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Melbourne Graduate — December 2019
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The Melbourne Graduate
IN THIS ISSUE MEMBERSHIP OUR COLLEGE Message from The Graduate Union
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DIAMOND JUBILEE CAMPAIGN Funding the future for graduates
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GU COLLEGIATE
New Members
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Xiaojun (Anna) Chen
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Hema Preethi Subas Satish
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Hui Ping Yaw
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Muhammad Mossavir Ahmed
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Merium Kazmi
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Influenza Vaccination Day
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Xiaoyu Sun
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Donor Thank You Day
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Mr Frank A Lees AM MBE
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Dr Elizabeth Finkel AM
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Dr Brendan Grabau
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Ms Maggie Wang
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Harrie Suthendran
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Mr Shubham Rawal
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Howard Hutchins
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Mr Andrew Abercrombie
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Dr Emma Nyhan
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Thank You for Your Donation
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John Francis Drennan
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The Annual General Meeting and Dinner
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Dr O. J. Raymond OAM
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Citation — Dr Alison Harcourt
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Australian Asian Association (AAA) of Victoria Inc
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Citation — Dr Richard Harcourt
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Citation — Professor Dara Manoach
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Citation — Professor Colin Norman
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Victorian Ombudsman, Ms Deborah Glass OBE
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Molina Asthana
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Dr Max Stephens
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WELCOME TO GRADUATE HOUSE United Board Fellows
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The Consul General of India and the Honorary Consul of Malawi
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OUR MEMBERS REMEMBERED
The Melbourne Graduate December 2019 — Volume 72, Number 2 Periodical Newsletter of The Graduate Union Print Post Approved PP337834/00022 Incorporated Association Registration Number A0023234B
Eulogy: Ms Heather Kudeviita
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Our Deepest Condolences
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PATRONAGE
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Editorial and Photography by the Publications Team. All other images have been obtained from publicly sourced domains. Printed by City Copy
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The Melbourne Graduate
MESSAGE FROM THE GRADUATE UNION 2019 — A wonderful Year!
Welcome to the December 2019 issue of The Melbourne Graduate. To begin this issue, we show the rapid growth of postgraduates in the precinct that encompasses The University of Melbourne, RMIT and other universities within close proximity to Graduate House. The demand for accommodation for postgraduates is thus increasing, and hence the need for the expansion and redevelopment of Graduate House to provide our unique “home away from home” for these postgraduates — one that provides community, catering, cleaning and collegiality. We again seek your generous support to raise the necessary funds so that we can achieve our goal of providing quality accommodation for our postgraduates of today and our future leaders of tomorrow. We have had another successful year of GU Collegiate events. Included in this issue: our annual Influenza Vaccination Day in April, our 107th Annual General Meeting and dinner in May, and our Donor Thank You Day in October to express gratitude to the many generous Members who support us. Read the inspiring words of each of our Graduate House Research Scholarship, Bursary and Acknowledgement Award winners, whose stories are full of achievement and hope for a better world and future. Meet a former President of The Graduate Union, Mr Frank A Lees AM MBE and our new President, The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC. Read the many articles from, and about, our Members; a glorious mélange of our membership's diversity of disciplines, ethnicities, life stages, aspirations and achievements. We hope that the stories in this issue of The Melbourne Graduate inspire you. From all of us here at Graduate House and in The Graduate Union, we wish you a safe and happy festive season, a Merry Christmas and a wonderful year ahead, and we look forward to hearing from you, learning from you and/or seeing you at Graduate House in 2020.
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Diamond Jubilee Campaign
DIAMOND JUBILEE CAMPAIGN Funding the future for graduates
About the Diamond Jubilee Campaign
the graduate precinct of the education state
Our Diamond Jubilee Campaign is to realise a historic redevelopment of our beloved Graduate House.
Graduate House is on University Square, at the corner of Grattan and Leicester Streets in Carlton.
This necessary expansion will enable us to extend the warm and collegiate environment of Graduate House to nearly twice as many hardworking and underserved postgraduate students.
In 2019, Graduate House is within walking distance for graduate students at The University of Melbourne and RMIT University.
We are calling on Members to help us spread the word by promoting the campaign through your own networks. For more information and to find out how you can help, go to: www.graduatehouse.com.au/ diamond‑jubilee-campaign
In 2024, Graduate House will be the centre of the graduate-student-universe of the Education State. The redevelopment will be an iconic site seen by the millions using the new Parkville underground station.
we must increase opportunities for collegiate living
With construction based on Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) principles, the aim is to meet requirements for a six-star Green Star Rating.
postgraduate numbers We now have a total of 53,000 postgraduates in this precinct.
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Over the last 10 years there has been a 95% increase in postgraduate enrolments in this precinct of just RMIT and The University of Melbourne.
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This will add 136 private rooms to an existing 145 rooms, and provide such community-focused facilities as libraries, quiet rooms, meeting rooms, an upgraded kitchen, a restaurant and lobby area, a café, a theatrette, a gymnasium, a music room and other enhanced amenities.
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There was an 7% increase from 2017 to 2018. 2018 Enrolments Of 135,469 students in this precinct, 52,909 (39%) were enrolled in postgraduate studies at The University of Melbourne and RMIT University.
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THE GRADUATE UNION AND HOUSE ARE FOR GRADUATES A PLACE TO LEARN AND GROW ESTABLISHED OVER 100 YEARS AGO ALL DISCIPLINES, COUNTRIES AND LIFE STAGES What is The Precinct? The 'precinct' is the metropolitan area that encompasses The University of Melbourne, RMIT and other universities within close proximity. The photograph below shows Graduate House within this vibrant education, medical, research and business precinct.
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INFLUENZA VACCINATION DAY Tuesday, 30th April 2019
The eighth annual Influenza Vaccination Day at Graduate House In particular, we would like to thank:
We were proud to host our eighth annual Influenza Vaccination Day, organised in collaboration with the Immunisation Coalition and Vaccin8@work, at Graduate House on Tuesday, 30th April. The CEO of the Immunisation Coalition, Mr Kim Sampson, said it was "the best (and biggest) Vaccination Day so far" with close to 500 people getting a flu shot on the day. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone involved, especially all the wonderful nurses who so generously donated their time for free. The amount of work that goes on behind the scenes — the time, energy and effort — spent by volunteers not only on Vaccination Day itself, but in the lead-up to the day is truly impressive. We are thankful for this work which contributes towards the greater good of the community and is highly commendable, exemplary and inspirational. The provision of the vaccines without charge for the benefit of the community shows an amazing level of commitment and generosity.
Kerryn Lajoie — for the coordination of the nurses, the delivery of the vaccines and the fridge to Graduate House. Her assistance with logistics, coordinating the entire Vaccination Day and the management involved in the lead-up to the day was invaluable. Jayne Geddes — for answering all of our questions on appointment bookings, timings, changes, logistics and room set-up. Thank you so much for checking for changes and emailing the confirmation so promptly, right up to the very last minute. Susanne Sperber — for organising marketing material for social media and arranging all communications. Kim Sampson — for outstanding leadership and advocacy. Thank you also to all the staff at Graduate House who participated on the day to ensure that everything ran smoothly. We are honoured to have had this opportunity again to work together to ensure that our community is vaccinated and look forward to our next Influenza Vaccination Day in 2020.
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From left: Ms Kerryn Lajoie, Emeritus Prof Kwong Lee Dow AO and Mr Kim Sampson.
Kim Sampson having his flu shot.
The fantastic teams from Immunisation Coalition and Vaccin8@Work worked tirelessly to provide free vaccinations.
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DONOR THANK YOU DAY Celebrating the generosity of our benefactors Donor Thank You Day was held on Sunday, 6th October, to recognise the generosity of our donors and benefactors and to express our gratitude to those who have supported us. Since 1911, The Graduate Union's Members have built the Association through their generous contribution of donations, gifts, funds, bequests and sponsorships, creating a culture of giving and an awareness of philanthropic causes. Graduate House hosted an exquisite lunch with special guest speakers, Dr Elizabeth Finkel AM and Mr Andrew Abercrombie, and two Resident Member speakers. CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett, formally welcomed all guests and introduced Council Member, Rhys Watson, who thanked the audience for their ongoing support and commitment to the Association. Lunch was served thereafter — baked salmon with tiger prawns, dill and white wine and a dessert of pecan tart. Dr Elizabeth Finkel AM Dr Elizabeth Finkel AM is a former biochemist who switched to journalism. She co-founded Cosmos Magazine, serving as Editor in Chief from 2013 to 2018 and is now Editor at Large. Dr Finkel has published two books: Stem Cells (2005), which won the Queensland Premier’s Literary award, and The Genome Generation (2012). Her work is regularly anthologised in Best Australian Science Writing. Dr Finkel's journalism has earned her numerous awards, membership of the Order of Australia (AM) and a medal by the Australian Society for Medical Research. Besides journalism, she now serves as a Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at La Trobe University and on advisory committees for La Trobe University Press, two centres of excellence (OzGrav and CABAH) and the Melbourne Zoo. Dr Finkel opened by saying that given that it was a Sunday, she would talk on the topic of “revelation”, particularly her personal revelation that “blue sky research really does pay off”. She did research into fruit flies 30 years ago, not knowing where this would lead. Her source of her revelation was Megan Donnell, who is not a scientist, but an IT specialist. Five years ago, Megan learnt that both of her children, Isla, now 9, and Jude, 7, were suffering from a terminal genetic illness known as Sanfilippo syndrome. Megan left her job to form the Sanfilippo Children’s Foundation to fund research, raised $1m, and discovered there was some hope in the form of gene therapy.
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Dr Elizabeth Finkel AM.
Gene therapy is a simple concept. If a person is born with a glitch in part of their DNA code or is missing that part altogether, correct that part — the gene — or add that part to fix the problem. “How do you get a gene back into the body? You make use of Nature’s own vehicles — viruses. Some viruses are not only able to infect you; they get into your cells and they get into the very DNA of your cells, and if you can use them as ‘little spaceships’ and insert into the gene — the foreign gene that you want them to carry — then you might be able to ferry that new gene into the cells of that patient. This is what we’ve been seeing in gene therapy.” Dr Finkel covered the journey of Megan and, heartbreakingly, while there have been some positive advancements in the research for gene therapy treatment for Sanfilippo syndrome, it will come too late for Isla and Jude. For Megan, Dr Finkel said, “the children’s disease is simultaneously the greatest tragedy of her life and the greatest mission of her life. Even if she can’t help her children, she’s determined that other children won’t suffer”. Ms Maggie Wang, Resident Member Maggie Wang, originally from Hong Kong via New Zealand, is a Master of Laws candidate at Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne with a focus on energy and resources law. She is also a member of the Governance and Nominations Subcommittee of Council. She chose Graduate House to live as it was “a safe place”, for convenience (“it’s quite close to the Law School, within a two- to three-minute walk!”), close to the CBD and “getting a private room at a reasonable price”.
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Mr Shubham Rawal, Resident Member Shubham Rawal is from India and recently graduated with a Master of Engineering (Software) from the Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, and is currently working there in various roles: as a tutor, demonstrator and supervisor for various subjects at the School of Computing and Information Systems. He has resided at Graduate House for three years and he enjoys the “culture that we have for everyone sitting together, having dinner, talking with each other, and has afforded me the opportunity to meet people from various skills and at different stages of their lives and to interact with them”. Shubham has made a lot of friends at Graduate House and “it does feel like home at this point”. He enjoys the “cultural inclusivity” at Graduate House, celebrating every festival (e.g., Christmas, Diwali, etc.). Shubham was the recipient of the 2018 MV Anderson Award for his contribution to the collegiate
Mr Shubham Rawal.
experience at Graduate House. He concluded by thanking all donors “for their continued support of Graduate House and its objectives… I sincerely hope that everyone who comes here (to live) after me gets to experience the same experience that I’ve had for the last few years and with all your support, hopefully, they can do that”. ▶
The Donor Day luncheon.
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including telecommunications and web-based businesses. He has been involved with the Young President’s Organisation (YPO) and the World President’s Organisation (WPO) — after a role as Melbourne Chapter Chair, he became regional Chairman of WPO and joined the international Board. Andrew continues to be involved with YPO both locally and internationally. For nine years, he led study groups at the annual YPO Seminar at Harvard Business School and led educational tours and seminars around the world. For five years, Mr Abercrombie was the Treasurer of the Victorian Division of the Liberal Party. Andrew is a member of the Zoo Foundation, promotes the World Wildlife Fund in Victoria, and was a director and governor of the Florey Neurosciences Institute.
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Mr Andrew Abercrombie Mr Abercrombie started by talking about the Menzies Research Centre (MRC), of which he is a director, named after a past honorary SecretaryTreasurer of The Graduate Union, and former Prime Minister of Australia, Sir Robert Menzies. The MRC is a think tank formed in 1994 in recognition of many of Menzies’ “principles of freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of individuals, minimal government intervention, all combined with a safety net for the needy”. Mr Abercrombie is also closely connected to another research-based think tank, the Institute for Public Affairs. Mr Abercrombie studied law, practiced for seven years, but was more attracted to business, so completed an MBA in Switzerland. He landed a job on Wall Street but didn’t last long as it was in the years after the 1987 stock market crash and lost his job along with “twelve hundred other people in the building”. In 1991, he became the founding CEO of FlexiGroup Limited (FXL) and turned the company around from an insolvent minnow into an ASX top 200/300 company. He is the Chairman of FXL and continues to mentor and advise the CEO and management team. “All my degrees, with the possible exception of economics, have just been invaluable, and I doubt I could have achieved what I’ve achieved without them. So, for all you graduates in the room, I hope your tertiary education was as useful as mine.”
