Diane Zetlin discusses finishing her Bachelor of Arts with Honours and getting her first academic job at the University of Queensland in 1976. She speaks about joining the Federated Australian University Staff Association (FAUSA), and becoming a union official. She became President, and later, in 1986 General Secretary.
Diane Zetlin discusses her involvement in social issues and social action groups during her time at university. In particular, she speaks about the Foco Club, which operated between 1968 and 1969.
Diane Zetlin describes her initial impressions and experiences of the University of Queensland, and discusses the conversion from conservatism to radicalism that the university campus and student body underwent during the 1960s.
David Russell describes his childhood in Dalby and education at Jimbour State School, the Anglican Church Grammar School and the University of Queensland. He discusses his involvement with the university union movement and the Liberal and National parties.
John Mickel discusses his childhood and educational background. He was born in Murgon but grew up in Ipswich and Brisbane. He attended a number of Catholic schools. He discusses the lack of funding for the Catholic education system. He completed a BA at the University of Queensland while undertaking teacher training at the Mt Gravatt Teachers' College. He continued his studies at the University of Queensland and completed a Masters degree in politics.
Sallyanne Atkinson explains that due to her family's strained finances she decided to take up a cadetship at the Telegraph newspaper. She states that she finished her degree at the University of Queensland as an external student and highlights the importance of taking political science as part of her degree.
Sallyanne Atkinson discusses her childhood and education, and states she was born in Sydney in 1942 after her mother had been evacuated from Colombo. She describes her peripatetic childhood and her education at a range of institutions before the family eventually moved to Southport in Queensland where she finished her education at St Hilda's in Southport before studying at the University of Queensland.
Llew Edwards discusses Expo '88. He notes the role of both the federal and state governments in Expo. He discusses the resumption of land at the Southbank site. He describes his appointment to the University of Queensland Senate.
