by Keryn | Aug 15, 2019 | Historic Precinct, News
Urrbrae House is delighted to host an exhibition by emerging artist, Rebecca Read.This exhibition is part of the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival and will run until 8 September 2019.The exhibition is in the Main Hall and Drawing Room of Urrbrae House...
by Keryn | Jul 17, 2019 | Campus Notices, Historic Precinct, News, Participation
Urrbrae House is doing a mid-winter Food Drive for Foodbank, which helps Australians facing food insecurity.Hunger affects more than 117,260 South Australians every month, with one third of them being children.So from 15 July until 5 August 2019 Urrbrae House will be...
by Keryn | May 29, 2019 | Historic Precinct, News
Urrbrae House is delighted to host “The Light and Breath of Trees” art exhibition by Jo Davidson.This exhibition features landscape inspired paintings and includes canvases and works on paper that visually articulate an inner archetypal journey, using...
by Keryn | May 14, 2019 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, CSIRO, Historic Precinct, News, Partners, Students, Women of Waite, WRI
The Waite Research Institute hosted this year’s Peter Waite Day in the Urrbrae House gardens on Friday May 10. Held each year on the Friday closest to Peter Waite’s Birthday (May 9), the afternoon is an opportunity for people from across the campus...
by Keryn | May 10, 2019 | Historic Precinct, News, University of Adelaide
A free exhibition of works by Keith Phillips (1898-1973) – a South Australian photographer with a keen eye for capturing the true essence of what he saw in the world with his camera. After serving during World War II, Keith became official photographer for the...
by Keryn | Apr 23, 2019 | Historic Precinct, News, Participation, University of Adelaide
What animals live in the Waite Arboretum, and where? The Waite Arboretum has recently launched a new Wildlife Orienteering Trail (WAWOT). The trail incorporates 30 metal creatures from beetles and butterflies, to lizards, bats and koalas! Visitors of all ages are...
by Keryn | Mar 28, 2019 | Campus Notices, Historic Precinct, News
It’s time to dust off the bocce balls and get creative with your team names! This year’s Peter Waite Day event will be held from 3pm – 5:30 pm on Friday 10 May in the gardens adjacent Urrbrae House. The WRI invites you to attend this annual campus...
by Keryn | Jan 30, 2019 | Historic Precinct, News, University of Adelaide
Members of the University of Adelaide’s Wirltu Yarlu Aboriginal Education, the Waite campus and broader community came together on the McLeod Lawns on Wednesday 30th January to witness a flag raising ceremony. This significant event marks the first time that the...
by Keryn | Nov 20, 2018 | Historic Precinct, News
The Christmas Tree in the Main Hall of Urrbrae House is once again a “Giving tree” (collection point) for toys and books for The Smith Family’s Toy and Book Appeal at the University of Adelaide’s Waite Campus. By donating a toy or book you have the opportunity to...
by Keryn | Oct 31, 2018 | Historic Precinct, News
On the 30th October, UNESCO Clubs – Adelaide Chapter awarded one of only four annual Achievement Awards to Urrbrae House’s Primary Schools History Program. The award, which recognises the initiative as fostering the dissemination of the United Nations Educational,...