He concluded by saying, “I hope I’ve scratched the surface of sharing how my life’s experiences — philosophic, commercial, philanthropic, etc. — offer insight into my approach of how to make the world a better place. I don’t always succeed, but one should always try. There’s this thought to leave you with: ‘Bad things happen when good people do nothing’.” The Quiz The Graduate Union Quiz, with emphasis on our history and our future, included the question “In which year after the Second World War did the Graduate Section of the University Union break away to become an independent body known as The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne?” Answer: 1953 — yes, 66 years ago! Honorary Life Membership awards were then presented to Mr Paul Barnett and Mr Clive Brookes (in absentia). Proceedings ended with Dr Bennett thanking all our generous donors and invited guests for attending and acknowledged those who were unable to attend on this occasion. The Graduate Union is grateful to all for their kind donations and demonstrations of ongoing support for what we do to enrich the lives of all our Members and the larger world. Read Dr Finkel’s article Chasing the miracle of gene therapy in The Bulletin, March 2019, http://bit.ly/2Be2hAP.
Mr Abercrombie has diversified his commercial interests into real estate and other investments
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATION Mr Leonard Bailey
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The Hon Tony Pagone
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Thank you to those who gave to the Donation Box and who nominated to remain anonymous.
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Estate of Ms Olive Hamilton
Dr Patricia Phair
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 30th May 2019
The 107th AGM of The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Pre-Annual General Meeting The CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett, commenced pre-AGM proceedings by announcing the recipient of the 2019 Graduate House Research Scholarship as Resident Member, Miss Hema Preethi Subas Satish (PhD Candidate, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences [Medical Biology], The University of Melbourne) for her research entitled Engineering antibodies to trigger BAK-mediated apoptosis in cancer. Miss Preethi gave a brief presentation of her research explaining that she would use the Graduate House Research Scholarship funds to attend and present at the annual Antibody Society conference in San Diego 9th-13th December 2019. Miss Preethi thanked her supervisors, Associate Professor Ruth Kluck and Professor Tony Burgess. In congratulating Hema, the President presented her with an inscribed trophy and a certificate scroll. Dr Bennett announced that the Graduate House Bursaries to support coursework studies had been awarded in absentia to Resident Members, Ms Xiaojun (Anna) Chen (Juris Doctor, The University of Melbourne), Miss Hei Man (Helen) Kwok (Master of Animation, Games and Interactivity, RMIT), Miss Merium Kazmi (Global Media Communication, The University of Melbourne) and Miss Xiaoyu Sun (Master of Information Technology, The University of Melbourne).
Dr Bennett announced the 2019 Acknowledgement Awardee as Resident Member, Mr Muhammad Ahmed (Master of Development Studies, The University of Melbourne). In congratulating Mr Ahmed, the President presented him with a certificate scroll. Dr Bennett announced the recipient of the 2019 Rhys Watson Award as Resident Member, Ms Hui Ping Yaw (PhD Candidate, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Haematology Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital) and indicated that Ms Yaw would use the funds to travel back from Malaysia to attend and present at The International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) - 27th ISTH Congress from 6th-10th July 2019 in Melbourne. Ms Yaw’s supervisors, Associate Professor Matthew Linden, Associate Professor Vera Ignjatovic and Professor Paul Monagle were acknowledged. In extending congratulations, Cr Watson presented the medal and a certificate to Ms Yaw. Open Annual General Meeting The President of The Graduate Union, Dr Ken V Loughnan AO, took the Chair of the Meeting and declared the 107th AGM of the Association open. Dr Loughnan welcomed all Members to the meeting and introduced members of Council, the Accountant, the Auditors and staff.
President of The Graduate Union, Dr Ken V Loughnan AO, addressing members at the 107th Annual General Meeting.
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The 2019 Graduate House Research Scholarship recipient, Miss Hema Preethi delivering her presentation.
From left: Mr Muhammad Ahmed, Ms Hema Preethi, Ms Parisa Shiran and Ms Hui Ping Yaw.
President’s Address Dr Loughnan began the President’s Address by indicating that this was his fourth and final annual General Meeting and that it had been an honour to represent the Association as President. The President noted that 2018 had been a tremendous year of service by the Association to its Members and that strong foundations for growth had continued to be established. He acknowledged the sound governance, high level of professionalism in the development and implementation of the strategic plan, good financial management and a strong balance sheet. Pointing to 2018 as a milestone in gaining the permit for the terrace redevelopment and the beginnings of the capital fundraising campaign, the President asked Members to envisage meetings in eight to 10 years in this modern state-of-the-art redevelopment located conveniently near the new Parkville Station and with new Member and public spaces and many more college accommodation rooms. In then speaking to the continued building of a strong relationship with The University of Melbourne, Dr Loughnan mentioned successful meetings with the Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor and the highlighting of the importance of Graduate House for convenient, high quality graduate-level college accommodation. In concluding, Dr Loughnan thanked Cr Pagone and Cr Watson for their service as Chairpersons of Council and their leadership of sound governance during his term, the CEO/Head of College and the fantastic staff at Graduate House, and the Members of the Association.
Report from Chairperson of Graduate Council The Chairperson of Council, the Hon Gaetano (Tony) Pagone, thanked the President for his address acknowledging that Dr Loughnan had been a truly significant, sound and stabilising contributor, and that the Association had benefited strongly from his term as President. The Hon Justice Pagone then indicated that he concurred with the sentiments expressed by Dr Loughnan in relation to the governance, and that Members could be reassured and confident that Council members, as well as all members on the subcommittees and working parties (including those who were not on Council), were doing a very good job and with their hands strongly on the Association’s ‘tiller’. In concluding, the Hon Justice Pagone extended gratitude to Mr Leo Santalucia, who had come to the end of his elected term and had been on Council since 2011, serving on every subcommittee and as Chairperson of both the Finance and Audit subcommittee and the Governance and Nominations subcommittee, and welcomed Mr Santalucia’s continuing participation on the Finance and Audit subcommittee. The Hon Justice Pagone also thanked Mr David Cowie who had announced his retirement earlier this year, having been on Council from 2014 to 2019, as well as on the Buildings and Facilities subcommittee and the Finance and Audit subcommittee, these last few years as its chairperson.
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Financial Report for the Year Ended 31st December 2018 The Chairperson of the Finance and Audit subcommittee, Cr Rhys Watson, outlined the key results for the financial year ending 31st December 2018 indicating that: • revenue had increased by 5.4% since 2017 and had been generated primarily from accommodation ($2.2M, 59.6%) and catering ($1.3M, 35.3%), with increases from 2017 of $211K (10.4%) for accommodation with the addition of the Barkly Place bedsits; • donations and bequests had increased from $297K in 2017 to $388K in 2018, due to the generosity of Members;
• approximately 135 GU Collegiate events with about 2,000 attendees and insightful speakers/ convenors from many different disciplines, walks of life and countries;
• key expenses continued to include those for salaries and wages ($1.8M, increasing from 2017 by $76K) and catering ($0.5M, slightly lower than that in 2017 again due to stringent management of costs);
• 22,796 delegates attending 1,001 events and functions convened by 225 groups, predominantly in the not-for-profit sector;
• interest payments had increased year on year due to the increased borrowings to fund the acquisition of the Barkly Place apartments in late 2018;
• continued high college occupancy, averaging 92%, and more than 700 residents from many different regions of the world, as well as increasing demand with over 38,000 postgraduates enrolled at The University of Melbourne and RMIT;
• the surplus in 2018 of $1,330,194 was $905K more than the surplus in 2017;
• further expansion of the facility with the acquisition of 18 bedsits at Barkly Place, bringing the total residential room numbers to 145 and a nightly capacity for approximately 170 residents; • direction of the 2018 annual appeal donations to the fund pool in support of the National Student Leadership Forum, with the 2019 appeal to be towards the fund pool for the Graduate House Research Scholarship and Bursaries; • the granting of the permit from Melbourne City Council to build an eight-storey above ground and five-basement below ground terrace redevelopment from 222 to 234 Leicester Street; • progress with the capital campaign for this redevelopment, including the implementation of a feasibility study to indicate that the redevelopment was considered necessary and that there was a high likelihood of being able to raise the funds and the development of a capital campaign plan; and • progress on the works associated with the Parkville underground station and the reimagining of University Square. In concluding, Dr Bennett thanked the Members, the President, the Council and its subcommittees and her hard-working and dedicated staff.
• cash flow from operating activities had increased by $183K (76%) to $241K; • cash and cash equivalents by the end of the financial year of $117K was $18K less than at the end of 2017; • borrowings had increased from $8.4M to $11.0M reflecting the additional Bank Australia loan to fund the acquisition of the 18 Barkly Place units; and • total equity (assets minus liabilities) had increased by $6.9M from 2017 to $28,436,107 in 2018. Election of Council Members Dr Loughnan reported that: • the Returning Officer, Mr Ron Ritchie, had provided his report to the President; • for the annual elections to Council in 2019, as a result of the rotating retirement of Council Members, three vacancies had been advertised in February; • at the close of nominations on 14th March 2019, the Returning Officer had received five valid nominations; • a further vacancy had since arisen so that there were four positions on Council to be filled; • at the close of voting on Friday, 24th May 2019 a total of 188 valid envelopes had been received;
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GU Collegiate • the envelopes contained 179 formal ballot papers and the remainder were informal ballot papers; and • the successful candidates were Mr Keith Ryall, Mr Max Stephens, Mr Vincent Mirabelli and Mr Muan Lim. The President thereby declared the aforementioned candidates elected and the terms of office for Cr Ryall, Cr Stephens and Cr Mirabelli until the 2022 Annual General Meeting and for Cr Lim until the 2021 Annual General Meeting; and congratulated each of the elected candidates to Council. Reiterating the earlier message by The Hon Justice Pagone, Dr Loughnan extended gratitude to Mr Leo Santalucia and to Mr David Cowie for their service on Council and the various subcommittees, and also thanked Mr David Sparks who had announced his retirement from all governance roles, having been on Council from 2007 until 2016 (including as Chairperson and on all subcommittees) and continued on the Buildings and Facilities subcommittee. Appointment of the Auditor Dr Loughnan reminded Members that Mr Sam Claringbold and his team from JTP Assurance had undertaken the independent audit for the past three financial years of the Association and had been recommended for reappointment to undertake the audit of the 2019 financial year. A motion that the appointment of Sam Claringbold of JTP Assurance to undertake the independent audit for the financial year ended 31st December 2019 was raised and carried. Motions for Special Resolution Dr Loughnan confirmed that Members had received notice of seven motions for Special Resolution, as well as the detailed Explanatory Memorandum in which was outlined the rationale and justification for the proposed amendments to the Rules of The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Incorporated. All seven resolutions were raised and carried.
New President The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC.
Discussion and Question Time Life Member, Mrs Emily Cross noted that she had been overseas during the election, extended her apology for not having been able to vote in the 2019 Council Election, and indicated her intention to vote in the future. Dr Loughnan received no further comments or questions from Members. Appointment of President Dr Loughnan explained that a new President, The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC, had been appointed by Council for the term 31st May 2019 to 26th May 2022. A motion that the appointment of The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC as President of The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Inc for the term above was raised and carried. Date of Next Annual General Meeting Dr Loughnan advised Members that the next AGM was scheduled for Thursday, 28th May 2020. Close of Meeting Dr Loughnan thanked Members for attending and for contributing to the discussions and invited those who were booked in for the following AGM dinner to meet first in the Phillip Law Members’ Lounge for drinks before moving into the Ian Potter and Stillwell Rooms. Dr Bennett extended gratitude to Dr Loughnan on behalf of the staff and Members of the Association and presented Dr Loughnan with a framed Certificate of Appreciation that had been signed by Council and staff members. Dr Loughnan declared the meeting closed at 7:07PM.
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Dr Loughnan (right) received a framed Certificate of Appreciation from Dr Kerry Bennett.
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Citation — Dr Alison Harcourt Honorary Life Membership Award Dr Alison Harcourt (née Doig) was awarded Honorary Life membership at the 2019 AGM. At the presentation of her biography, we noted that Dr Alison Harcourt: •
has been a Member since 1951;
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holds a Master of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degrees;
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was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from The University of Melbourne in October 2018;
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was featured on the ABC TV program 7.30 in October 2018;
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is the 2019 Victorian Senior Australian of the Year;
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is a pioneer in the mathematical field of optimisation, having co-authored with Ailsa Land a seminal paper in 1960 entitled An Automatic -
is well-known to optimisation researchers;
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gave a method (branch and bound) for solving the integer programming problems that underpin modern-day software solutions to challenging combinatorial optimisation problems (for example, in logistics, transportation, scheduling, telecommunications, cancer radiotherapy treatment planning, etc.);
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gained her master’s research degree on integer linear programming from The University of Melbourne in the mid-1950s;
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returned to The University of Melbourne in the mid-1960s as a Senior Lecturer in Statistics following child-raising years;
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has had profound impacts on government policy through her statistical analyses, which include the first attempts to estimate poverty in Australia (informing the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Poverty) and statistical analyses of bias that led to an amendment of the Commonwealth Electoral Act in 1984 to introduce a "double randomisation" method for allocating positions of candidates on ballot papers, which is still used today;
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was Foundation Secretary of the Victorian branch of the Statistical Society of Australia (1963-1967);
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has authored several books and journal articles; and
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contributes to the advancement of women in science as a member of Graduate Women Victoria, Australian Graduate Women and Graduate Women International.
Citation — Dr Richard Harcourt Honorary Life Membership Award Dr Richard Harcourt was awarded Honorary Life membership at the 2019 AGM. At the presentation of his biography, we noted that Dr Richard Harcourt: •
has been a Member since 2013;
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at the time, was not known to have been written by two women who were working as Research Assistants in the London School of Economics;
holds a Bachelor of Science, a Diploma of Education and a PhD — all from The University of Melbourne;
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is a Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute;
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Method of Solving Discrete Programming Problems (Econometrica, vol. 28, no. 3) which:
has an Honorary Position with the School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne;
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undertakes research on the electronic structure
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has approximately 3,000 Google Scholar citations and thus enormous academic and research impact;
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published in 2015 the second edition of his 1982 article Bonding in Electron-Rich Molecules Qualitative Valence-Bond Approach via IncreasedValence Structures in Springer Lecture Notes in Chemistry series, and with focus on Pauling "3-electron bonds" and singlet diradical Lewis structures, as well as the familiar Kekule-type Lewis structures, as components of increased-valence structures;
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has over 200 internationally peerreviewed articles in prestigious journals, his scientific publishing extending from 1975 to 2018;
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has over 2,700 citations on ResearchGate;
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is often seen at Graduate House discussing valence theory vigorously with his colleagues and is also well known for his unique sense of humour, homeknitted jumpers and having just missed out on the Brownlow.
