The Graduate Union Newsletter - May
2015
Welcome to the May 2015 Newsletter This Issue:
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Donor Thank You Luncheon
May Monthly Luncheon with Dr Vicki White College Table - Vet Science with Dr Angus Campbell
Annual General Meeting and Dinner with guest speaker Ken V Loughnan AO April Monthly Luncheon Review Women’s Forum Review Workshop on Nominating Women for Awards Influenza Vaccination Day Review
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Reciprocal Association: The Kelvin Club
Academic and Professional Development Meetings
Upcoming GU Collegiate
Rotary and GU Health, Happiness and Wellbeing Twilight Seminar and Tastings - Peter Jensen
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Free Lectures at The University of Melbourne
Resident News University Sector News Puzzles
At Graduate House Divestment Campaign Donate for the Future of Graduates
Major General Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld AM OBE KStJ President of The Graduate Union, is delighted to announce our special guest for the
DonorThank You Luncheon
The Hon Ted Baillieu Sunday, 16th August 2015 This is an invitation-only function to acknowledge our generous donors.
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Upcoming Events We invite you, Members and non-members, to attend.
April R E S I D E N T S’ MEET AND GREET
BRIDGE NIGHT
Tuesday
Wednesday
28/04/2015
29/04/2015
Jo i n u s i n w e l c o m i n g new and returning residents to Graduate Ho u s e o v e r d r i n k s a n d dinner as we share our collegial approach.
C ome join others to play or learn to play the card game Bridge.
6 : 3 0 p m o nw a r d s
7:20pm for 7.30pm
Resident members No n - r e s i d e n t Members
Fr e e $15
Book Now via our website, by phone 03 9347 3428, through email to admingh@ graduatehouse.com.au or at the venue, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton.
Cost of $5 covers a s h a r e d p l a t t e r f o r s u p p e r, as well as tea and coffee.
May I TA L IA N C O N V E R S AT I O N DINNER
M O N T H LY LU N C H E O N
BRIDGE NIGHTS
Tuesdays
Wednesday
Wednesday
5,19/05/2015
6/05/2015
Come along to dine while l e a r n i n g t o s p e a k It a l i a n with an experienced t e a c h e r.
Dr Vicki White on ‘Population based studies relating to cancer, smoking prevention and experiences of care’.
6, 13, 20, 27/05/2015
6:00pm
12:00midday for 12:30pm
7:20pm for 7.30pm
Resident Members No n - r e s i d e n t Members Concession
$10
Cost of $5 covers a s h a r e d p l a t t e r f o r s u p p e r, as well as tea and coffee.
General Public
$40
Members
$15
No n - m e m b e r s
$20
$30
Jo i n a g a m e o r l e a r n to play the card game Bridge.
$35
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F R I DAY N I G H T D R I N K S A N D R E S I D E N T S’ MEET AND GREET
S P E C IA L M O R N I N G B R E A K FA S T
H E A LT H , HA P P I N E S S AND WELLBEING T W I L I G H T S E M I NA R A N D TA S T I N G S
Friday
Tuesday
Thursday
8/05/2015
12/05/2015
14/05/2015
Come along for an endof-week wind-down in an amiable atmosphere and join Resident and non-Resident members in sharing collegial culture over drinks and d i n n e r.
No n - r e s i d e n t m e m b e r s are welcome to join R e s i d e n t Me m b e r s f o r a hearty breakfast.
Sample great tastings . of food and wine with G r a d u a t e Ho u s e c a n a p é s and drinks and then hear Pe t e r Je n s e n’s v i e w s o n Lessons in Happiness from the Third World.
6:00pm to 8:00pm
7:30am to 8:30am
5:30pm then 6:30pm
Drinks and dinner at our ver y reasonable bar and dining room prices.
No n - r e s i d e n t Members
$15
S e e Daily Menu on our website.
Resident Members No n - r e s i d e n t Members Guest and non-members Concession
Fr e e $20 $25 $22.50
WO M E N ’ S F O RU M
C O L L E G E TA B L E DISCUSSIONS Ve t S c i e n c e
A N N UA L G E N E R A L MEETING AND DINNER
Wednesday
Friday
Thursday
20/05/2015
22/05/2015
28/05/2015
T h e M a y f o r u m i s a Jo i n t Wo m e n’s Forum and Me l b a G r o u p Wo r k s h o p o n ‘How to Nominate Women for Awards’.
