Media Releases 2007 Archive
12 December 2007 - Acting Prime Minister Attended
UNSW@ADFA Degree Conferral Ceremony
7 December 2007 - Canberra Team Wins the National F1 Car Design & Racing Competition
7 December 2007 - Canberra Scientist from UNSW@ADFA wins AINSE Gold Medal
26 September 2007 - DISCOVERY PROJECTS FUNDING FOR UNSW@ADFA RESEARCH IN 2008
25 September 2007 - LINKAGE PROJECT FUNDING FOR UNSW@ADFA RESEARCH IN 2008
15 August 2007 - Book Launch: The Torch and the Sword by Dr Craig Stockings
20 June 2007 - HyCAUSE Scramjet is a Breakthrough in Hypersonic Technology
20 June 2007 - UNSW@ADFA Researcher Wins the European Optical Society Prize
31 May 2007 - UNSW@ADFA became part of the ADFHES Scheme
23 May 2007 - Canberra’s Professor wins a federation fellowship
28 March 2007 - Sponsors day attracts racing car designer to Canberra
7 February 2007 - War Cabinet note books donated to Australian Defence force academy library
Acting Prime Minister Attended UNSW@ADFA Degree Conferral Ceremony
The Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, Mr David Gonski awarded 653 students with their degrees across two conferring ceremonies on Wednesday 12 December at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra.
The Morning Ceremony for Business and Humanities and Social Sciences was attended by the Acting Prime Minister, Honorable Julia Gillard. The Acting Prime Minister gave an inspiring speech in which she congratulated the graduates and wished them success and luck in their future careers in Defence and elsewhere.
After the Ceremony the Honorable Julia Gillard talked to three graduating students: SBLT Amanda Buckland – Navy (Master of Management), Officer Cadet Hailey Smith – Army (Bachelor of Arts) and Officer Cadet Karen Brown – RAAF (Bachelor of Business). The Acting Prime Minister also mingled with other graduates and their families. It was certainly a very memorable event for the graduates and the Academy to have the Acting Prime Minister at the conferral ceremony.
The degrees were presented to undergraduate students - Midshipmen and Officer Cadets of the Australian Defence Force and to postgraduate students, both coursework and research – domestic and international students from the general community and Defence personnel.
A total of 253 undergraduate midshipmen and officer cadets (40 of them female students) and 377 postgraduate students (50 of them female students) were presented with their degrees in Arts, Business, Science, Engineering and Technology from the University of New South Wales.
Dr Leeora Black, founder and managing director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and an honorary research fellow in the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University gave the Occasional Address for the Business, Humanities and Social Science conferral ceremonies.
The Engineering, Science and Technology Occasional Address was delivered by Dr Steve Gumley, an internationally experienced senior executive and entrepreneur, who has successfully built, managed and directed many national and international entities.
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Canberra Team Wins the National F1 Car Design & Racing Competition
Good news came from Noosa where the winners of the ACT F1 Car Design and Racing Competition participated in the Australian Championship. One of the ACT teams The Champion Apprentice GoShawk from Trinity Christian School have been announced as the National winners and now will be going to Malaysia to participate in the National competition in March 2008.
F1 in Schools was created in Australia in 1999 by the not-for-profit organisation, Re-Engineering Australia Forum (REA), as a means of placing world-standard design, analysis, collaboration, manufacturing and testing technologies into classrooms to inspire young people to pursue engineering or manufacturing related careers. There are almost 300 schools in the challenge and over 200,000 students have access to the same technology for school projects.
Earlier in November UNSW@ADFA successfully launched the first ACT Technology Hub that brought together F1 car design and racing with the Royal Australian Navy. A unique centre featuring world-standard engineering technology for students and encourages their interest in engineering, something the Navy is also keen to see take place with its variety of engineering roles on land and at sea.
The Hub located at UNSW@ADFA, at the School of Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering (ACME) was unveiled with students from Marist College, Hawker College, Lake Tuggeranong College, Radford College and Trinity Christian School demonstrating an array of complex software and specialist equipment.
“The students from the ACT now have access to three-dimensional CAD/CAM/CAE software called CATIA valued at millions of dollars. It is the same software used by Boeing, Toyota and professional engineers around the world. Year 7-12 students use this technology to design, test and develop their own powered F1 racers in miniature. We are at the UNSW@ADFA are very proud to support this project and give a chance to students to try themselves in engineering”, said Dr Warren Smith, Head of the School of ACME, UNSW@ADFA.
All teams participating in the first competition have shown an incredible talent and passion under very tight time frames to develop and test the racing cars. The o ACT Championship winners - The Champion Apprentice GoShawk (Trinity Christian School) has collected the National price as well and will be representing Australian in the National Competition in Malaysia. The 2nd ACT winning team, Pro Senior Vapour (Hawker College) made the fastest time record in Australia this year. These astonishing results are especially significant given that it was the first time the ACT school teams participated at the F1 competition.
Photos available upon request.
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7 December 2007
Canberra Scientist from UNSW@ADFA wins AINSE Gold Medal
Today Emeritus Professor Stewart James CAMPBELL from the School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA), Canberra was awarded with a very prestigious AINSE Gold Medal.
The Australian Institute for Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Gold Medal is awarded each year for excellence in research, based on publications over the last five years which acknowledge AINSE support.
“I was very pleased indeed to learn from the AINSE Executive Secretary that the AINSE Council approved my Award of an AINSE Gold Medal for research. While it is a great personal privilege to have been awarded the AINSE Gold Medal for excellence in research, the award also reflects extremely well on my colleagues and research students (both here at UNSW@ADFA in Canberra and at Universities and Institutes in Australia and overseas) who have worked with me on our research projects”, said Professor Campbell.
According to the AINSE website 10 Gold Medals have been awarded in the past 15 years and that this is the first award to a senior researcher nominee from the University of New South Wales.
“We are very proud that Professor Campbell has received the AINSE Gold Medal, we more so pleased that Professor Campbell is a valuable member of the UNSW@ADFA college and we would like to wish him success in his further research”, said John Baird, Rector, UNSW@ADFA.
“My research centres on gaining an understanding of the structural and magnetic properties of a wide variety of magnetic materials. The public at large are not aware of the extent to which our knowledge and application of magnetism contribute to the development and welfare of today’s technological society. Over the years most of my research made possible via numerous grants from AINSE”, commented Professor Campbell about his work.
The award ceremony took place at the AINSE Council meeting in Sydney where Professor Campbell made a presentation on his research.
Short CV: Emeritus Professor Stewart James CAMPBELL (BSc, MSc, PhD, CPhys, FAIP, FInstP) at the School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, UNSW@ADFA previously held different academic positions at UNSW and ANU. Professor Campbell was a Visiting Fellow: the Australian National University 1983–2006; Visiting Professor: the University of Saarland, Germany 1987 and 1989; University of Reading, UK 1994; University of Mainz, Germany 2000; Technical University Munich, Germany 2003; Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at University of Saarland, Germany (1983); University of Saarland, Germany (1989); University of Mainz, Germany (2000); Technical University Munich, Germany 2003.
Research Interests and Techniques: Magnetic and structural properties of condensed matter: advanced materials; rare-earth intermetallic compounds; nanostructured and disordered materials; materials prepared by techanochemical methods; Neutron scattering, Mössbauer spectroscopy, MuSR spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; DC, AC magnetization measurements.
Pr Campbell has received numerous awards over the years and is a sole or co-chief investigator of over 100 research projects, the recent ones being The Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering; The Australian Research Grants Scheme; The Australian Research Council; The Department of Industry, Technology and Regional Development. Professor Campbell is an author of over 250 refereed publications; 200 papers; 100 general articles and research reports.
Professor John White, former President of AINSE Professor Stewart Campbell,
UNSW@ADFA at the Award Ceremony in Sydney on 6 December
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DISCOVERY PROJECTS FUNDING FOR UNSW@ADFA RESEARCH IN 2008
Today the Minister the Hon Julie Bishop MP announced the results of the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Projects scheme. Under this scheme the Campus of University of NSW at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA) in Canberra has been awarded four ARC Discovery Project Grants.