Professor Manoach resides at Graduate House when visiting Australia (the last visit was in the latter half of 2018) to work with scientists at The University of Melbourne. These research collaborations focus on understanding the role of sleep in cognitive dysfunction and psychopathology in young people at risk for severe mental illness. This work will identify sleep biomarkers that can be treated to prevent psychosis and improve outcomes.
Citation — Professor Colin Norman Honorary College Fellow Professor Colin Norman is Professor of Astrophysics at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Professor Norman’s research focus is on both astronomy and astrophysics. He investigates traditional detailed mathematical physics-based descriptions of astronomical phenomena and undertakes large space projects where frontier technology meets the rigours of space based projects.
Citation — Professor Dara Manoach Honorary College Fellow Professor Dara S. Manoach PhD is a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Professor Manoach received her doctoral degree in psychology from Harvard University. She then completed a clinical psychology internship at McLean Hospital and a Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Behavioural Neurology Unit of Beth Israel Hospital. Professor Manoach is based at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital where she is the Director of the Sleep, Cognition and Psychopathology Laboratory (SCAN Lab).
Gaining an undergraduate degree from The University of Melbourne, Colin then gained his doctoral degree (DPhil) from Oxford University. He has held appointments at Oxford, Cambridge, Leiden, Munich, Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute, as well as many fellowships and visiting appointments at global centres in astrophysics. Professor Norman has been a Member of our Association since 1980 and is the son of Life Member Jean Downing who joined in 1949. He gave the 2018 Science Graduation Speech for The University of Melbourne and was awarded an Honoris Causa by The University of Melbourne in 2018. Colin visits Melbourne annually and stays at Graduate House, contributing to intellectual and spirited discussions about life and, literally, the universe.
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THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DINNER with Victorian Ombudsman, Ms Deborah Glass OBE voluntary work visiting police cells in her local borough, which sparked her interest in police and community relations. She joined the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), dealing with some of the biggest news stories of the day, e.g. phone hacking, police corruption, riots, fatal shootings, etc. In 2012, Deborah launched the IPCC investigation into the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium disaster in which 96 people were fatally crushed and 766 others injured during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield, England. It remains the worst disaster in British sporting history. Dissatisfied with the findings of previous investigations, coroner inquests and judicial inquiries, the tenacity of affected families’ constant push for justice was praised by the IPCC.
Ms Deborah Glass OBE.
Deborah Glass OBE is the Victorian Ombudsman, appointed in 2014. The Ombudsman is a constitutionally independent officer of parliament appointed for a 10-year term. The Ombudsman’s role, Deborah said, is about the imbalance of power between the individual and the state. The role has very broad jurisdiction to investigate complaints about more than 1,000 public bodies in Victoria, apart from the police and the courts, and has the powers of a royal commission. After studying law at Monash University, Deborah practiced briefly in Melbourne, staying “long enough to earn enough money to get a one-way ticket and a rucksack to leave Australia”. First stop was Switzerland with dreams of being a travel writer, but the money coming in “would not have paid for repairs for my rucksack”. So, she went into banking, working for US investment bank, Citicorp. Next stop was Hong Kong, where she joined the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) when it was set up in 1989, an independent statutory body tasked with regulating Hong Kong's securities and futures markets. She rose quickly from a junior manager to a Senior Director and stayed for 10 years. Next to London to become the Chief Executive of the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation. After this, Deborah took stock to ask herself: “What matters to me?” The answer was working in something involved in “the public interest”. She had been doing
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Melbourne is the latest stop and where Deborah became Victoria’s fifth Ombudsman, and the first female to occupy the position. Throughout her career, Deborah has been a leader and thought that women should “just lead and get on with it” but upon reflection, she realised that, sadly, “we have a long way to go here on our gender journey (for equality)”. She now feels a responsibility as a female leader to be out there, talking about women’s leadership and her journey, and that “you, too, could be a pretty mediocre law student at Monash University and end up as the Victorian Ombudsman!” Deborah discussed Mentone Gardens, an aged care home which went bankrupt, and took with them the $4M worth of bonds of the residents and their families. “It wasn’t just about money, it was about their independence, their dignity, and their peace of mind.” Deborah’s work eventually led to the government making an ex-gratia payment to all those affected. For Deborah, this is a quintessential Ombudsman’s story and why she loves her job, working to address power imbalances. Deborah ended on one of her favourite quotes from T.S. Eliot’s poem “Four Quartets”: We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. “That’s how I felt when I came back to Melbourne. Now, you are all travellers as well. You all have your own journeys and I wish you well in your own exploration. Do something wonderful.”
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NEW MEMBERS We extend a warm welcome to new Members of The Graduate Union. You have joined a membership Association, a residential college and a meeting place for graduates.
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Professor Mile Terziovski
Ms Maria Cahill
Australian Psychological Society
M Alex Thomas
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Care Connect Ltd
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Membership Professor Randall Henning
Dr Ramshekhar Menon
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XIAOJUN (ANNA) CHEN 2019 Graduate House Bursary Recipient Resident Member, 2017 I was born and grew up in a city of Guangdong Province, Mainland China, which is four hours’ drive or two hours’ ferry away from Hong Kong. I completed my dual bachelor’s degrees at Peking University in China and Waseda University in Japan, and my master’s degree at Harvard University in the US. After graduation, I worked in the non-legal sector and then the legal sector in Mainland China. I had professional experience as an in-house legal counsel in a company and as a lawyer in a law firm. I am currently pursuing my Juris Doctor degree at The University of Melbourne in Australia with a view to becoming a lawyer who understands both Chinese law and Australian law. With studying, working and living experiences in multiple countries, I can work in multiple languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, English and limited Japanese. In legal practice, my primary focus was on contract law, corporate law and employment law. Outside of legal practice, I have been academically interested in health law and family law. I have been also interested in China studies, especially the issues in gender, education and healthcare in a global context. In my personal life, I enjoy travelling, cooking, practising calligraphy and spending time in gardens. I learnt about Graduate House due to the recommendation of a friend’s friend. I have so far enjoyed my stay here not only because of its geographical convenience and friendly staff but also the opportunity it provides to meet different people. I appreciate that I have been able to make new friends here who give me warm company, exchange of knowledge, insights about industries and inspiration on life. In my first few months in Australia, I met Frank and Geng, two medical doctors who attended an advanced exchange program in a prestigious hospital in Melbourne. Originally from different cities in the same province — Guangdong Province — we often had endless candid chats over dinner using our mother tongue, Cantonese. Their friendship has supported me through the difficult transition back to a student life after years of work. Subsequently, I met more medical doctors who were from either Mainland China or Hong Kong. Sally was a highly graceful lady, always composed and courteous. From her I learnt a beautiful kind of feminine maturity. Shine often shared the interesting stories of her research program, and I am still using the small daily tools she left for me. Dr Zeng advised me on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and from time to time gave encouraging words to boost my courage and confidence. Dr Yang expanded my knowledge about
religions. Dr Bi showed me around the psychiatric hospital he worked at, which deepened my knowledge on both Melbourne and mental health medicine. Ms Anna Chen. Dr Peng provided insights about psychiatry and mental health law. What I learnt from him will contribute to my future research. Dr Wu kindly invited me for a guest tour to his hospital when he knew that I wanted to learn more about the Australian medical system. He treated me to a coffee in the hospital’s canteen over which we exchanged a lot of thoughts. Dr Wong and I discussed psychology, medicine and the history of Hong Kong. These discussions made my breakfasts with him intellectually rewarding. I also met academics and many students. Max was a mathematics educationist who came to dine with us every Friday. He was warm-hearted and always tried to help us learn more about Australia and know more people. Professor Zhu told me her adventurous experiences about camping in the forests of Kenya. I did not know she was such a prestigious economist until I read a poster in front of the office she shared with my own professor from the US. Yung was a visiting scholar from New Zealand who was a similar age, and had a similar cultural and educational background, as me. We often felt it was easy to understand each other, without having to explain much. Alex was a good friend of both Yung and me, and we spent a lot of great time together. Sarah and I did not meet often but every time we chatted, I would feel I learnt something from her wise words. Cham used to be my neighbour at Graduate House, and he always helped me a lot when I needed it. Though this is my first time studying in Australia, it is not my first time to get connected with it. The first Australian I knew personally was a professor who taught me at Waseda University in Japan. Originally from Australia, he was very good at teaching and I was very engaged in his classes. So many years have passed, but I still remember him well. In 2008 I visited Australia for the first time. I travelled to the big cities along the eastern coast and was fascinated by the green, the sky, the sea and the sunshine — all the natural elements I liked. I had more visits in recent years before starting my study in 2018. A famous Chinese saying is: ‘Read ten thousand books; walk ten thousand miles.’ I look forward to a new chapter of life in Australia.
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HEMA PREETHI SUBAS SATISH 2019 Graduate House Research Scholarship Recipient Resident Member, 2018 The University of Melbourne (UniMelb), to be really honest, wasn’t my first choice for my postgraduate study. I was very much inclined on doing my PhD at the University of Queensland (UQ) where I completed my Master’s in Biotechnology (research extensive). Brisbane was my second home and moving from Brisbane to Melbourne truly felt like leaving my comfort zone. I was never a strong believer in fate until this switch happened and I landed in one of the best medical research institutions in the country and one of the leading in the world, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), an institute affiliated with The University of Melbourne. Born and raised in Chennai, a coastal city on the south-east of India, I obtained an undergraduate degree (Bachelor of Technology) in Biotechnology from Anna University, Chennai. I was introduced to the field of nanomedicine while watching a documentary on nanobots as potential cancer therapeutics in a popular science channel back in my high school days. I was instantly fascinated by next-generation cancer therapeutics and this fascination propelled me to join the biotechnology program and subsequently take up an internship at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, an institute affiliated with the National University of Singapore (NUS), where I had my first hands-on research experience relating to cancer. I worked on the identification of crucial genes that propel the transformation of normal cells to cancer cells using the CRISPR-Cas9 system, a unique gene manipulation technique that has revolutionised medical research in recent times. Although the research and lab group at NUS were world-class, my unquenched thirst to gain more knowledge and explore a different facet of
Hema Preethi at WEHI.
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translational cancer research took me to the University of Queensland for my Master of Biotechnology, where I primarily worked on engineering antibodies for cancer imaging, as well as to specifically deliver drugs into cancer cells at the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN). Having understood the full potential of therapeutic antibodies as a cancer cure and keen to contribute significantly to antibody research, I decided to pursue a PhD in antibody engineering. That was when I came across my current PhD supervisor at WEHI, Dr Ruth Kluck’s online article about the lab’s then recent discovery of a novel first-in-class antibody named 7D10 that could directly trigger the cell death pathway. I immediately emailed Ruth to check for an opening in her lab, following which I was interviewed twice, once over Skype and then face-to-face in Brisbane. I was accepted into, and offered scholarships to study at, WEHI, UniMelb soon after, following which I moved to Melbourne in 2018 to mark my first major milestone in my research career. One and a half years in and I have realised that WEHI is definitely an amazing place for an aspiring scientist. Housing some of the most prominent scientists in the world, WEHI provides an intellectually stimulating environment to learn and grow as a researcher. My PhD journey so far has been smooth, thanks to my supervisors and my PhD committee who have been very involved and supportive of my research right from the beginning. My PhD project aims to develop and/or utilise delivery systems to shuttle 7D10 inside cancer cells and provide proof-of-concept that when inside, 7D10 can trigger cancer cell death. The successful
Volunteering at Australian Cancer Council @ Australia's Biggest Morning Tea.
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completion of the project will enable the development of 7D10 as a potential cancer therapeutic and also knowledge gained through this project will help research groups around the world to shuttle other crucial antibodies into cells for treatment of various diseases. Outside the lab, I have been actively involved in raising funds for cancer patient treatment and care. I represented WEHI and participated in some of the Cancer Council Victoria’s events including “Relay for Life” and “Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea”. Relay for Life is a community fundraising event where teams commit to walking or running for 24 hours around a track to signify that cancer never rests, so neither do we. Relay for Life honours those we have lost to cancer and aims to raise funds to support people affected by cancer, and to fund research, as well as preventive programs. Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea involves close to 19,000 morning teas held across the country, with funds raised going towards cancer research and preventive and support programs. I am also an active core team member of Next Gen Scientists Foundation India (https://ngsfindia.wordpress.com), an initiative run by my cohort from Anna University to financially support young Indian undergraduate students to pursue some of their first research projects in the form of internships in select biotechnology laboratories across India. Life in Melbourne Graduate House became a natural choice for my stay in Melbourne due to its proximity to WEHI. The best part of living at Graduate House for me was definitely the wonderful friends I made from around the world who I now call family. Through the times I spent with them
With friends from Graduate House on the Great Ocean Road.
at Graduate House as well as while exploring Victoria, I now have beautiful memories and friendships I will cherish for the rest of my life. We are a bunch of nature enthusiasts and there was a time when we used to be out in the wilderness of Victoria’s national parks every other weekend. Having said that, Victoria is definitely a hiker’s paradise with a range of national parks within two hours’ drive from Melbourne. While the north-west has the mountain ranges such as the Grampians, the southwest and south-east are lined with beautiful beaches and islands. My most favourite is Sealers Cove in Wilsons Promontory National Park — a challenging 12.5km hike that opens into a very surreal and pristine beach. The hiking and the time spent with my Graduate House mates have made my life in Melbourne very exciting. Graduate House Research Scholarship I feel truly honoured to have received this year’s Graduate House Research Scholarship and would like to thank everyone at Graduate House for their continued support. The Graduate House Research Scholarship will allow me to attend and present my research findings at a key antibody conference “Antibody Engineering & Therapeutics” that takes place every year in San Diego, California. In addition to providing an opportunity for intellectually stimulating discussions with notable scientists in my field of study, my attendance at the conference will help establish international collaborations that will propel my research.
