UWA Student Guild Annual Report 2021

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Guild Archiving BY MELISSA STUART (GUILD ARCHIVIST 2021) 2021 started out with the UWA Student Guild hosting a Guild Alumni event to celebrate fifty years since the opening of the New Guild Building (est.1971). In 1970 the Guild Council President and now our esteemed Governor of Western Australia, the Hon. Kim Beazley AC, laid the foundation stone for the New Guild Building.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, UWA Chancellor, the Hon. Robert French AC, was also a Guild Councillor and Student Representative on the Senate. Therefore, the Guild Council deemed it fitting to present the Governor and the UWA Chancellor with Honorary Life Associate Memberships during this event. Digitised archival records from their time on Guild Council were used to prepare ‘memory booklets’ and, in their acceptance speeches, both reflected on their experiences whilst on Guild Council. The Tavern was an ideal setting to celebrate fifty years of the New Guild Building and Refectory, in its centralised location on campus. In 2019, the Refectory was renovated, and a doorway was added to the Tavern courtyard. In combination with its proximity to Oak Lawn made it an ideal venue for large student gatherings. Since July 1976, ‘The Tavern’ (the ‘Tav’ or the ‘Bent Elbow’) has been the haunt of many Guild Councillors. So, it comes as little surprise that many ideas have been formulated in the Tav over a beer or two… or three. So, what better way to celebrate progress than to reach out to our Guild Council Alumni who assisted with developments in and around the ‘New Guild Building’ complex over the last fifty years.

Image: Kim Beazley (1970 Guild President) speaks to the amassed crowd of excited students (Guild Archive 1970).

Image: a crowd of students in The Tavern (Student Social Club), after construction of the mezzanine.

Image: Kim Beazley (1970 Guild President) laying the foundation stone to the New Guild Building.

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UWA Student Guild Annual Report 2021

2021 Guild Alumni Event in the Tavern


Articles inside

UWA X Champion Merchandise

1min
page 61

Women’s Department

2min
page 57

Young Leaders’ Council

1min
pages 58-59

Welfare Department

2min
page 56

WASAC - Western Australian Student Aboriginal Corporation

1min
page 55

Residential Students’ Department

2min
page 53

Sports Department

1min
page 54

Pride Department

2min
page 52

Postgraduate Students’ Association

2min
page 51

National Union of Students

2min
page 50

International Students’ Department

1min
page 48

Ethnocultural Department

1min
page 47

Mature Age Students’ Association

1min
page 49

Environment Department

2min
page 46

Access Department

3min
page 44

Albany Students’ Association

1min
page 45

Tenancy Committee

1min
page 43

Societies Council

2min
page 42

Education Action Network

2min
page 40

Education Council

2min
page 39

Public Affairs Council

3min
page 41

Guild Venture

3min
pages 37-38

Welfare and Advocacy Committee

2min
page 36

Student Assist

4min
page 33

Strategic Resources Committee

1min
page 30

Publications Committee

1min
page 29

Executive Management Committee

1min
page 27

Equity and Diversity Committee

1min
page 26

Governance Committee

2min
page 28

Election Culture Committee

2min
page 25

Corporate Services Committee

1min
page 24

Guild President’s Report

5min
pages 6-7

Guild General Secretary’s Report

3min
page 11

Chair of Guild Council’s Report

2min
pages 12-13

Managing Director’s Report

5min
pages 8-9

Alumni Engagement Committee

2min
page 21

Guild Vice-President’s Report

2min
page 10

Guild Archiving

7min
pages 18-20

Audit and Risk Committee

1min
page 15
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