UNSW@ADFA has received a total of $775,360 in funding for four research projects over three years with $270,000 allocated for 2008. This is part of the total $26 million granted to the UNSW within the ARC Discovery Project scheme grants. Together with the Linkage Project Grants announced yesterday, this result means that researchers at UNSW@ADFA have attracted in excess of $1.54m in new ARC funding over the next four years.
The successful Discovery projects at UNSW@ADFA are:
Reverse Diaspora: Australian Expatriate Writers in Britain since the 1830s.
Reverse Diaspora explores through writers of literature and drama the aspirations, problems and achievements of eighty expatriate Australians who have chosen to live and work in Britain since the early nineteenth century. This study will increase knowledge and understanding of the lives, creative achievements and public impact of Australians abroad.
Processing and Compression of Digital Video in Immersive Environments
This project will have significant economic and social benefits, both in terms of the technologies developed and the new applications in training and entertainment supported by them. This project supports the national research priority "Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming Australian Industries", supporting media and creative industries and assisting organisations to collaborate across large distances.
Discipline, Morale and Winning Wars: Understanding the Relationships Between Discipline and Combat Performance in Low‑Intensity Conflict.
Discipline and morale are key elements in combat performance, particularly in Low‑Intensity Conflict (LIC). This project examines the relationships between discipline, morale and combat performance using the Australian Army in Vietnam as a case study. It provides insights into better understanding and managing discipline and morale to produce and sustain combat performance, and to avoid the negative effects of failures in discipline and morale.
Analysing Instabilities in Complex Combustion Models for Different Geometrical Configurations
This project, which aims to analyse more complex combustion models, will address some of the fundamental issues of combustion theory. Results from this project will lead to a better understanding of combustion processes, with the potential to prevent explosions in reactors and storage tanks. Other potential applications range from bushfires to the manufacture of exotic materials.
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25 September 2007
LINKAGE PROJECT FUNDING FOR UNSW@ADFA RESEARCH IN 2008
The Campus of the University of NSW at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA) in Canberra has been awarded three ARC Linkage Project Grants announced yesterday by the Minister the Hon Julie Bishop MP.
UNSW@ADFA has received a total of $769,000 in funding for three research projects over three years with over $300,000 allocated for 2008. This is part of the total $4.9 million granted to the UNSW that has come third in the 2008 Linkage Project scheme within ARC grants. The successful projects at UNSW@ADFA are:
Molecular Fingerprinting: Forensic Spectroscopy of Trace Gases
This project will develop national capabilities in anticipating and responding to critical threats to society. The scientific instrumentation developed from this effort will enhance Australia's potential aid for early detection of explosive and chemical weaponry and also in the analysis of crime scenes. This research will significantly improve our abilities to maintain the operational advantage of Australia's security agencies through superior capabilities in threat detection.
Developing a Decision Support System (DSS) for the management of road runoff for water quality protection
Recent climatic trends of increasing drought episodes and related natural disasters such as bushfires are expected to increase the delivery of sediments and associated pollutants to streams. The proposed DSS will allow testing of various management scenarios with respect to road position and layout, thereby providing a planning and management tool, and a method to educate the practitioners involved in environmental management in Australia.
Rare isotopes as tracers of prosthesis debris
The incidence of knee replacement surgery in Australia is 30,000 per year. Limited by wear debris, the lifespan of knee implants is only 10‑15 years and can be much shorter. Due to increasing life expectancy, many patients need several surgical procedures. As a multi‑disciplinary team of materials‑, isotope‑tracing‑ and medical‑experts, the team aims to understand and monitor wear debris in prostheses. Knee replacement surgery alone imposes a high burden of annually half a billion dollars on the Australian health budget. Controlling and reducing wear debris in prosthesis joints would reduce these costs and improve patients' quality of life.
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Book Launch: The Torch and the Sword by Dr Craig Stockings
“The Torch and the Sword: A History of the Army Cadet Movement in Australia, 1866-2007” book by Dr Craig Stockings was officially launched today by His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA), Canberra.
