Now and Then
Launch of centenary publication Practical measures: 100 years at Swinburne.
The gentleman (right photo, seated) is Mr Harold Popple and he is over 100 years old. He came to Swinburne to enter the Boys'
With Mr Popple is Dr Love, the author of Practical measures.
Mr Popple gave an address at the launch and inspired the guests with his stories about Swinburne then, his life as a 'Swinburne-qualified' engineer and, most of all, his ability to speak at length without notes and entertainingly.
The photograph, taken by a Swinburne colleague, Kelvin Rowley, is online on our Swinburne Image Bank.
In this photograph (below), also on Swinburne Image Bank, Mr Popple is one of the alumni engineers standing on the right:
It is still quite special for Swinburne to have this colourful history recorded so clearly in the 21st century via the Swinburne Image Bank and Picture Australia