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Outing with Graduate House friends to Mornington Peninsula.
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HUI PING YAW 2019 Graduate House Rhys Watson Medal Award Recipient Resident Member, 2015
Life before Australia I was born in Malacca, a state in West Malaysia, the capital city of which (Malacca City) has a rich cultural heritage. I was raised in Johor and completed my education up to the pre-university level. I used to be a very outgoing child until I found my best friend in life — books — and decided that they could be my very good companions. I am very fortunate to have parents and grandparents that emphasised education from when I was very young. In particular, I am really grateful to have a family that supported my education and encouraged me to study hard. It is especially important for me as a girl to chase after my dreams, free like a bird. I am also thankful having elders that supported me in my endeavours by allowing me to explore other passions in life such as music, literature and art. Also, getting to meet dedicated teachers and having their encouragement has motivated me to pursue excellent academic learning. I went on to do my Bachelor of Medical Bioscience at Monash University. It was a whole new campus located at Bandar Sunway in Malaysia and I really enjoyed my undergraduate years in such a student-friendly learning and living environment, managed by the Sunway Education Group under the leadership of Tan Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah. My tertiary education journey continued at Monash University for a Master of Science as a
continuation of my honour’s year project in metabolic syndrome research with the supervision of Dr Ton So Ha and Professor Khalid Abdul Kadir. Life in Melbourne Following my Master’s, I pursued a PhD in Paediatric Haematology at The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Department of Paediatrics at The University of Melbourne. I am thankful to have the opportunity to join a lab team that is enthusiastic and passionate about research under the supervision of Professor Vera Ignjatovic, Professor Paul Monagle and Associate Professor Matthew Linden, with whom I am pursuing research in a field that I had been wanting to explore — paediatric research. Coming to a new environment, I was lucky to know Dr Chanchal Chandramouli (also a Member of The Graduate Union) who recommended Graduate House to me so that I could secure my accommodation before I came to Melbourne. A warm welcome from the CEO/ Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett and a whole new group of friends acquainted to Chanchal has helped me to settle down in a new place. Getting to meet and make new friends and academics from all over the world with different nationalities and expertise has also helped to expand my horizons. The friendly staff members who are always helpful with warm smiles and
Hui Ping (back row, 2nd from right) with her family.
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Hui Ping, left with close friend, Lili, from Graduate House.
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Hui Ping at ISTH 2019 in Melbourne.
Hui Ping and friends from Graduate House.
their dedication to work, from providing a clean and comfortable environment to serving hot meals make the residents feel like they are at home. The seminars and workshops at Graduate House also provide us with opportunities to learn and acquire knowledge that can be applied to both life and career. Meeting new people is an added benefit from attending these events. Also, the Graduate House Student Group actively organises group activities such as hiking and picnics during the weekend, which helps us to explore many new places in Melbourne. About my project What would you do if you were asked to place your newborn child, who is already in a life-threatening situation, on a heart-lung machine with only a 50 per cent chance of survival? Are you willing to take the risk? My project focuses on evaluating platelet (a type of blood cell important for clotting) function in neonates and children on heart-lung machines termed as the ‘Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)’, using the whole blood flow cytometry method. Despite its effectiveness in saving the lives of most of the critically ill patients, the rate of bleeding and clotting problems remains high in children on ECMO. Current studies have focused on adults due to challenges such as limited blood volume and ethical approval for research on paediatric patients. Determining the role
of platelets in the setting of ECMO will allow us to stratify patients for their bleeding and clotting risks based on the platelets profile. This may provide clues for individualised management in the future, with the ultimate aims of reducing bleeding and clotting problems and improving the outcome of children on ECMO. Upon completion of my PhD, I am interested to venture into the pharmaceutical industry in Malaysia or Singapore, where I can put my knowledge in science to use. I realise how fortunate I am to have been educated and want all children to have the same opportunities. I am particularly interested in children’s welfare and have been a volunteer for children-specific educational programs. With such opportunities afforded to me, I look forward to every opportunity to give back to my community. I would like to convey my sincere thanks to The Graduate Union and Mr Rhys Watson and his family for this award. I have used the funds to support expenses to attend and present my research findings at The International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) - 27th ISTH Congress conference in Melbourne this year.
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MUHAMMAD MOSSAVIR AHMED
2019 Graduate House 2019 Acknowledgement Award Resident Member, 2018
My name is Muhammad Mossavir Ahmed. To some, I’m Muhammad or Mossavir, but most people know me as Moshi. Although I hail from a tribal region in South Waziristan, I have lived in many different cities across Pakistan. During my school days, whenever I had to change schools because of my father’s job, I always felt uneasy. On the one hand, the opportunity to live in a new city brought immense excitement, but on the other, the feeling of leaving my friends and fearing a new school setting, made me anxious. Later, upon meeting people from across the world, learning from them, and developing life-long friendships, I realised what a privilege it was to have such experiences. Cultural diversity, I believe, teaches you tolerance, and respect, because it enables you to acknowledge perspectives different from your own. My stay at Graduate House has provided me with similar cultural exposure but at a more diverse level. Graduate House gives you a unique experience of sharing a home-like environment with people coming from varying cultural backgrounds. Sharing common anxieties and concerns regarding studies tends to bring residents closer as they are, more or less, in a similar
situation. My lovely wife, Amna, and I feel fortunate enough to live this kind of experience where we can interact with so many wonderful people on a very personal level. Moreover, the comfortable stay at Graduate House has enabled me to concentrate on my studies which will help me more in terms of my career. I am currently enrolled in the Master of Development Studies course at The University of Melbourne (UniMelb). I got this amazing opportunity to study at UniMelb from the Australia Awards, an Australian government-funded scholarship. Previously, I completed a Bachelor’s (Hons) and a Master’s in business administration from Pakistan. In terms of my professional career, I have been lucky enough to be associated for roughly 10 years with international development organisations, such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); the World Health Organization (WHO); the United Nations Children's Fund, originally known as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Red Cross and Johanniter International. I have worked in Pakistan and Australia, managing programmes
Celebrating my birthday with Amna and the Graduate House family, September 2019.
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aimed at sustainable socioeconomic development. Recognising my academic and professional achievements so far, Graduate House awarded me the 2019 Acknowledgement Award. An award such as this is always a confidence boost for me. I’m highly indebted to The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne, incorporating Graduate House, for this acknowledgement recognition. Anyway, enough of the details about my professional career. Coming to the greatest city (in my opinion), Melbourne, has been a dream come true for me and Amna. We absolutely love the unique street art, café culture, trams and totally Instagrammable views across the city. Of course, we love the DFOs (Direct Factory Outlets) whenever (every second day) we went on our shopping spree and felt like we needed to buy pretty much everything but then ended up buying a pair of socks. I’m kidding, of course, we don’t have many pairs of socks, just the right number. Actually, I don’t know what the right number is. I think I’m getting a little carried away with socks. Anyway, coming back to Melbourne, Graduate House and life as a student generally. I would like to give you some advice, which is that, while studying is important, residents should cherish other moments too like living at Graduate House and just having fun while they’re here. Quite often, residents tend to stay in their rooms and mind their own business. Which is totally fine, however, playing games or sport or hanging out with fellow residents will help you more, not only in terms of your studies but also to have a good and healthy social life. Not that you don’t have one, but I’m saying that maintaining a balance is essential.
First day of my stay at Graduate House, on 9th January 2018.
In the end, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Graduate House for giving me this amazing opportunity to share my story.
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MERIUM KAZMI 2019 Graduate House Bursary Recipient Resident Member, 2018 Communication for Social Change My aunt contracted polio when she was five years old. She’d been playing in the summer rain, only to develop a low-grade fever by day’s end. A doctor would eventually examine her and inform my grandmother — a widow raising three other children, including my father, on a teacher’s salary — that her youngest daughter had contracted the debilitating poliovirus. Although my aunt would eventually recover, the disease would leave her with a permanent handicap. She would suffer from bone frailty, limited mobility and an underdeveloped leg, which for a good part of her life would be encased in a barbaric metal support frame to compensate for a shortened length. It goes without saying, the disease changed the entire trajectory of her life. Instead of graduating from art school, she was stared at, pitied and, even at times, ridiculed. Without access to disability support groups or counselling services, my aunt would experience bouts of anxiety and depression. To make matters worse, she was raised in a culture where stigma is associated with physical handicaps and anyone discussing the ailment beyond the perfunctory “God’s will” spiel was met with hostility and suspicion. Unfortunately, my beautiful aunt was not vaccinated for polio. Nor were the thousands of children born before 1974 when the first polio immunisation campaign was introduced in Pakistan. It wouldn’t be until the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988 under the World Health Organization, which would provide the requisite impetus that would drastically reduce the number of cases worldwide. Today however, the wild poliovirus strain still exists in Pakistan, with approximately 86 cases reported in 2019. In addition to cross border movement, the
BBQing by the Yarra with friends from Graduate House.
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factors contributing to the failure of polio eradication campaigns in Pakistan include misinformation about the disease, the country’s inadequate health care system, and an ongoing security situation in the region. Misconception about the disease is further hampered by a lack of education in certain areas, a gap further exploited by individuals who link vaccination to antiwestern rhetoric. An effective communication strategy is considered a core component of any successful polio eradication campaign. Along with advocacy, to raise resources and political and social leadership commitment for development goals; social mobilisation for wider participation and ownership; and program communication for changes in knowledge, attitudes and practices of specific participants in programs, communication for development is a researched and planned process, crucial for social transformation (from Communication Handbook for Polio Eradication and Routine EPI (UNICEF, September 2001), http:// www.unicef.org/cbsc/files/polio.pdf). Irrespective of the socio-economic goals being addressed, be it polio eradication, gender equality, environmental sustainability, maternal mortality, education etc., a successful communication strategy has the capacity to raise awareness about the development issue at hand, especially if the strategy is tailored to particular social, cultural and political contexts, which in the case of polio eradication in Pakistan, would for instance, include building a demand for vaccination and to dispel myths about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. My objective today is not to prove that I will singlehandedly eradicate polio in Pakistan. Unlike the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, I do not have the means (and probably the medical expertise)! Instead, armed with a Master’s degree in Global Media Communication
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Our Members from The University of Melbourne, I aim to contribute towards advocacy, social mobilisation and program communication to address a wide range of socioeconomic issues affecting Pakistan. As an adult witnessing how truly influential and remarkable media and technology can be at educating and informing people — especially for those living in marginalised communities, which often fall outside government purview — it makes me truly appreciate the impact that outreach and advocacy can have in this era of new media. Now imagine a different scenario. What if my grandmother had seen a poster or received a text message informing her that a polio worker would be visiting her neighbourhood? Perhaps, she could have received reminders through email or even on social media about the pending visits and learned more about the polio virus and its effect on childhood health. With repeated notices, even if they were made over the microphone within the communal setting of a mosque, where so many of the region’s cultural norms are introduced and established in conservative Pakistan, my grandmother would’ve undoubtedly been prepared for immunisation. Imagine how different life would’ve turned out for my aunt and the thousands of children and their families who lacked the awareness and understanding of this disease. My aunt was a victim. My grandmother is a victim. I’m not. I refuse to be one. All I can do for myself, my loved ones and those in my community, and beyond, is to sensitise them about the perils of this disease, and how effectively — with the right tools — it could be neutralised. And that can only happen if I’m empowered and informed about the choices available. I hope I have the opportunity to share this knowledge, and wisdom with those who have been struck down, disadvantaged, or disabled. As an Australia Awards scholar, my graduate education has greatly bolstered my understanding of the complex issues affecting the global south and the integral role that media can have on alleviating poverty and improving lives. My experience in the development
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sector will undoubtedly complement my course work at The University of Melbourne. With substantial knowledge of UN country program frameworks, I aim to develop communication strategies to meet the needs of a more connected society, particularly in communities where outreach and education can influence cultural norms, especially those detrimental to women’s empowerment. Time in Melbourne — both as a graduate student and a resident of Graduate House — has given me the academic advantage, skills set, confidence and a strong network to be of service to my community and country. While at Graduate House, I volunteered with the Rotary Club of Carlton, and gained membership to the Crowdfunding Working Party for the Fund Lifelong Learning initiative, and the Membership and Marketing subcommittee of The Graduate Union. I also volunteered my time with the Graduate House Student Group as their outreach coordinator. I am also fortunate to be a recipient of the Graduate House Bursary, which allowed me to delve into storytelling for social change through video format. I am exceedingly grateful and privileged by the opportunities afforded to me as an Australia Awards scholar to The University of Melbourne and as an active resident of Graduate House. Finally, on a personal note, let me take this opportunity to thank my family (for their unconditional support); my friends, especially those residing at Graduate House (for pushing me out of my comfort zone); and to the instructors/tutors and future mentors who have helped shape my purpose — you’ve been instrumental in my success! And to the lovely staff at Graduate House, thank you for always making it feel like home. Merium graduates this summer with a Master’s degree in Global Media Communication from The University of Melbourne.