Both the Governor-General and Dr Craig Stockings, the author of the book, went through military training with the Governor-General being a cadet himself in his earlier days and Craig Stockings graduating from the Australian Force Defence Academy. Dr Stockings being a former Defence officer served as Governor-General’s Army Aide-de-Camp in 2003.
The Governor-General began his speech by acknowledging “how appropriate it is that this history of the army cadet movement be launched at the Australian Defence Force Academy” given that “one third of the cadet undergraduate body at this institution are former members of the Army, Navy or Air Force Cadets, and the linkages between ADF recruitment and a cadet movement have always been strong, albeit underplayed.”
His Excellency pointed out that “although there are scattered accounts of individual cadet units and books dealing with certain time periods, no other text before this one has attempted to tell the cadet story as a single narrative over the entire span of its history.”
“Dr Stockings has not attempted to record all aspects and incidents that have befallen the Army Cadet organisation since 1866, rather, he has identified a set of key characteristics which have defined the very nature of the movement; including purpose, organisational structure, administration,leadership, materiel support and training, ” – said the Governor General.
Professor John Baird, Rector of UNSW@ADFA said that “The University of New South Wales is committed to the highest ideals of scholarship and research. It is thorough our research that we are able to provide the best possible education for the future leaders of the Australian Defence Force. Craig’s book is an important product of that research.”
The Governor-General underlined it by saying that “The Torch and the Sword is underpinned by extensive and original research. In building the story of the cadet organisation in Australia, the author has consulted national and state archival sources, contemporary military records and a range of private collections – including those held by a broad selection of schools.”
The Governor-General’s speech is available on http://www.gg.gov.au/governorgeneral/speech.php?id=265.
About the Author: Dr Craig Stockings is a Lecturer in History and Strategic Studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA). He was born in Sydney in 1974 and graduated from the Australian Defence Force Academy with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in History and Politics in 1995. In 1996 he was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Australian Army. He holds a Grad Dip Ed (Monash), a MEd (Deakin), a MA (International Relations) (Deakin), and a PhD in History (UNSW).
From left to right: Professor John Baird, Rector of UNSW@ADFA, Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Dr Craig Stockings, author of The Torch and the Sword
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HyCAUSE Scramjet is a Breakthrough in Hypersonic Technology
The HyCAUSE Mach 10 scramjet flight experiment was successfully launched at Woomera, South Australia, last Friday 15 June. This achievement has moved the world closer to realizing the dream of hypersonic transport.
HyCAUSE is a multi-million dollar collaborative effort between Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), The University of Queensland (UQ), the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA) in Canberra, and a USA consortium led by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Scramjets are jet engines that compress the incoming air to high pressures and temperatures by virtue of their sheer speed. They are the most efficient propulsion method for hypersonic speeds, which are those greater than approximately Mach 5, or 5500 km/h. Because they breathe in the air rather than requiring heavy on-board oxygen tanks, they offer enormous savings on the cost of flying payloads into space, as well as the potential for long-range transport around the globe in just a few hours.
For HyCAUSE, the US team contributed the advanced scramjet flowpath design and the two stage rocket platform that boosted the experiment to Mach 10. Australia achieved the complex task of converting the scramjet flowpath into a working, instrumented, autonomous flight experiment.
To pull this off, the full expertise of Australian hypersonics researchers was brought to bear. UNSW@ADFA and UQ were key to the program, under sub-contract to DSTO. UQ contributed all the experience and technology developed during their successful, but lower speed, HyShot scramjet flight program, while UNSW@ADFA performed sophisticated flowfield and thermal structural simulations of the HyCAUSE design. This was necessary in order to accurately predict and cope with the extremely hostile environment that flying at Mach 10 creates. The UNSW@ADFA team, led by Drs Russell Boyce, Andrew Neely and Neil Mudford from the School of Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, are now looking forward to validating their simulations with the flight data. This is an essential element in the ongoing effort to develop hypersonic aircraft.
