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The University of Western Australia has seen many notable people pass through its doors over its 113-year history, both as students and staff.
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The University of Western Australia has seen many notable people pass through its doors over its 113-year history, both as students and staff.
The Chancellor of The University of Western Australia is its most senior officer: [4]
| Term start | Term end | Name | Other positions |
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| 1912 | 1916 | Sir John Winthrop Hackett | Editor and proprietor of The West Australian Member of the Legislative Council (1890–1916) |
| 1916 | 1922 | Charles Riley | Bishop of Perth (1894–1914) Archbishop of Perth (1914–1929) |
| 1922 | 1929 | Athelstan Saw | Member of the Legislative Council (1915–1929) |
| 1930 | 1936 | Sir Walter James | Premier of Western Australia (1902–1904) |
| 1936 | 1943 | James Battye | |
| 1943 | 1948 | Sir Walter Murdoch | |
| 1948 | 1956 | E. W. Gillett | |
| 1956 | 1968 | Sir Alexander Reid | |
| 1968 | 1981 | Sir Lawrence Jackson | Chief Justice of Western Australia (1969–1977) |
| 1981 | 1990 | Donald Aitken | |
| 1990 | 1998 | Geoffrey Kennedy | Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia |
| 1998 | 2000 | Alexander Cohen | |
| 2001 | 2005 | Ken Michael | Governor of Western Australia (2006–2011) |
| 2005 | 2017 | Michael Chaney | |
| 2017 [5] | present | Dr Robert French | Chief Justice of Australia (2008–2017) |
Notable past and present members of faculty include:
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital. UWA was established in 1911 by an act of the Parliament of Western Australia.
Michael Alfred Chaney is an Australian businessman and former chancellor of the University of Western Australia.
Robert Shenton French is an Australian lawyer and Chinese judge who formerly served as the twelfth Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 2008 to 2017. He has been the chancellor of the University of Western Australia since November 2017.
The University of Western Australia Business School is a business school at the University of Western Australia (UWA). UWA first began teaching Economics in 1912, and the Business School is now home to over 4,929 students. The school has four disciplines: Accounting and Finance; Economics; Management and Organisations; and Marketing.
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