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XIAOYU SUN 2019 Graduate House Bursary Recipient Resident Member, 2018 I come from a beautiful Chinese city, Fujian. I obtained my master’s degree in Information Technology at The University of Melbourne. I’ve lived at Graduate House for one and a half years. I found this place by coincidence. I went to a consultation about housing in the student services centre Stop 1. They recommended Graduate House for me. Thankfully, it was exactly what I was looking for. I was doing an internship while I was completing my master’s degree. It is unrealistic for me to cook every day. Graduate House provides breakfast and dinner as well as a housekeeping service which is helpful for me to organise my life during these busy days. In fact, I enjoy living here not just because of its vintage decoration and comfortable environment but, most importantly, I have come to know many great friends here. I have met lots of people from all over the world and different study areas. It is an amazing experience to meet people who have great passion in learning and exploring the world. Being part of such a convivial and vibrant graduate community has made all the difference to my master’s study life. Before living at Graduate House, I never had the chance to engage in a community and have conversations with people who have similar interests and backgrounds. Thanks to The Graduate Union for providing such a valuable platform for graduate students to share useful information and exchange interesting ideas.
skills. I like to go to rock climbing or jogging with friends during weekends. Besides, there are also various activities at Graduate House such as table tennis competitions, the English Conversation Corner and the board games night. These activities have enriched our extracurricular life and built up strong connections between us. In addition, The JobFocus Group is really helpful for my job searching. It includes many sessions that are interactive, intensive and comprehensive. It provides a great platform for Resident Members to share their experiences and learn strategies along the job-seeking journey. The Graduate Union provides different scholarships to help postgraduates with their study and career. I extend my sincere thanks to The Graduate Union for conferring this bursary. It is an absolute honour. I am keen to use these funds to reach my career goals.
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Graduate House is a very multicultural place. I became more open to learning and experiencing the culture of various countries around the world. In Graduate House, every single person has expertise in one discipline or another and, no matter where they come from, they add something special to Graduate House. I like finger-style guitar music and I am also a guitar player. I have a passion to learn new things and new
Xiaoyu (second from left) with friends on Graduation day.
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Dinner outing with friends.
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MR FRANK A LEES AM MBE Former Graduate Union President Visits Graduate House Honorary Life Member, 1958
Mr Frank A Lees AM MBE.
Mr Frank A Lees AM MBE, President of The Graduate Union from 1999 to 2005, visited Graduate House in February and gifted two of his Shalford Press publications to the Graduate House Library: a book of poems — predominantly about nature — a subject that Frank cares about passionately, Haiku Earth Water Air and a personal history of his time in Occupied Japan, Tales of Post War Japan. Of his visit, Frank said: “What a memorable day with you and ‘yesteryear’. Thank you for taking me back to such happy years. There is much that I recall as my rewarding days as President. Well done — staff and facilities in the tradition of my period.”
The book is fascinating for the cover alone. “This [Kodak Bullet] 127 photo depicts the author looking across the ‘restoring’ Hiroshima. Now my diary entry for this day — Wed 1st May 1946. Stand Down. Rained all day. Went to Hiroshima by Allied Express, left Mitajima [Bofu] 0813. Celebrations in Japan today. Bought photos. Left Hiroshima by 1518hrs Allied Express. Tea in dining car extra. Every week with my mates we would travel and Hiroshima was a popular day trip. “The book cover photograph was taken on one of these day trips. The building near the city centre resisted the blast. I am on the sixth floor. Hiroshima was Japan’s dedicated Military Centre with Docks, Factories, Hospital Barracks and Communications and every facility for a modern army. Over seven million soldiers embarked from Hiroshima in the 1930s and 1940s.” Perfectly linked to the above is Frank’s wonderful poem, “Harmony” from Haiku Earth Water Air: HARMONY Harmony is life With Nature in all its forms Seasons plants creatures
Frank was a mechanical engineer, who was awarded an Order of Australia and Membership of the Order of the British Empire, and who served with the RAAF during World War II in 1945, including time in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan (1946-1947). “As a Mustang Fighter Electrician my responsibility was for B Flight of 77 Squadron — 12 aircraft. With pride I record that no pilot or aircraft was lost or damaged due to my service,” he wrote in the introduction of Tales of Post War Japan (the book title was suggested to him by Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC).
Harmony is people Relationships are supreme Love the quintessence Harmony has a spring Technology the power within To progress the world Harmony is not Greed or Dow Nasdaq and theft Covet is an outcast
“I have always been a ‘writer’ and [Tales of Post War Japan] is from the following sources: • Letters — over 300 to, and 300 from, my mother alone; • Diaries for these years; • My essays; • Extracts from Wikipedia and Fukuzawa Yukichi’s An Outline of a Theory of Civilization.”
Harmony’s partner Acceptance in all things And thus happiness Harmony must be Otherwise a world of hate-war We have no choice
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DR BRENDAN GRABAU The importance of good governance practices Member, 2014 include legislative and regulatory frameworks, codes, rules, regulations and procedures that are followed in arriving at, and then implementing, those decisions. It is about ensuring that things get done the right way.
Dr Brendan Grabau PhD, MBA, GAICD.
Dr Brendan Grabau joined The Graduate Union in 2014 when he was appointed to the Governance and Nominations Subcommittee of Council, one of six subcommittees that support The Graduate Union. Brendan is a graduate of The University of Melbourne having completed a PhD in 1998. His thesis examined the regulatory function of the hormone somatostatin in gastric acid secretion. He is now Managing Director of Brendan Grabau & Associates, a small management consultancy firm based in Melbourne, providing change management and strategy development predominately in the postgraduate medical education sector. Brendan also has an MBA in Change Management and a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science (Hons). The career journey for Brendan has taken a number of twists and turns. It is only recently that Brendan has returned to consulting after fulfilling an interim CEO role at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Prior to this, he had worked in the pharmaceutical industry, continuing professional development programs for pharmacists and dentists, university departments, training organisations, and with a number of medical colleges across training, assessment and professional performance areas. He became interested in governance in organisations through his various roles and positions, prompting him to complete the Director’s Course at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Brendan suggests that there are many definitions of governance but the one definition that resonates best with him is ‘the process of decision-making within organisations and how these decisions are implemented’. It might seem simplistic but it incorporates many processes that
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Brendan suggests that good governance is about being accountable, acting with integrity and transparency, acting with equity and fairness, being aware of diversity and the opinions of others, being responsive, acting collaboratively with the CEO and senior management, of acting in good faith and in the best interests of the organisation. While a key responsibility of a board is to set the strategy of the organisation, the best strategy is doomed unless the culture of the organisation is right. The board is also responsible for setting the culture. Peter Drucker, the grandfather of modern business management, reputedly said that ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast’. It is easy to spot when organisations do not engage in good governance practices. He says that as a consultant you get to see how organisations function often by observing the decision-making processes of the board and how they manage their key responsibilities. In particular, how the board works with the CEO and senior management provides a key indication as to whether the culture of an organisation is collaborative and working together or whether it is not aligned and in need of attention. Brendan describes an example of an organisation where he worked that on first meeting indicated that they were committed to a collaborative change process. When asked about governance in the organisation, the Chair declared that ‘governance was overrated’. He didn’t think that board members needed any governance training and he believed that board members should be more involved in the day-to-day running of the organisation rather than just being consigned to developing strategy and managing risk. This organisation had its third CEO in 18 months and an annual staff turnover averaging 50% over the previous three years. They were also about to make a substantial operating loss for the year. When organisations get it wrong, implementation is either delayed, modified, or doesn’t happen at all. In all of these situations, it comes at a significant cost both from a resources and reputational perspective. Reputation is hard won but easily lost. It is fascinating to observe a well-functioning Board that is aligned with the CEO and senior executive team as they work together to implement strategy. It is fascinating to see organisations make enduring change when the values of an organisation are aligned and everyone is committed to the best possible outcomes
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Year 9 and is a budding writer having won an Australian poetry competition earlier this year.
Brendan has said that the journey has been mostly enthralling and sometimes there have been many challenges. However, if there were no challenges then it wouldn’t be very interesting.
Brendan concludes by saying that his time at The University of Melbourne has afforded him many opportunities. He hopes to be able to help establish some mentoring programs that assist overseas students studying at The University of Melbourne and residing at Graduate House.
Brendan is married to Deborah and has two boys — the eldest Michael has recently completed a Master of Engineering at The University of Melbourne. Tom is in
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HARRIE SUTHENDRAN Doctor of Dental Surgery - Embracing health care, engineering and artistry Resident Member, 2016 Resident Member, Harrie Suthendran started his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) at the Melbourne Dental School in 2017, after completing a Bachelor of Science (Honours) at the University of Waterloo back home in Canada. Dentistry combines Harrie's passions for health care, engineering and artistry. The Melbourne Dental School's reputation of producing well-rounded clinicians via teaching evidence-based dentistry, attracted Harrie to the DDS program. “Dental school is a time for professional growth as well as personal growth; there will be many opportunities to learn and develop as a dentist,” said Harrie. “I am privileged to be surrounded by researchers, educators and clinicians: dentists, specialists and surgeons, within the hospital and community. I am continually inspired by the many brilliant clinicians that are impacting patient's lives and progressing dentistry forward.”
Bear Hospital, he also plays basketball and soccer for the Melbourne Dental Students' Society. “Dental school is a time for professional growth as well as personal growth ... the harder task is to develop as an individual, as this plays a role in the type of professional you will become. It is important to be social within the Faculty and community. Many students maintain a balanced academic-life schedule.” For Harrie, the highlight of the DDS program has been the clinical exposure built into the course. “Based in a hospital at the heart of Melbourne, you get clinical exposure to a diverse patient population from an early point in the degree. Treating patients from children to elderly with varying medical backgrounds helps develop and refine knowledge taught in lectures and clinical skills learnt in laboratories.” Source: https://dental.unimelb.edu.au/news-and-events/ embracing-health-care,-engineering-and-artistry
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Harrie is an active volunteer outside of class. In addition to volunteering for Open Day and The Teddy
Resident Member, Harrie Suthendran.
Harrie Suthendran at Dental School.
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HOWARD HUTCHINS Whilst a breath Member, 2018
Howard Hutchins.
Picture a man with hands very scarred, fingernails blackened, fingers with bits missing and other fingers embedded with painful slivers of steel — yet to be pulled with tweezers by my Mum. He’s wearing a diamond-sleeved ‘cardi’, patched bib and brace overalls with creases so sharp you could cut your finger on them; and black, polished shoes that he’d mended himself at least three times, so shiny you could see your face in them. He would be wearing a collar and tie with this humble attire. He would be spotlessly clean, including his remaining fingernails, after not long emerging from the filth and danger of an iron foundry. He was previously a professional net fisherman on Port Phillip Bay — a fisherman’s barefoot son. He is gone from 5:30AM to 7:30PM weekdays, most Saturdays for half a day and sometimes half of Sunday. This man was my late father, George Howard Hutchins. My dad had such wonderful sayings: “Good manners will open more doors than a good education ever will, but the combination of both is unbeatable.” My late dad
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was one of the richest men, never saying his view was the only one or that he was always right. He was one of the most tolerant, compassionate and understanding men ever. He was wise and practical, with great vision, often saying, “There is only one thing you can be sure of and that’s change”, and “A wise man is always prepared to change his mind, a fool — never!” My parents (with no family savings or superannuation!), at my magnificent MS-suffering mum’s instigation, put their humble worker’s cottage up as security, first for my wife and me so we could go into business, and then for my younger brother. We’ve employed some 250 people (my brother the most!) as a result. My sister, to her everlasting credit, would not take the risk. However, my brother and I will see that my sister will not want for anything after she had looked after our parents in their twilight years. ‘Battle Axe Gladdie’, a farm girl, suffered MS for some 45 of her 79 years on this earth. When we were
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young, Mum would literally drag herself around the backyard, washhouse, kitchen and house — cooking, cleaning, washing (Monday’s wood-fired copper), sewing and knitting for a husband and three kids. I revere my mum’s spirit — this is why I am something of a maverick; because, compared to my parents, I think that so many people today blame others and complain. Yes, I have a bit of an ego, but my main mission is to continue the spirit of my parents and to have the sacrifices and great wisdom of the so-called ‘uncultured 1950s people’ brought to the fore — to benefit current and future generations. There is no arrogance intended in this! I am exasperated that life today is ‘hype, hysteria and hypothetical hallucinations’. There will be a yawning chasm in the future if we don’t encourage working- and lower middle-class children to aspire, not necessarily to university, but to do their very best at any occupation! Some 70 per cent of Australians and their families are working-class people. I know, firsthand, of many instances where young people wanting to be hairdressers, motor mechanics and electricians have been told by teachers and other ‘clever people’ that such occupations “will not get them far!” Some 60 per cent of working Australians are employed by proprietors of small businesses. Such proprietors had to start somewhere in life, and those who usually succeed, are streetwise and savvy people. Not everyone is suited to, or has the means to, go to university. Many are challenged intellectually or biologically, with respect to academics and concentration, etc. I tend to say my piece because so many of our ‘Gallant Generation’ (my parents’ generation) spend their twilight years in nursing homes, retirement villages, back rooms, granny flats and very often alone in their own homes, without the reverence due to them. These wonderful people I call the ‘Second Australians’ suffered whilst building this country during the terrible deprivation of the Great Depression years and suffered the great terror and uncertainty fighting for, and defending, Australia during the Second World War.
religions from the oppressions of fascism (and later communism), including most of the countries from which our migrants or their forebears have originated. All Australians, from all backgrounds, now enjoy the wonderful cosmopolitan ‘Aussie Eden’ built and fought to death for, by the ‘Gallant Generation’. Not for a moment am I overlooking our ‘Gamest Generations’ who came from war-torn Europe; bringing such wonderful gains to Australia after WWII. They came with little or no English and/or money, often not seeing wives and children for a couple of years and, at times, never seeing their relatives again. Their children often never knew grandparents or aunties and uncles. The ‘Gamest Generations’ gave the most precious gifts possible to Australia: their children! I have many wonderful Aussie relatives and friends from all backgrounds, including my closely related Aussie, Asian born relatives. My dad was one of 11 and my mum one of three children. I had an incredibly fortunate upbringing; staying all over coastal, country and regional Victoria with most of my 26 uncles and aunties when mum was in hospital for many months at a time. Besides my magnificent parents and aunties and uncles, I had three of my wonderful grandparents. Fortunately, none of our family paid the ultimate price in WWII, but I had uncles, one with steel plates still in his head from shrapnel wounds when he died (one aunty in her 90s still living); 11 of whom served and contributed during Australia’s darkest hours. My mission in life now is to encourage and improve the lot of young people from humble backgrounds. The middle, upper-middle class and professional folks give their kids a start in life in the fundamentals, etc. that many young people no longer receive early in life. Practical and real-world guidance must be given to all our young people. I am always (well, mostly) mindful of my late father’s very sage advice: “To be clever, is not necessarily to be wise!”
