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Minister for External Affairs Lord Richard Casey visited International House in January, 1957, its first year operating as a residential college. Lord Casey was Minister for External Affairs in the Liberal-Country government from 1951 to 1960, becoming involved in patronage of International House with his wife, Lady Maie Casey.
Thean Pak Ken, pictured here, was one of six Malaysian students to attend International House in its first year. He was in his final year of medical school, going on to a career as a doctor and marrying in Perth.
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- Casey, WJ Hudson, 1986 (Oxford University Press) ISBN/ISSN: 9780195547306
- 1959. Malayan doctor and nurse become engaged in Perth. Dr Thean Pak Ken and his fiancee Miss Tam Kam Yong [photographic image]. Photographer / Australian Official Photograph. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate
