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Photograph (Item), Richard Shiell, "Nick Kanaris (Cyprus), M.Sc. | Foundation Member of IH | Botany Tutor"

  • Seated man in a suit and glasses smiles gently at the camera. A desk with a telephone, radio, and book sits behind him.

    "Nick Kanaris (Cyprus), M.Sc. | Foundation Member of IH | Botany Tutor"

Album (item), Soedjadi Sastrosoegito, Album of Student Activities 1960 Compiled and Presented to the House by Soedjadi Sastrosoegito & Richard Shiell, c. 1960

Historical information

Pictured here is Nicos 'Nick' Kanaris, a foundation student, and later tutor, of International House. Kanaris and his friend Michael Kirnis represented Cyprus among the first forty-two students at International House in 1957. Awarded the Exhibition in Botany III and attaining a Masters in Science, Kanaris became a residential tutor of Botany and Biology for the House from 1959 to 1960. Having returned to work in their home country, both men had decided to return to Australia after spending Christmas with their families. Tragically, however, both Kanaris and Kirnis were killed in a plane crash en route to Cyprus in 1961. Their lives and contributions to International House were commemorated via a memorial scholarship funded by the Student Club.
This photograph comes from an 'Album of Student Activities 1960', compiled and presented to International House by Soedjadi Satrosoegito & Richard Shiell.

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References

  • International House Council Minutes, 1959-1960.
  • Larkins, Frank. International House Melbourne 1957-2016. Melbourne University Press: 2018.
  • Satadal, The Magazine of International House, The University of Melbourne, 1961.
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