Looking to the future, Australia has commenced the $70M HiFIRE program, a multi-flight collaboration with the United States Air Force in fundamental hypersonics flight experiments. As was the case with HyCAUSE, HiFIRE is led in Australia by DSTO, but with important contributions from the university sector. In support of this, DSTO and UNSW@ADFA are jointly funding a high speed flight experiment scheduled for 2008. This will generate new knowledge of side jet control methods and measurement techniques for use on HiFIRE. UNSW@ADFA’s hypersonics team is currently developing the payload for that flight.
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UNSW@ADFA Researcher Wins the European Optical Society Prize
Canberra-based Senior lecturer of the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy Charles Harb was awarded with the European Optical Society (EOS) Prize for his outstanding contribution on “generation of squeezing in higher order Hermite-Gaussian modes with an optical parametric amplifier”published in the Journal of the European Optical Society, vol 1, 2006.
Charles is one of four scientists to be awarded the EOS Prize along with Dr M. Lassen, Australian National University (ANU) and Technical University of Denmark; Dr V. Delaubert, ANU and Laboratoire Kastler Brossel; P.K. Lam, ANU; N Trebs, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel; and, H.-A. Bachor, ANU.
‘Winning the European Optical Society Prize is a great honour for the authors as it givs high visibility to the research that is being done in Australia, and has the potential to strengthen our standing as international researchers. This work has lead to one patent with a second on the way and is the basis for an ARC Discovery Project application as well an ARC Linkage project application with the Australian National Measurement Institute’ – said Charles Harb.
The official announcement of the Prize-winners will happen today, 20 June at the General Assembly in Munich, Germany. The General Assembly will be held alongside the Laser Munich Exhibition and the World of Photonics Congress with the EOS conferences on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging and Trends in Optoelectronics at the New Munich trade Fair Centre. Charles’s Research colleagues will attend the ceremony.
The European Optical Society (EOS) serves as the joint forum for all individuals, companies, organisations, educational institutions, and learned and professional societies, who recognise the opportunity and challenge that a common European base provides for the development of optics in its broadest sense.
Optics as a science, technology, and base for industry, consumer goods, and health care makes a significant contribution to society and has a great potential for further development. The purpose of the prize is to encourage a European dimension in research in pure or applied optics.
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UNSW@ADFA became part of the ADFHES Scheme
Professor John Baird, Rector of the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA) and CDRE Russ Baker, Director General Defence Education Training and Development signed a Letter of Understanding on 30 May 2007. By signing the Letter UNSW@ADFA joined 17 other Australian universities to become part of the Australian Defence Force Higher Education Advance Standing Scheme (ADFHEAS Scheme).
The ADFHEAS Scheme is an initiative allowing officers to use education and training acquired through Defence as "Advanced Standing" or "credit" towards specific university-awarded qualifications. In some cases completed ADF qualifications can also be used to gain admission to postgraduate coursework programs offered by UNSW@ADFA
More information on the ADFHEAS Scheme, including the entry for UNSW@ADFA, can be found on http://www.defence.gov.au/dpe/adfheas/index.htm
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23 May 2007
Canberra’s Professor wins a federation fellowship
Professor of the School of Information Technology and Electric Engineering at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA) Ian Petersen won an Australian Government’s prestigious Federation Fellowship.
The Minister Hon Julie Bishop MP for Education, Science and Training has announced that 17 National and 2 International researchers were awarded the Federation Fellowship. Professor Ian Petersen is one of three researchers to receive the award at the UNSW; the other two are Professor J Hodges and Professor Robert Clark.
“The Award is a great opportunity for me to further my research in the exciting new area of robust control of quantum systems. With the award I will be able to build a world-leading research group in this area at the UNSW@ADFA”, – said Professor Petersen.
The Australian Research Council’s Federation Fellowships are highly prestigious awards designed to attract to Australia outstanding researchers; build and strengthen Australia's world-class research capacity; support ground-breaking internationally competitive research; develop strong links among researchers; industry and the international research community; and, support research that will give economic, environmental, social or cultural benefits to Australia.
Federation Fellowships encourage proposals from Australian and non-Australian researchers working in Australia or overseas, especially from early- to mid-career researchers who will play a leadership role in the future in building Australia's internationally competitive research capacity.
