Griffith Duncan Theatre
Named after: Griffith Duncan
Griffith Duncan MA, Dip Ed, MEd, FACE, OBE (1914-1988) was the Principal of the Newcastle Teacher's College, now — after incarnations as the Newcastle College of Advanced Education and the Hunter Institute of Higher Education — amalgamated with the University of Newcastle, from 1949-1975. A Hunter local, Duncan's twenty-six years of guiding teacher education in Newcastle were preceded by experience as a High School teacher in Mathematics, Science and English. He supervised the growth of the Teacher's College from an institution housed in a half-finished High School at Broadmeadow, offering two-year courses in Primary teaching, to one housed at Callaghan, offering courses in Secondary education with a wide range of specialisations.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.