11 March 1961 - Monash University officially opens

Photograph courtesy of Monash University Archives. Photography by Jack Lawrence Image number: 382

"On the morning of Saturday, 11 March 1961 there was thick black cloud and it was raining. Everyone concerned with the opening ceremony cast anxious glances skyward. Would it be possible to hold the ceremony as planned at 3 p.m., or would the weather upset the arrangements?" Monash University -- the first ten years, Sir Robert Blackwood, p 75. Hampden Hall, Melbourne 1968

The Premier of Victoria, the Hon. Henry E Bolte, MLA officially declared the University open under bright sunshine.