A unique student experience
Thursday
21st October
2021
Our founders wanted Griffith University to be different when we began teaching in 1975. Strong ties with our Asian…
Category Archive: Griffith Archive
Discover the remarkable story of Griffith’s buildings
Tuesday
22nd February
2022
Who was Robin Gibson? The name Robin Gibson may not be a familiar name to some. And…
Discover our remarkable journey to being a university of global influence
Wednesday
20th May
2020
The Griffith Archive’s latest online exhibition A University of Global Influence tells the Griffith story from the initial Cabinet…
Our Asian Agenda
Friday
26th June
2020
Griffith University was founded to offer our students a unique university experience. Our founders’ vision was formed by progressive ideas…
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith – 100-year anniversary
Sunday
9th August
2020
Our university’s namesake Sir Samuel Walker Griffith was born in 1845 and died on the 9 August 1920. One…
Did you know? QTAC is a Griffith Brainchild!
Tuesday
8th September
2020
If you study or have studied at Griffith, you may recognise QTAC (the Queensland Tertiary Admission…
Discovering the Griffith Story—Griffith Archive
Monday
2nd November
2020
As Griffith approaches our 50th year, our unique story continues to unfold. Griffith has a distinctive…
The Library—45 years of offering more than just books
Thursday
17th December
2020
Take a trip down memory lane. To showcase the changing face of Griffith’s campus libraries across the last five decades, …
Our First Graduates
Wednesday
24th February
2021
On 25 February 1978, 170 students graduated from Griffith University’s four foundation Schools. Debra Cunningham from the School of Australian…
First day of teaching at Griffith University
Wednesday
10th March
2021
Image from the Griffith Archive collection ‘First, here’s an exercise for you…’ These were Professor Emeritus David Pegg’s opening words…
Queensland College of Art Celebrates 140 Years of Teaching
Tuesday
6th April
2021
This year, Griffith University celebrates 140 years of teaching at the Queensland College of Art (QCA). …
What’s the T? Meet the Griffith University Tea Lady!
Tuesday
11th May
2021
During the Second World War, ‘Tea Ladies’ were employed throughout the United Kingdom (UK). Their purpose? To boost efficiency and…
The Great Griffith Gazette
Wednesday
11th August
2021
Our first staff newsletter, the Great Griffith Gazette (GGG), began circulation in mid-1973—some eighteen months before teaching commenced at Griffith. The Gazette was not…
Looking back, 50 years on: A new university for Brisbane
Thursday
30th September
2021
Did you know that Griffith University was meant to be part of the University of Queensland (UQ)? Originally,…
Griffith Archive: New online exhibitions
Tuesday
15th July
2025
To celebrate Griffith’s 50th anniversary Griffith Archive’s is releasing two new online exhibitions this July. The first is…
New Griffith Archive Feature: Community Contributions
Tuesday
25th February
2025
To help celebrate Griffith’s 50th anniversary in 2025, Griffith Archive now features an…
Griffith and Vietnam
Friday
14th July
2023
Recently, our Chancellor, the Honourable Andrew Fraser, hosted two events in Vietnam for our Vietnamese alumni. In preparation for…
Culturally respectful library webpage released
Tuesday
28th May
2024
This National Reconciliation Week (NRW) 27 May to 3 June, the Library has released our new webpage Culturally respectful…
Forty years of supporting students living with disability
Wednesday
6th April
2022
In 1981, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) conducted its first national survey of Australians living with a disability.
Griffith University: Producing great legal minds for 30 years
Wednesday
15th June
2022
Beginning with its first intake of students in 1992, the…
40 years on: How the Commonwealth Games changed Griffith University
Thursday
13th October
2022
Image from the Griffith Archive collection. In late September to early October of 1982, the Commonwealth Games was held in…
65 years of the Con. Find out more about the Queensland Conservatorium and some of its notable alumni.
Tuesday
16th August
2022
Our Conservatorium (the Con), Griffith’s music and performing…
Fun, fast and fierce: The origins of the Nathan Dash
Wednesday
18th May
2022
On 21 April the Nathan Dash 2022 took place. This is a 660 metre sprint through…
Take action this National Reconciliation Week
Wednesday
26th May
2021
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this post may mention and contain the images of deceased peoples.
Griffith Greats – Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt: Our First Female Academic
Friday
6th November
2020
Griffith Archive’s latest digital exhibition shines the spotlight on one of the truly remarkable pioneers from Griffith University…