Going through some old papers a couple of nights ago I came
across the 1967 edition of The Martlet,
the magazine produced annually by the students of Wright College, the first men’s
college at the University of New England and my happy home (not far) away from
home 1961-65.
Inside I found this little gem: a sketch of Australian
historian Russell Ward (“The Australian Legend”), by Indonesian student Adhi
Hendranto. This brought back a number of memories. Russell was my “moral tutor”
throughout my time at UNE; this somewhat quaint term deriving from the Oxbridge
tradition meant that he was responsible for my pastoral care, the person I
could go to if there was anything I wanted to discuss. Russell used to have his
dozen or so charges for biscuits and cheese and a pre-dinner sherry once a
term, after which we would go off together to formal dinner in Wright College
Dining Hall.
In my last couple of years in Wright College, Russell was
also my Resident Fellow in Beta Block, living in quarters just around the
corner from my room, Beta 2.
As for the artist, Adhi was my next door neighbour for a
year or two, so this sketch of Russell by Adhi was a nice find.
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