PeterRacine Fricker, Poulenc’s Eight Nocturnesand a selection of pieces by John Ireland.1.10pm, Octagon Theatre.Friday 12 AprilMICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR“Xenotransplantation and infection risks”, DrMark Farrington, Cambridge. 9am, SeminarRoom 1.1, First Floor, L Block, QEIIMC.CHEMISTRY: RSC LECTURE“Capillary Electromatography: the newwave in separation science”, Paul Haddad,University of Tasmania. 2.15pm, WhiteLecture Theatre.Monday 15 AprilCHEMISTRY SEMINAR“Chiral cyclopentadienyl compounds atwork and play”, Colin White (University ofSheffield). 12 noon, White Lecture Theatre.Tuesday 16 AprilPUBLIC HEALTH SEMINAR“Application of record linkage to the drugand alcohol field”, Anne Bartu, Curtin/Women and Infants Research Foundation.11am, Seminar Room 3, Department ofPublic Health, Clifton St Campus.PERTH MEDIEVAL ANDRENAISSANCE GROUP TALK“The sacred landscape: natural imagery inItalian Renaissance art”, Victoria Bladen,English. 7.30pm, Postgraduate Lounge,Hackett Hall.Thursday 18 AprilFREE LUNCHTIME CONCERTElision (Geoffrey Morris, classical guitar,Timonthy O’Dwyer, saxophones, andErkki Veltheim, viola) present a concert ofsolos and duos, including Dusapin’s Insidefor solo viola and In flagranti for classicalguitar. 1.10pm, Octagon Theatre.Friday 19 AprilMICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR“Thermoacidophilic Archaea for miningtechnology”, Dr Jason Plumb, CSIRO. 9am,Seminar Room 1.1, First Floor, L Block,QEIIMC.ASIAN STUDIES SEMINAR“Making sense of sorcery in Java: Why arethere ‘sorcerers’ and why do they getkilled?”, Nick Herriman. 1pm, G.25Seminar Room, Social Sciences.BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR“pH response mechanisms ofSinorhizobium”, Dr Wayne Reeve, Murdoch.1pm, Simmonds Lecture Theatre.CLIMA SEMINAR“New perennial pastures. Phase 1 –Collection in Italy”, Dr Sarita Bennett,UWA, and “New perennial pastures. Phase2 – Evaluation”, Mr Geoff Moore, WADA.4pm, CLIMA Seminar Room.ADVANCED NOTICEMonday 22 AprilINSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDSTUDIES PUBLIC LECTURELiterary reading, by Barry Hill, poet, fictionwriter and biographer. 5pm, LawrenceWilson Art Gallery.Tuesday 23 AprilPUBLIC HEALTH SEMINAR“Prognostic determinants of out-ofhospitalcardiac arrest – the use of linkeddata to inform emergency care policy andpractice”, Judith Finn, Royal PerthHospital. 11am, Seminar Room 3,Department of Public Health, Clifton StCampus.INSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDSTUDIES LECTURE“Bioinformatics to bioinformationscience”, Professor Simon Easteal, JohnCurtin School of Medical Research. 1pm,Simmonds Lecture Theatre.INSTITUTE OF ADVANCEDSTUDIES PUBLIC LECTURE“Understanding disease by exploring theevolution of genes and society,” ProfessorSimon Easteal, John Curtin School ofMedical Research, as part of theGenomics, Society and Human Healthprogram. 7pm, Octagon Theatre.Friday 26 AprilMICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR“Are all MRSA equal?”, Professor WarrenGrubb, Curtin. 9am, Seminar Room 1.1,First Floor, L Block, QEIIMC.Sunday 28 AprilKEYED UP! PIANO RECITAL SERIESVirtuoso Italian pianist and winner of theBusoni Competition, Roberto Cominati,presents a program of great romanticworks, including Carnaval by Schumann andRubinstein’s Melody in F. Single night ticketscan be booked through BOCS outlets on9484 1133 or the Octagon Theatre on9380 2440.MUSIC SPECIAL EVENTIn Memorium. Annette Goerke, one ofAustralia’s finest organists, performs arecital marking the 10th anniversary of thedeath of the French composer OlivierMessiaen. Admission is free. 3pm,Winthrop Hall.Tuesday 30 AprilGRACE VAUGHAN LECTURE 2002Given by Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue, ACCBE, Yunggorendi First Nations Centre forHigher Education and Research, FlindersUniversity. 7pm, Octagon Theatre. Forfurther information, call the Institute ofAdvanced Studies on 9380 1340.

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