Not only that, the ‘Gallant Generation’ also went to many parts of the world, liberating all races and
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DR EMMA NYHAN Research fellow on the Australian Research Council-funded project Resident Member, 2018
Dr Emma Nyhan.
Legal Anthropology in Different Contexts: From the study of Indigenous rights in Israel to the study of Australia at the International Court of Justice Dr Emma Nyhan is a research fellow on the Australian Research Council-funded project ‘The Potential and Limits of International Adjudication: Australia and the International Court of Justice’ led by Professor Hilary Charlesworth and Associate Professor Margaret Young at Melbourne Law School. Emma is qualified as a barrister at the Honorable Society of King’s Inns, Ireland, and recently received her PhD from the European University Institute, Italy. In an interview with Emma, we asked about her graduate pathway story: what made her interested to do research on the Bedouin in the Middle East, her current research about Australia’s involvement with the International Court of Justice, and her reflections on legal anthropology? Also holding a Master of Laws in comparative, European, and international laws from the European University Institute, Italy; a Master of Laws in pension law from the Universität Konstanz, Germany; and a Bachelor of Laws and German from University College Cork, Ireland, Emma has spent a number of years in law centres in Belgium, Ireland, Israel and the United States. The following is Emma’s story of her graduate and professional growth as a legal anthropologist. Ireland was named the “Celtic Tiger” for its rapid economic growth from the mid-1990s to the late-
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2000s — which evaporated exactly when I qualified as a barrister at the Honorable Society of King’s Inns, Ireland. The 2008 economic downturn allowed me to think longer and harder about my career options abroad. After an internship at the Immigrant Council of Ireland, I moved to Haifa, a mixed Arab-Jewish city located north of Tel Aviv where I continued to pursue civil society engagement. In one of my many roles there, I conducted comparative constitutional, international human rights, and humanitarian law research for a legal centre working on Arab minority issues in Israel — an eye-opener for a relatively green law graduate. In addition to the significant gap between law on paper and law in practice, I also experienced something of a culture shock. My knowledge about the country came from my Bedouin friends from the Negev Desert in southern Israel; I quickly learned that Haifa is not a desert, and the residents of Haifa are not Bedouin. I knew the Bedouin are part of the Arab minority in Israel, but I was puzzled by the various subcategories also applied to this minority — Muslim, Christian, Druze and Bedouin. Through these experiences, I became preoccupied with the role that international law plays in categorising and naming groups, and decided to return to academia to translate my experience into knowledge. With the encouragement of my sister, an Irish historian at New York University’s Ireland House, I embarked on a research journey. In August 2012, I started my doctoral research at the European University Institute under the supervision of Professor Nehal Bhuta. For my research project, I investigated the Bedouin’s status in international law, heading to the Negev (the Naqab in Arabic) where I undertook ethnography among the Bedouin. I had already noticed how the law centres applied different legal categories and rights frameworks to different groups in the Arab minority in Israel. The Bedouin were described as a minority (belonging to the Palestinian-Arab population in Israel) within a minority (being Bedouin in that minority). When it came to international law categories and rights, some civil society organisations applied the category and rights of indigenous people to the Bedouin, but did not apply this category or rights to the rest of the Arab minority in Israel.
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My doctoral research sought to examine how the category and rights of indigenous people came to be applied to the Bedouin. I did not find the answer to this question in case law because there is only one case about Bedouin land ownership in which the District Court judge rejected the Bedouin’s claim to indigenous land rights. To expand on the limited legal analysis, I undertook field research inside and outside of Israel. I conducted interviews with civil society representatives, academics, UN officials, and the Bedouin. Participant observation was a key component in my empirically driven account of how the Bedouin became indigenous in international law. Supported by the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), one offshoot of my doctoral research is a study on the construction of Bedouin identities in the Middle East. I am particularly interested in how Bedouin “special rights” emerged during the British Mandate period (1917-1948). This study on the Bedouin’s legal status and rights in international law was my first flirtation with legal anthropology. In my career as a socio-legal researcher, I have learnt that I should not limit myself to law in the textbook but engage with society to learn about law. It is a rather simple formula that defines legal anthropology: the space where the study of law and the study of society intersect. In my research I try to breathe life into international law, asking a law question and looking to both law and society for answers. My research is not limited to the decisions handed down by Lord Denning in the House of Lords, but also includes laypeople’s perspective on law. In these ordinary conversations, I am constantly surprised by how people intuitively grasp and actively engage with law. Ultimately, legal anthropology not only entails analysing court decisions and legislation but also requires a researcher to listen, to observe and to reflect. I am particularly interested in understanding how international law works in everyday life from a socio-legal perspective. Since international law is everywhere, the lens of legal anthropology adds new insights into how international law works in a complex and changing world. In my view, legal anthropology provides an avenue for thinking and doing international law in new, and sometimes unorthodox, ways.
My second project, the one that has brought me to Melbourne Law School, involves tracing Australia’s involvement with the International Court of Justice (ICJ). This research entails spending time in Canberra at the National Archives of Australia, conducting interviews with Australians involved in the ICJ, and analysing case law where Australia was a party to the dispute. Australia has been involved in five contentious cases and seven advisory proceedings — an unusually high number for a middle-power state. We can certainly say that Australia is on the map of international dispute settlement. For this project, I conduct research on legal issues in topic areas such as the role of international adjudication, the background to Australian litigation before the ICJ, and the impact of the cases in which Australia has been involved. In parallel, I assist with empirical research, conducting archival research on records of Australian foreign policy and intergovernmental debates. I also assist the chief investigators in conducting semi-structured interviews with key participants in ICJ processes involving Australia, including judges, legal counsel, government lawyers and diplomats. It is a privilege to be involved in such a valuable project, which will offer the first detailed overall assessment of Australia’s engagement with the ICJ. It is also an opportunity to work alongside established international legal researchers and in an outstanding research environment. After learning about Graduate House from Professor Hilary Charlesworth, my principal supervisor, I resided there for the first six months of my work at Melbourne Law School. My experience at Graduate House was excellent in every single respect. From my first contact with the well-prepared and attentive staff, I received clear and thorough information about all the facilities offered. It was a friendly environment to live and work surrounded by students and scholars, who come from a variety of backgrounds and are at different stages in their studies and careers. I very much appreciated Graduate House’s intellectually stimulating atmosphere. Graduate House was an inspirational and supportive hub, which helped me get to know the city of Melbourne.
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JOHN FRANCIS DRENNAN A Life of teaching and learning Life Member, 1983 Life Member, Mr John Drennan recently celebrated his 85th birthday at Graduate House. John has a remarkable story of learning with an almost 70-year association with The University of Melbourne, having studied in 28 different departments of all the faculties there! Born in 1934 in Bendigo, John has been a Life Member of The Graduate Union since 1983. Starting at The University of Melbourne in 1952 as a science student, his first completed degree was a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Philosophy and History in 1956 (conferred in absentia in 1959). He has four Master’s degrees and 11 diplomas and graduate certificates from The University of Melbourne, two London University degrees (Theology and Law), and a Master of Education degree from Monash University, diplomas from the College of Preceptors, and Trained Secondary Teachers Certificate — 22 qualifications in all (in more than 30 departments). John had a career in property management and he was also a teacher (primary, secondary, tertiary) in Australia, England, Italy and Saudi Arabia. He has also travelled extensively — in 75 countries at last count. John has
kept a diary since 1944; it is complete (one A5 size page per day) since January 1959. It is to deposited in the National Library of Australia in Canberra after his death. He considers his "private" research, however, to be more important than his certified qualifications. They centre on philosophy and its relation to the various branches of knowledge and action. He has extensively researched the history of higher education and he is concerned with curriculum reform in education generally. John lives in Parkville and can still be regularly seen on campus admiring the architecture. A special interest and concern is that of animal rights and welfare. In 1971, he co-founded — and is still the chairman of — Catholic Concern for Animals - Australia (until recently called the Australian Catholic Study Circle for Animal Welfare). He is a friend, mentor and cousin of Mr Grant Taylor, BA (Hons) 1988 from The University of Melbourne, who we thank for providing some of this information about John’s extraordinary life of learning and teaching.
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John Drennan (left), celebrating his 85th birthday at Graduate House with (left to right) Laura Houghton, cousin Grant Taylor, Tran Thu Ha and Tran Van Dung.
Student Representative Council 1955-1956. John is standing, top row 2nd from right. President Guy Brown is seated, bottom row 5th from right.
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John with his diaries to 2009.
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DR O. J. RAYMOND OAM Life Member, 1960 As a 17-year-old Cadet Engineer of the PostmasterGeneral’s Department (then responsible for Australia’s telephone service), Oliver Raymond enrolled in 1956 and thence graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Elec) Honours 2 from The University of Melbourne in February 1960. Working as a tyro telephone engineer, he then undertook six months of Departmental training and a posting in the Geelong branch before taking up a position in the Metrology Group with the then Defence Standards Laboratories (DSL) of the Department of Supply in Maribyrnong in 1961. A legacy of World War II, this Group was predominantly a substantial length standards and calibration operation which served the various munitions factories of the Department of Supply. (In later years the Metrology Group was transferred to the National Standards Laboratories of the CSIRO which performed the same service for civilian industry.) In its small research component, Oliver worked as a research scientist on maximising optical fringe pointing precision in a Kösters interferometer. In 1962, the year of his marriage to Helen, he was chosen to work in the recently initiated Blowdown Project, a joint Army-DSL project to study, theoretically and experimentally, the effects of a nuclear explosion above a tropical rain forest. Born of senior Army officers’ concerns prompted by the post-World War II cold war, it resembled projects of this kind which had been undertaken by allies including the USA in environments appropriate to their likely theatres of war, not including tropical rain forests. In these projects, low-yield nuclear explosions had been simulated using large quantities of conventional (TNT) explosives. In the Australian experiment in 1963, 50 tons of TNT was assembled in a spherical configuration on a 46m (150 feet) steel tower built in a rain forest on Cape York Peninsula. (This entailed a team of a few dozen scientists and a larger Army contingent spending several weeks in an Army camp built for the purpose near the experimental site. It was a great team experience; about a dozen of the scientists involved have held occasional reunions in recent years.) Upon detonation, measurements were made in order to determine both the effect of the forest on the blast wave and also the behaviour of the trees in response to the blast wave. Mathematical modelling was used to enable prediction of forest response to explosions of higher yield.
Oliver Raymond in his DSL office 1963.
The physics of blast waves was already well understood but a mathematical model of tree response needed to be developed. This, Oliver’s main task, was a true application of the (cyclic) scientific method — devise a theory (model), perform an experiment, refine the model ... an early (1962) experiment consisted of detonating a small (several kg) sphere of TNT on a four-metre post in a copse of saplings on an Army proving ground in Victoria and making the necessary measurements and observations. Another major part of his work was the design (in some cases) and calibration of a wide range of instrumentation for the measurement of blast wave parameters and of tree response. An excellent nine-minute documentary about the Project by (if recalled correctly) Movietone News was shown on the then public movie circuit. After Blowdown (1963), Oliver returned to the Metrology Group. Following a major arbitration case affecting research scientists in the CSIRO and the Australian Defence Scientific Service (Department of Supply), and the ensuing implication that it would be difficult to retain a position as a Research Scientist without a PhD, Oliver entered study for a higher degree under Dr O. S. Heavens of London University in the field of the application of gas lasers to highprecision length measurement, with the plan to convert his two-year secondment for a Master’s degree into a doctoral degree. With his wife and baby son Oliver, Dr Raymond travelled in 1964 to the United Kingdom by ship — then the standard mode of such travel — to arrive in September to learn that the then Professor Heavens had been made the first Professor of Physics at the new University of York.
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Our Members Thus, by mid-1965, Oliver and a number of other post-graduate students followed him there, with Oliver subsequently changing his enrolment to a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil. being the abbreviation used by York University, following the example of Oxford) with DSL in Australia agreeing to extend his traineeship to a third year. With lasers then being a fairly recent invention (Heavens was the recognised UK leader in the subject), Oliver's D.Phil. topic was high-precision measurement of thermal expansion by means of gas lasers. Three years later and following the submission of his thesis at the last minute unbound but held together in several clip folders to tolerant examiners, Oliver received his D.Phil. degree (the first in physics of York University) in late 1967. Dr Raymond describes life in York as wonderful — working hard (long hours!) in the exciting atmosphere of a new physics department comprising staff and postgraduate students from various parts of the UK, living in a city full of history and a county (and country) full of interesting places to explore. As a bonus, only in 1962 the National Lending Library for Science and Technology, a wonderful resource for a scientific researcher, had been established at Boston Spa, not far from York, on the road to Leeds (it’s now in London). Dr Raymond and his family (now including a second son Mark, born in York) returned to Melbourne in late 1967, but this time, by air. Returning to the Metrology Group, Dr Raymond began to develop a proposal for his next, laser-based, metrology research project but was soon promoted to
Canberra by his former boss in Blowdown, Dr P. W. A. Bowe, then Scientific Adviser to the Military Board. With the family (now including a daughter, Katherine) Dr Raymond moved to Canberra in 1969, by which time Dr Bowe’s secondment as Scientific Adviser had ended, and he had moved back to DSL! Once again Dr Raymond enjoyed working with the Army, providing analytical advice on a variety of topics. One task (born of the Army’s involvement in Vietnam) was to assist a trial in the Innisfail area of Queensland to assess the effectiveness of the Army’s first minedetecting dogs. This entailed the experimental design of several courses (lanes) of territory, in both forest and savannah environments, in which anti-personnel mines (including improvised explosive devices) had been buried in randomised locations and recording and analysing the success of each dog in safely detecting them. Dr Raymond describes the joy of seeing how attached the handlers were to their dogs and how anxious they were to see them perform well — which they did. Dr Raymond notes another enjoyable task involving the spending of three weeks’ familiarisation with a company of 1 Pacific Islands Regiment on patrol in the western highlands border area of Papua New Guinea (in which area tension apparently persists to this day). Walking the country with the troops was a great, eyeopening experience. In 1972 Dr Raymond moved from his Army secondment to the Defence Science Establishment, a small policy group in the then Department of Defence
Oliver Raymond (top left with hands on hips) with the Blowdown scientists at the Cape York Army camp in 1963
and a very slow speed limit of the imperial kind.