Professor Ian Petersen’s CV and information.
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28 March 2007
Sponsors day attracts racing car designer to Canberra
The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defense Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA) in Canberra will host former racing car designer Mr. Ron Tauranac, at an event for Sponsors of it’s Formula SAE Racing Car commencing at 1.30 pm on Friday 30th March 2007.
The Sponsor’s Day is an opportunity for the UNSW@ADFA Formula SAE racing team, to acknowledge the valued support received from a range of organizations and individuals, provided to the team over the previous season. The team is comprised of Midshipmen and Officer Cadets of the Australian Defense Force Academy.
Team sponsors are offered an opportunity to drive the small highly powered racing car during the afternoon.
Access to experienced motor racing identities such as Mr. Ron Tauranac, an avid supporter of Formula SAE, is invaluable to encouraging the students and building closer links to motor sport.
Mr. Ron Tauranac, an experienced racing car designer joined the Brabham racing team as Chief Designer in the early 60’s. Later in his career Tauranac established the Ralt name in England, producing the RT1 which competed in Formula 3, Formula 2 and Formula Atlantic series. The chassis went on to win the European Formula 3 championship in 1975 driven by Larry Perkins.
The Brabham name is synonymous with Grand Prix motor racing and to this day, Sir Jack Brabham OBE, the first driver in history to be knighted for his services to motorsport, remains one of racing’s most popular personalities
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Launched in the USA in 1980, Formula – SAE is now an international competition for Society of Automotive Engineers student members to form teams for the purpose of designing, building and competing in a small high-performance race car.
The scenario is that teams develop a car aimed at the amateur autocross driver market, which could be manufactured on a small scale production line at a cost of less than A$50,000.
The competition consists of three key elements: engineering design, cost and static inspection; solo performance trials; and high performance endurance tests.
Entries are usually from university based teams who work on the project over a period of about a year. Competitions are held in the USA, Europe and Australia. SAE-Australasia has staged annual Formula SAE-A competitions since 2000.
Formula SAE offers young engineers the opportunity to work on a meaningful, complex engineering project in a dedicated team environment. Students manage the complete project including scheduling, budgeting, fund raising and cost control, design, sourcing equipment, materials and components, manufacturing and testing.
7 February 2007
War Cabinet note books donated to Australian Defence force academy library
At a small ceremony yesterday, Mrs Jean Salisbury OAM donated a collection of Sir Frederick Shedden’s original War Cabinet Notebooks and their transcription to the Library at the Australian Defence Force Academy.
The transcription of these valuable notebooks was undertaken by Mrs Jean Salisbury. During the Second World War, Mrs Salisbury was Sir Frederick’s personal stenographer. As such she was familiar with the content of the note books and Sir Frederick’s handwriting style.
Sir Frederick Sheddon (1893-1971) was the Secretary of the Australian Department of Defence from 1937 to 1956. During this period it has been said that Sir Frederick “dominated defence policy” and played a principle role in the defence of Australia.
Mrs Jean Shedden said that “I worked with Sir Frederick for six years and ….. he was a tremendous person to work for and good to his staff”.
On behalf of the University of New South Wales, Professor David Lovell, Head of School Humanities and Social Sciences at UNSW@ADFA thanked Mrs Jean Salisbury for the donated documents and for her hard work in transcribing the notebooks.
“This collection has been donated by Jean in memory of her husband Alan Salisbury. Alan was a firm friend of Sir Frederick as well as being a longstanding senior public servant in Defence. This collection of papers is a very fine tribute from Jean to her husband.”
“The UNSW@ADFA Academy Library is a highly appropriate repository for documents such as these. They will become a valuable source for scholars of Australian Defence and the library staff have already put together a web-based guide to help researchers,” he said.
Professor Lovell thanked Dr Elizabeth Greenhalgh and staff from UNSW@ADFA who had facilitated the donation.
The ceremony was attended by Mrs Jean Salisbury’s sons David and John, daughter Barbara and grandson Alistair. Also attending the event were Mr Richard Mulcahy MLA, Commandant of ADFA Brigadier Brian Dawson and representatives from UNSW@ADFA,