Vale Lyall Hunt, 1933-2018, aged 84. Husband of Lynne; father of Marie Louise, Susan, Tony, Penny, Ruth and Sam. Grandfather of 12. Fellow of the Royal WA Historical Society. Founding member of the WA Oral History Association. Former Lyall Hunt taught history for over 30 years, 1962-1993, in Western Australia teachers’ colleges and the WACAE, becoming Associate Professor and Head, Academic Services, Edith Cowan University.

Lyall Hunt – interview by Lynn Hunt

Fred Marsh was a World War II Veteran, who served as a Warrant Officer in the RAAF from 1943 to 1946.

He began his teaching career as a manual training assistant teacher and worked in several regional schools, including Geraldton, Mount Barker, Albany, and Eastern Goldfields. He was a Master (Teacher) at Perth Modern School in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

He became Senior Lecturer at Mount Lawley Teachers College in the early 1970s, and served in various teaching and leadership roles throughout his career, including as Principal of Carine Senior High School and Seton Catholic College in the 1970s. He also held positions at Perth Modern School, and other schools across the state.

Frederick Marsh was a long-standing figure in the Western Australian education community and a Rotarian.

Colin Marsh was an influential Perth teacher, education academic, and curriculum expert who lectured at Graylands Teachers College, Mt Lawley Teachers College, and Curtin University, and was a Dean of Academic Studies at Curtin.

He was heavily involved in the development of curriculum studies in Australia and had a strong international presence, authoring many textbooks on the subject. His work was primarily concerned with practical applications of curriculum and how to support teachers and schools, rather than being purely theoretical.

He was instrumental in establishing a formal structure for curriculum studies in Australia and contributed to organizations like the Australian Curriculum Studies Association.

He wrote over 30 books on teaching and learning, as well as novels. He was also a practising jazz musician and photographer.

Colin died suddenly at his home on 6th August, 2012. Colin will long be remembered and acknowledged as a great Australian educator. He had a lifelong concern for teacher education. A man, whose contribution to teaching and learning and the development of curriculum studies in Australian education will continue to influence how teachers teach and what they teach for many years to come.

Lynne Hardy (Hunt) is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Public
Health, Edith Cowan University, Perth. She completed doctoral studies in Western Australia. having read for her masters and bachelor degrees at the London School of Economics and Liverpool University in the United Kingdom.

Dr Hunt’s research interests include women’s health and oral history. She is keenly interested in teaching and was the recipient of three Edith Cowan University Teaching Fellowships, awarded for excellence in teaching. She has also been a finalist in the Australian Awards for University Teaching.

Lynne Hardy – self interview

Many years of part time and external study resulted in Brian receiving his first degree, a BA, in 1963.

At one point, while teaching at a one-teacher school at Wuraming, he studied with the aid of an old kerosene lamp which regularly lost pressure.

During the period of his studies, he taught at various primary schools and was then co-opted to become a secondary school physical education teacher at
Hollywood High School.

After graduation he moved gradually into the teaching of history and economics and advanced to the position of Senior Master History at Tuart Hill High School, and at the same time did further part-time study.

He completed a BEd and a Masters Preliminary at UWA, and finishing his MPhil at Murdoch University in the fields of Chinese, Indian and Malaysian history and
politics.

Brian accepted a position at Mt Lawley College of Advanced Education, which later became Edith Cowan University, as a Lecturer A in Social Science, mainly in
sociology and Asian history.

He briefly changed direction, accepting a position at Christ Church Grammar School as Head of Social Sciences, and finally returned to Edith Cowan in the Department of Intercultural Studies, from where he retired in 1997. His career was a varied and interesting one, spanning primary, secondary and tertiary
teaching.

John Sherwood was involved in the Aboriginal Student Teacher Intake (ASTI), the first Aboriginal Teacher project of its kind in Australia. John realised they had to get a group of Aboriginal students entering and studying together to combat the isolation problem Aboriginal students had encountered in the past resulting in withdrawal. With a support system established, assistance could be given not only to the individual students, but the group could supply its own mutual support system.

With the strong support of Charles Staples as Acting Principal, a submission for a comprehensive Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) was undertaken. It funded the employment of six full time staff, the creation of new undergraduate and postgraduate courses, purchases of equipment, frequent travel all over Australia, research, publications, multi-media productions, and involvement of Aboriginal people in all aspects of ATEP.

Alan has devoted over fifty years of his professional life to the teaching of geography and geographical education.

After a thirty-year academic career teaching at Edith Cowan and Melbourne Universities and a two-year research consultancy at Curtin University, Alan took on the role of Geographical Association WA Business Manager and has served the Association in that capacity for the past twenty years stewarding its commercial and financial interests.

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Murray is a leader in civics and political education and curriculum development within Australia and internationally. He has been appointed to the College of Experts for the European Science Foundation.

Over the past two decades he has directed many major research projects such as an ARC-funded project on youth participation in democracy, as well other projects in civics and citizenship education.

His areas of expertise include:

• Youth Electoral Study
• Values, policy and civics education in the Asia-Pacific region
• Civics education, assessment and benchmarking.

Wally Moroz is a prominent figure in education in Western Australia. His career focused on social sciences education and civics and citizenship education, spanning roles as a teacher, a lecturer, and an author of educational materials.

He has held positions as a Senior Lecturer and later an Associate Professor at Mt Lawley Teachers College, later ECU.

He has co-authored various educational resources, including teacher manuals and skills books for social studies/social sciences for the Education Department of Western Australia. His research and work have included studies on students’ attitudes toward social studies and the effectiveness of teaching methods in primary schools.

Wally Moroz has been involved in government reports and initiatives related to preparing teachers for a civil society and the establishment of the Constitutional Centre of Western Australia.

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