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Our Members which was, unlike the current such department, one of several comprising the defence group of departments along with those of Navy, Army, Air (Force) and Supply. As its Secretary, Sir Arthur Tange, made abundantly clear, it was very much primus inter pares, the central, overriding source of policy. There, Dr Raymond was made the defence scientific member of the Visiting Ships Panel (Nuclear) (VSP(N)) which comprised naval and civilian officers (including one from the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC)). The VSP(N) existed to develop advice on policy and procedures for visits to Australian ports by nuclear-powered (but not -armed) warships. The work, concerned with safety precautions, relied heavily on the technical knowledge of AAEC officers in this area. At times it involved high-level negotiation with State authorities in particular ports of interest. Having acquired some knowledge of the subject, Dr Raymond retained this interesting responsibility even after moving on to his next departmental position. By 1974 Sir Arthur Tange had completed his wideranging review of the Defence bureaucracy and its recommendations were being implemented. This included the creation of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), comprising all the several and disparate defence science laboratories and analytical groups together within a single, central policy area. In that year he moved to the newly established Services Analytical Studies Group which drew together the small analytical staffs of the Service Scientific Advisers to form a more viable and flexible single unit. Analytical work such as done by this group was often directed at questions of defence force structure. So, it was not altogether a surprise when Dr Raymond was asked in 1977 to act for a while in a branch head position in the central policy division of Defence concerned with the policy and programs for the development of force structure and in particular the acquisition of new defence weapons and equipment. As it turned out, over the next four years he occupied in turn each of that division’s three branch head positions, concerned respectively with analysis, equipment acquisition programming and broader questions of force structure. By 1981 Dr Raymond sought the position of Air Force Scientific Adviser where, for two years, he oversaw arrangements for the support of the RAAF provided by the DSTO. In the course of that work he saw much of the Air Force throughout Australia. In 1982 he began almost a decade’s work as a division head in the policy and programming area of the DSTO. DSTO’s budget was prepared and administered in his division, as was the allocation of resources to the many parts of the very varied program of DSTO’s work. During this period, program budgeting was introduced in Defence and it fell to Dr Raymond and his division to design a program structure and a process whereby, in consultation with DSTO’s managers, resources could
Dr Oliver Raymond, his wife Helen, with Katherine, Mark and Oliver.
be allocated within it with due regard to Services’ short-term needs and the long-term, forward-looking needs for the development of DSTO’s technology base. The process extended also to the regular review of performance in each program element. During this period, too, computers were gradually coming into use but, in his managerial role, while enjoying their products he himself had little direct contact with them. Retiring from Defence in 1992, Dr Raymond began to pay serious attention to computers, primarily because he did not have staff anymore! Mobile phone? Later, later ... Dr Raymond had always led a busy private life. He had spent about 15 years in adult leadership roles in the Scouting movement in the 1970s and 1980s. Since his retirement, his long-standing interests in music (particularly singing, both solo and choral) and theatre have kept him as busy as ever. He had sung in choirs since boyhood (including in the Melbourne University Choral Society) and continues now to be involved with several choirs variously as singer, office-bearer and conductor. In 1984 his musical interest led him into theatre with the Canberra Repertory Society (sometime President), leading in turn to him being a judge with the Canberra Area Theatre Awards since their inception in 1995. It also led him into solo singing in the mid-1980s and he
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Our Members soon joined the committee of the ACT Lieder Society, becoming its President in 1995 and remaining in that position now. The society changed its name to Art Song Canberra in 2006 and is now unsurpassed in Australia in its field. In 2008, Dr Raymond was honoured to be awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) “for service to the Canberra region through a range of community organisations” — in summary, to music, theatre and Scouting. It’s a long way from engineering in the 1950s. Reflecting on both his paid employment and his private life, Dr Raymond notes that one thing has led to another, and another ... and that is likely true of most people’s lives. “It has been, and continues to be, a great journey!”
***** Oliver Raymond (right) with father and son, each also named Oliver Raymond, on board Galileo, August 1964.
AUSTRALIAN ASIAN ASSOCIATION (AAA) OF VICTORIA INC Working for Friendship Between the People of Australia and Asia The Australian Asian Association of Victoria Inc (or more affectionately known to its members as “AAA” or “Triple A”) was established in 1956 by R. G. Casey (who later became Lord Casey), whose thoughts at that time were that Australia was isolated from its Asian neighbours and needed to develop better links through friendship and education. In the 1950s, this was a ground-breaking objective given that Australia was in the midst of the White Australia Policy. Many notable members of society at the time including the then Chief Justice, Sir Charles Lowe, the Association’s first President, worked towards increasing the awareness of the local population and breaking down the barriers for Asians then living in Australia or any other Asians wanting to come to Australia. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Association held regular events, educational forums and public presentations to increase information in the community on the contribution of existing Asian citizens and of the neighbouring region around Australia. Being a nonpolitical organisation, the Association did not actively voice its views towards government policy. However, information disseminated throughout the community
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by the Association showing the real values and the cultural worth of Asian societies, backed by the public statements of many of the Association’s members, contributed significantly to a shifting in the public’s view of our Asian neighbours and in adding to the groundswell that finally resulted in the abandonment of the White Australia Policy. Since 1956, AAA has played an important role building bonds between Australians and Asians. The Association has a proud tradition for over 60 years of building intercultural awareness in an atmosphere of friendship. Each year, AAA organises social occasions and events for its members and friends, each with a focus on one or more of our neighbouring Asian nations, enabling all to enjoy the various tastes and experiences that are distinctly Asian. Speakers bring members up to date with new developments or allow members to learn more about the many cultures in the region. The Graduate Union and AAA Work Together AAA focuses on its mission to build a stronger friendship between the people of Asia and Australia by hosting international students studying in Australia at social events to introduce them to local members. These hospitality events are aimed at making Australia feel like a “second home” to visiting international students.
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As a postgraduate residential college with students from all around the world, including Asia, Graduate House has always served the purpose of using education for social good and creating a collegium, and friendship and understanding across different cultures and regions of the world. In 2000, AAA moved to Graduate House as an ideal atmosphere and space for holding its meetings and social events. Hosting Resident Members of the College as Guest Speakers at their events, AAA has assisted with facilitating our international students’ engagement with the local community as well as providing an opportunity for locals to learn more about the history, art and traditions of the many cultures in the region. Past Resident Member and PhD candidate at the School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne, Ms Juanjuan Wu was a guest speaker at one of these events at Graduate House in which she spoke about her doctoral research entitled “As a woman, my country is the whole world”: Western Women in China, 1878-1914, a research on a group of women pioneers who built cross-cultural bridges between the West and China from the 1878 to 1914. Some of The Graduate Union Council Members are also involved actively with AAA, promoting values of diversity and the benefits of building more inclusive workforces and communities. Council Member, Ms Mary Kelleher, who has been a long-standing member of the AAA Committee, is currently serving as the Association’s President. Former Graduate Union Councillor Ms Vivienne Nguyen has also been guest speaker at AAA's Fundraising Dinners at Graduate House.
Cr Mary Kelleher.
Settling in Australia as Asian Immigrants. Cr Molina Asthana At AAA’s 2019 AGM, Graduate Union Council Member, Ms Molina Asthana, spoke to the Association’s members about the topic of 'Issues Facing the Asian Community in a new Country'. Cr Asthana shared the story of her challenges to succeed professionally as a female Asian immigrant in Australia. “When I talk about my journey to get to where I am, it is linked quite inextricably with my literal journey as a migrant, particularly the last decade or so of my career. The challenges that I faced in my time in India were
more from the gender diversity perspective, whereas the challenges in my professional life in Australia were both from a gender as well as a race and ethnic diversity perspective. Some of my experiences that I am going to share with you will cover this latter aspect, as I believe that the glass ceiling for women from multicultural backgrounds in the legal profession, or for that matter in any profession, in Australia is double glazed and reflects the bamboo ceiling too.” Ms Asthana noted that although she comes from a family of lawyers and jurists, she was not quite sure about what she wanted to do professionally when she was at school. Probably fed up with the legal conversations at the dinner table, she decided to do a commerce degree with a plan to do an MBA after that. However, halfway through her commerce degree, she developed a keen interest in studying law. “Those dinner table conversations showed me my argumentative side,” Cr Asthana said. She practiced at the Supreme Court of India with her father after finishing her degree and then had her own practice for a few years. “I have to admit that coming from a family of legal luminaries, I was fortunate enough to not have had to struggle in a profession which until today is largely male dominated everywhere. However, the inherently conservative nature of the profession meant that it was not acceptable for me to wear a skirt or trousers to the court. Other lawyers and judges apparently took women seriously only if they wore an Indian dress to court. Things have changed now, but this is what I faced when I started out in the profession.” It was not just other lawyers or judges who did not take female lawyers seriously. Many of Cr Asthana’s clients preferred to have an older male lawyer representing them. She would, therefore, have her father (a senior lawyer) sit at the meetings just so that the clients would have confidence that they would be wellrepresented. This was not a big surprise, Cr Asthana noted: “We have heard of stories of female CEOs and MPs who have been mistaken as secretaries just because of their gender.” Cr Asthana was determined to change these perceptions through her work. “I did a few PILs (Public Interest Litigations) which were reported in the newspapers. That is when others started taking notice and the remarks about the appropriate way for a woman to dress went down as well.” In 2004, Ms Asthana married an Australian citizen and moved to Australia. This is when the issue of the bamboo ceiling became more prominent than the glass ceiling. “For those who do not know what the bamboo ceiling is,” she explained, “it is a term we use to describe the progression, or rather lack of progression, for Asians in the higher echelons of any profession.” Upon arrival, Cr Asthana started a Master of Law degree at The University of Melbourne.
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Our Members I moved to Australia. After that video I have had numerous calls and emails from people who are going through the same challenges that I faced and I tell them to market their diversity as an asset and be proud of their heritage and be confident in their identity.” It is very difficult, she acknowledged, to change these challenges and the unconscious bias overnight.
Cr Molina Asthana (left) with Mr Dino De Marchi, Vice President of AAA.
When she started applying for jobs, however, she was told that her Indian degree and experience were not worth much. “Recruiters said that it was unlikely that I would get a job at a top-tier or a mid-tier firm so I should apply to smaller firms. A well-wisher even told me that overseas qualified doctors were driving buses so I should not get disheartened. Some went to the extent of telling me to give up my profession and try a different career.” Being a determined person, she chose to keep pushing, keep applying and keep talking to people. Finding recruiters reluctant to put her CV forward because she lacked local education and experience, she started looking for ways to get appointments and interviews directly with partners of law firms. “When I did get an appointment, I would impress upon them the value that my unique skill-set and experience would bring to their organisation. Asia was slowly emerging as an area of considerable economic growth and my background was somewhat attractive.” In the meantime, she applied to get accredited to practice and was asked to do four subjects and six months of training. “My perseverance finally paid off and after interviewing with many law firms, I finally got a job at Clayton Utz (yes, a top-tier firm) in the Banking and Finance team. They even agreed to give me time off to complete the subjects and for my work there to count towards the training. I got the experience of working with a partner who was not only a brilliant lawyer but was empathetic to my situation and saw that my unique skill-set had value in the Australian market.” She then moved on to Minter Ellison in Mergers and Acquisition, having rejected offers from two other midsized law firms. “Ironically, I got a call whilst there from a recruiter who had predicted I would never get a job with a top-tier organisation to inform me that he had an opening at a boutique firm. When I told him I was at Minters, he nearly collapsed.” Cr Asthana has now spoken about her journey at various forums and was recently featured in a video by a legal recruitment agency that wanted to promote diversity. “I wish we had recruiters like these when
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Cr Asthana then moved to work in government, in an environment that is supportive, suited her interests and was not cut-throat competitive. “Our office had 73 per cent women, so we did not have the issue of the glass ceiling. However, cultural diversity was still an issue. The bamboo ceiling exists even in the government sector.” Still determined to change these social systems, she decided to advocate for diversity at various forums. “I am now the first Indian-born lawyer on the board of the LIV [Law Institute of Victoria]. I am also on the board of The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne. I am the President of the Victorian Chapter of the International Law Association, the Vice President of the Asian Australian Lawyer's Association, Victorian Convener of the Asian Australian Alliance and the co-chair of the Women in Business Chapter of the Australia India Business Council.” In the last couple of years, Cr Asthana has developed a passion for sport. “The theme,” however, she noted, “remains the same — it is about diversity.” She has, therefore, founded Multicultural Women in Sport which aims to create pathways for increased participation of women from multicultural backgrounds in sport for their empowerment, their general wellbeing and a sense of belonging to the community. “I am also a Cricket Australia Ambassador. From not knowing anything about footy, I am now a Commissioner with the AFL — again the first person from a diverse background on an AFL board. I am not there for my knowledge or rules of the game. My expertise in the diversity space enables the AFL to devise strategies to grow the game and increase participation. It is again about flipping the coin to show the side of you that represents opportunity.” Cr Asthana has now started her own practice which gives her more flexibility to pursue her other interests. She wants to create equal opportunities for all migrants and assist them in dealing with issues they face in a new country. Language: Door to Stronger Socio-cultural Ties Language is another main area of AAA’s focus in building understanding and fellowship between Australia and Asia. Communication is the key to building relationships. To this end and for over two decades, AAA has promoted the learning of Asian languages by annually sponsoring the AAA Asian Language Awards. Each year, the Association raises funds to make awards and issue Certificates of Excellence to the highest achieving first year language students in each Asian language taught
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Our Members at each university in Victoria. In several cases, the Award has been acknowledged to be a major factor in encouraging the student to continue with their Asian language studies. By encouraging the learning of languages at this level, the Association is encouraging many local students who will later become the business ambassadors of the future and others willing to make a significant and meaningful commitment to AsianAustralian social relations. In recent years, Awards have been given for the learning of Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin and Vietnamese and in this coming year, Arabic. All language prize winners are given membership of the Association for the first year and the awards are presented by the appropriate Consul General who regularly attend the function. Cr Max Stephens The 2019 Language Award Ceremony was held at Graduate House on 23rd September; the Guest Speaker was another Graduate Union Council Member, Dr Max Stephens. In his presentation, Cr Stephens shared the very rewarding fellowship and relationships he has developed with Asian people, some of whom are past
Graduate House Resident Members. Some of the photographs from his presentation are shown below. Awards were presented to the winners for the following Asian languages: Chinese (three winners), Indonesian (two), Japanese (four) and Korean (one). Addressing the awardees, Cr Stephens closed his presentation in this way: “To our awardees, we want you all to be global citizens and to move confidently beyond Australia into the world. You already have the capacity to operate in contexts where English is unfamiliar or not even spoken at all. By contrast, our many (Aussie) monolingual speakers should recognise, if they have not already, that they will need to improve their communication skills and broaden their intercultural understanding if they are to survive and do well beyond our comfortable shores.” Over the years, AAA has continued to support this awareness and in the process, developed friendships between local Australians and the increasing number of Asian people coming to study or to settle in Australia. Membership of AAA is open to all who support the study of Asian languages and the maintaining and strengthening of friendship between Australians and Asians
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Visiting a Japanese family in Kanazawa in 2019.
