In 1996 Noel Quirke published Preparing for the Future: A History of Griffith University 1971-1996. You can now download and read the entire text of the book.
His account of the first 25 years of Griffith University is not intended to be a definitive or, indeed, even a comprehensive history. Rather, it is a sketch of the creation and evolution of a major tertiary institution which tries to portray some flavour of the vibrancy and continual sense of striving for the ideal and for relevancy which marks Griffith University.
Research for the project was based primarily upon archival material and files kept in General Registry at the University. These sources have been bolstered by interviews with many key figures involved in the development and growth of the University.
While it is a work of history that Dr Quirke has produced concerning itself with our past, it is a history which can give us confidence to meet the future. While we remain confident, we cannot exactly predict. Who would dare to offer some precise picture of the way Griffith will look in another 25 years?
Then Chancellor of Griffith University, Chief Justice John Macrossan AC September 1996.
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