The role and contribution of Gavin Walkley CBE in advancing planning education in South Australia.

The history of the planning profession in South Australia (SA) is linked indelibly to Gavin Walkley (1911–2006), as are the origins of planning and design tertiary education in SA. Walkley was instrumental in establishing these tertiary education programmes and also in laying the foundations for the present day University of South Australia programme, the sole undergraduate programme in the state. This paper reviews the role and contribution that Walkley played in constructing and developing planning education and his associated activities that enabled and supported the maturation of the planning profession in the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]