Dr Stephens (standing 3rd from left) blending in with a teacher and students in a biology class in Sapporo, Northern Japan.
At a village wedding in China, 2012, for his former doctoral student. Dr Max Stephens holds up a poster to convey the traditional Chinese greeting about having a child very soon.
Chinese New Year 2019. Seven years on from the wedding, the family has grown. Dr Max Stephens is their Australian “grandfather”.
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Welcome to Graduate House
UNITED BOARD FELLOWS Dr Rafael Cabredo and Dr Raymond Sze
From left: Dr Raymond Sze; CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett; President, The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC; Cr Kingsley Davis OAM; Cr Molina Asthana; Cr Max Stephens; Dr Rafael Cabredo; Professor Rachel Fensham (Dr Cabredo's academic mentor); and Cr Mary Kelleher.
A warm welcome to our two visiting United Board Fellows, Dr Raymond Sze and Dr Rafael Cabredo, who will be staying with us at Graduate House until December. Graduate House is proud to continue our ongoing collaboration with, and support of, the United Board Fellows Program, which is designed for the leadership development of mid-career faculty and administrators from Asian colleges and universities. Attending their welcome lunch on Tuesday, 22nd October was the President of The Graduate Union, The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC and members of Council. We hope that Dr Sze and Dr Cabredo have a happy and productive stay at Graduate House.
as the department chair overseeing computer science degrees at the university. He currently serves as the Dean of the College of Computer Studies. He has also been involved with various organisations that cater to the needs of the IT and game development industries, as well as the education sector. “In a fast-paced information age, leaders need to be agile and adaptive to the changing educational landscape. All decisions and actions should be supported by verified data and be grounded in established values of the institution,” Dr Cabredo said.
Dr Rafael A. Cabredo Dr Rafael A. Cabredo is an educator with 18 years of experience teaching computer science students. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from De La Salle University in the Philippines and his PhD in information science and technology from Osaka University in Japan. His research is in the areas of intelligent systems and music emotion recognition. He also served as the research director of the Advanced Research Institute for Informatics, Computing and Networking, as well
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Through the United Board Fellows Program, he intends to share ideas and experiences with peers, develop management skills, and discover innovations for higher education institutions.
Welcome to Graduate House
Dr Raymond Nung-Sing Sze Dr Raymond Nung-Sing Sze is associate professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He obtained his PhD in mathematics at the University of Hong Kong. He has been actively involved in program management, curriculum development, and learning and teaching projects at PolyU. “A good leader in higher education should require himself/herself to become a lifelong companion for students and should motivate his/her teammates to do the same. He or she should be committed to nurturing the next generation of leaders,” Dr Sze said. Through the United Board Fellows Program, Dr Sze hopes to enhance his leadership skills, especially in team management and communication, as collaboration and teamwork are critical to the university service.
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THE CONSUL GENERAL OF INDIA AND THE HONORARY CONSUL OF MALAWI On Thursday, 19th September, we welcomed the Deputy Consul General of India, Mrs Anuradha Sundaramurthi (standing in for the Consul General Mr Raj Kumar), the Vice-Consul, Mr Nadeem Ahmad Khan, and the Honorary Consul of Malawi and the Secretary of the Consular Corps, Mr Trent Smyth to Graduate House for dinner in the Main Dining Room/Phillip Law Members Lounge. The President of The Graduate Union, The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC, CEO/Head of College Dr Kerry Bennett and Members of Council, Dr Max Stephens and Ms Molina Swarup Asthana also attended, together with staff and Resident Members. Cr Asthana said, “Consul General Raj Kumar is very keen to connect with the Indian students in Melbourne to understand their issues. He is urging all Indian students (and I urge them too) to register with the Indian Consulate so that they can assist them in times of need.”
From left: Mr Nadeem Ahmad Khan, Mr Trent Smyth, Mr Niraj Bohra, Mr Dileep Sankar, Cr Molina Asthana, Ms Rebecca Abraham, Mrs Anuradha Sundaramurthi (seated), Dr Kerry Bennett, Cr Max Stephens, The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC (seated) and Ms Aparna Satheesan.
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Our Members Remembered
EULOGY Ms HEATHER MIRIAM KUDEVIITA, inaugural Patron of THE GRADUATE UNION Heather Kudeviita has made an exceptional and long contribution to The Graduate Union. Her achievements are numerous. On the 17th December 1960, Miriam Heather Alexander, as she was known then, was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree by the then Prime Minister of Australia, Sir Robert Menzies. As Heather was not a fan of the Right Honorable Robert Menzies (as he was then) and initially refused to attend the graduation ceremony, her mother Ivy resorted to bribing Heather by offering her a life membership of the University of Melbourne Graduate Union if she would go to the graduation. Heather obliged her parents by going to graduation and soon after attended a 'Welcome to new members', which was a cocktail party. At this party she met William (Bill) Berry and Barbara Funder, who between them ran The Graduate Union at this time (though the terraces had been purchased in 1957, their establishment as a postgraduate residential college was not until 1962, two years after Heather had joined). Heather remained close friends with Barbara Funder until Barbara's death in September 2016. Involvement with The Graduate Union Heather would always attend the monthly luncheons and the occasional Friday night dinners of The Graduate Union. She was heavily involved with the Tin Alley Players - a dramatic group established in 1939 which performed for over fifty years, joining forces with The Graduate Union in 1954 and holding readings in the Anderson Room and Johnston Library. A strong supporter, Heather volunteered regularly for front-of-Âhouse duties (ushering and ticket box), costume making and (most stressful) prompting for actors who couldn't remember their lines! Heather was instrumental in organising the French Lunch Group from 2013 to 2019. The group met on the first Friday of each month from 12.00noon to 2.00PM at Graduate House, enjoying a lively and interactive conversation in the French language over lunch in the dining room.
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Heather held her 80th birthday party at Graduate House in April 2014 because it was an establishment that she liked to showcase to her Australian and international friends. For decades, Heather along with many other dedicated and committed volunteers, gathered regularly at Graduate House to ensure that the monthly mail-outs, the then quarterly (now each half year) Melbourne Graduates and other material (for Elections and General meetings; marketing) were posted out on time and to the correct people! In the pre-digital period, this task is not to be underestimated, with thousands of envelopes having to be filled and prepared for postage around the world. Due to her longstanding involvement with The Graduate Union, when Bill Berry died in 1999 and left a large donation to the Past Graduates and Postgraduates Society, the then President, Mr Frank Lees, proposed Miss Barbara Funder and Heather to be appointed as trustees of the newly formed William Berry Post Graduate College Trust. This important and beneficent duty was carried out by both until Ms Funder died in 2016. It has since been handed over to the Council of The Graduate Union. During its operation between 2004 and 2016 the William Berry Post Graduate College Trust was used to fund maintenance and refurbishment of the William Berry Wing, which was the initial site of The Graduate Union in Leicester Street. This Trust is now named the William Berry and Barbara Funder Postgraduate College Trust. Barbara and Heather were responsible, proactive and diligent trustees. Over the years of their involvement they gave 10 grants from the Trust, totalling $115,500. Examples of the projects funded include painting, carpeting, the installation of a water saving device, the purchase of a water tank, a plaque for Bill and Vera Berry on the door in the new central wing (built in 2005 Room 304) and repairs to doors in the Johnston Library. Earnings from the Trust fund in the last few years were applied to the repair and soundproofing of the terrace wing windows in anticipation of construction works with the Melbourne Metro Rail Authority, and to the installation of doors to improve the terrace wing security. Heather and Barbara were very close friends and were often here at Graduate House robustly debating both the Trust and other matters. They were unwavering in their commitment to honouring the legacy of Bill Berry and to supporting our postgraduate residents, as well as the broader membership of all life stages, disciplines and ethnicities.
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Our Members Remembered As an Association, we are indebted to Heather for her support of Miss Funder over 2016. Heather visited Barbara at least once a week, if not more, for several months. She provided Barbara with great comfort, drawing her into the vibrant discussions with which they were both familiar, or simply sitting beside her bed should Barbara be asleep. She also acted as her guardian and protector, ensuring that her medical and other care was appropriate, sound and kind. Heather recalled that she remembered her last conversation with Barbara a few days before her death and knew somehow that it would be the last time they talked, and it was one of her warmest memories because both felt happy and transformed by their vibrant conversation and reminiscing. Following Barbara's death in September 2016, Heather also assisted greatly in the funeral and service arrangements, in the management of Barbara's estate and in comforting the many staff and Members who were most saddened by this loss.
Heather's contribution continued until just a few weeks before she died. She attended many of our events and would catch up regularly with other Members and her friends. As an avid craftswoman with great skills in needlework, crochet and clothes design/sewing (she made all her own clothes), Heather assisted in the crocheting of 500 poppies for Remembrance Day in 2017. To honour her longstanding contribution, Council made Heather one of two inaugural Patrons of our Association in 2017. At that time, when asked about the highlights of her somewhat historical involvement with The Graduate Union, Heather cited the wide range of social events offered to members, the reciprocal rights the Association has with overseas universities (especially good for people with the travel bug!), and the long-standing friendships and connections she had made, with a large variety of people, solely through her ongoing relationship with the organisation.
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OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES The year of membership is indicated
Dr Geoffrey James Bishop AM, 1975 Dr Marian Edith Lindesay Brookes, 1964 Dr Kester Thomas Christopher Kenneth Brown, 1981 The Reverend Mr Stephen Cherry, 1955 Mr John Forrest Haymen Clark, 1957 Mrs Elizabeth Margaret Clarke, 1945 Mr William James Edward Davey, 1954 Mr Leon Frank Dawes, 1954 Dr Alan Maxwell de Clifford, 1978 Mr John Riddoch Franklin, 1951 Bishop James Alexander Grant, 1954 Ms Olive Marion Hamilton, 1967 Dr Dale Furneaux Hebbard, 1951 Prof Emeritus John Howard Hensler, 1959 Dr Thomas Henry Hurley, 1954 Mrs Betty Elnor Ives, 1960 Mr Gordon Verey Jones, 1954 Dr John Robert Lyall Kelly, 1956 Ms Helen Mildred Keneley, 2015 Mr Jeffrey Stephen Kiddle, 1958 Mrs Lesley Isobel King, 1975
Ms Miriam Heather Kudeviita, 1962 Ms Monica Mackintosh MacCallum, 1959 Dr Raymond David Marginson, 1954 Ms Zelda Jean Martin, 1975 Mr Kenneth Charles Mawson OAM, 1966 Dr James Donald Merralls, 1959 Dr Geoffrey Edward Miles, 1975 Mr Arthur Stanley Morieson, 1956 Dr John Barrie Morley, 1968 Dr Lynnette Jean Peel, 1963 Mrs Joan Mary Pretty, 1962 Dr Michael Ernest Regan, 2007 Mrs Louisa Joyce Richards, 2010 Mr Giovanni Scomparin, 1969 Mr Alan Thomas Scott, 1990 Mr Keith Walter Stott, 1956 Mr Francis George Taylor, 1979 Dr Lloyd Douglas Thomson, 1951 Mr Ian James Tyler, 1968 Mr Geoffrey Keith White, 1961
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Acknowledging your patronage
WE THANK OUR ORGANISATION MEMBERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED PATRONAGE
Australian Asian Association (AAA)
Australian Association of Social workers (AASW)
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Australian Calabrese Cultural Association (ACCA)
Australian Centre for Heart Health (ACHH)
Australian Council of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER)
Association of Graduates in Early Childhood Studies (AGES)
Association of German Teachers of Victoria Inc (AGTV)
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Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL)
Australian Psychological Society (APS)
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Australian Society of Music Education (ASME)
Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM)
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN)
Australian Professional Thermography Association (AUSPTA)
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Canada Club of Victoria
Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV)
Catholic Education Melbourne
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Duntroon Society
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Global Post-Merger Integration (PMI) Partners
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria (GTAV)
Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)
International Coach Federation (ICF)
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Acknowledging your patronage
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Modern Greek Teachers’ Association of Victoria (MGTAV)
Mosaic Lab
Order of Saint John
Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (OXFAM)
Parkville Conference St Vincent de Paul
Phoenix Australia
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Retired Veterinarian Group
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Rotary Club of Carlton
Rushall Consulting Group
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Social Work Department Writing Group
Turkish Teachers Association of Victoria (TTAV)
The University of Melbourne
Ultrasound Education iHeartScan
University Lodge
MELBA GROUP Monthlymeetings
SLAVERY LINKS Regular meetings Royal Children's Hospital
The Graduate Union
The Peter Doherty Institute
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