This painting shows Avondale staff members visiting Macquarie University in 1979 to observe how the institution enhanced student learning. This had been organised by then Avondale College President Dr. Eric Magnusson.
Pictured in the painting is (from left): Pr Rice; Wilf Pinchin; Robert Cooper; Professor Meyer; Noel Clapham; John Reynaud; Ken Thompson; Trevor Lloyd; Don Halliday; Arthur Patrick; Robert Drewer; Norman Young; and Len Tolhurst.