Join Dr Angus Campbell as he leads discussion on ‘Nutrition sensitive agriculture: Is vegetarianism only for ageing white rock stars?’
The 103rd Annual General Meeting (members only) followed by the AGM Dinner with guest Ken Loughnan speaking on ‘Forming ‘tents’ across the world through Variety the Children’s Charity’.
10:00am for 10:30am
12:00midday for 12:30pm
AGM 5.30pm
Forum is free. Lunch is at dining room prices.
Lunch is at dining room prices.
Resident Members No n - r e s i d e n t Members Concession
$10
General Public
$40
Dinner 7.30pm
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$30 $35
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The
Monthly Luncheon with
Dr Vicki White ‘Population based studies relating to cancer – preventing adolescents from smoking; examining differences in cancer treatment and exploring patients’ experiences of care’. 12:00 noon for 12.30pm
May 6th Resident Members Non-Resident Members General Public Concession
$10 $30 $40 $35 ABN 5561066496
220 Leicester Street, Carlton, 3053 (03) 9347 3428 admingh@graduatehouse.com.au www.graduatehouse.com.au IAR No. A0023234B
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Dr Vicki White ‘Population based studies relating to cancer – preventing adolescents from smoking; examining differences in cancer treatment and exploring patients’ experiences of care’. Associate Professor Victoria White is a senior researcher at the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer (CBRC) at The Cancer Council Victoria. She has over 20 years’ experience in public health and oncology research involving significant collaborations that are cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional. Over her research career, A/Prof White has had two main research areas: understanding the prevalence of smoking among adolescents and identifying ways to improve the care of people with cancer. She leads a team of 8 researchers undertaking research investigating the effectiveness of different supportive care interventions for people affected by cancer, cancer patients’ experiences of care and understanding current treatment patterns for specific cancers and substance use among adolescents. In the past 5 years, A/Prof White has generated approximately $5,000,000 in grant applications from Australia’s peak peer review health and cancer specific funding agencies.
ABN 5561066496
IAR No. A0023234B
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Graduate House presents
College Tables Veterinar y Science College Tables are informal collegial lunch-time discussions on a ‘grand challenge’ issue in a graduate school field. The Graduate House College Table discussion on Friday, 22nd May 2015 will be led by Dr Angus Campbell, Senior Lecturer in Ruminant Medicine and Production, The University of Melbourne. Join us for lunch as Dr Campbell leads the discussion on Nutrition-sensitive agriculture: Is vegetarianism only for ageing white rock stars?
12 noon for 12:30PM
at
Graduate
Usual Dining Room prices apply
May 22nd 2015
House
Book online at www.graduatehouse.com.au, by phone 9347 3428, through email to admingh@graduatehouse.com.au or at the venue, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton.
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IAR No. A0023234B
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Dr Angus Campbell Angus Campbell is a Senior Veterinary Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Ruminant Medicine and Production with the Mackinnon Project, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences. He worked in private mixed (farm and companion animals) veterinary practice in rural Victoria and the UK before joining the Mackinnon Project in 2002. Through his work as a Senior Consultant he provides advice to farmers and farm groups on sheep and cattle health, production and farm management. He also conducts on-farm research in areas such as sheep husbandry, causes of disease and mortality in growing livestock, and infectious diseases transmissible between animals and humans. More recently, he has worked with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation on a study of the goat and sheep supply chain in Myanmar, and is currently researching cattle, sheep and goat production and health in that country as part of a program to improve livelihoods of the rural poor. ABN 5561066496
IAR No. A0023234B
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The Health, Happiness and Wellbeing Twilight Lecture Series and GU Tastings are proudly brought to you by the Rotary Club of Carlton and The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Inc
from 5:30pm
GRADUATE UNION TASTINGS The
T WILIGHT Lectures PRESENTS
from 6:30pm
Lessons in Happiness from the Third World TH U RSDAY, M a y 1 4 th Resident Members Non-Resident Members Adults Concession
FREE $20 $25 $22.50
Book by Wednesday, 13th May via our website, telephone (03 9347 3428), email at admingh@graduatehouse.com.au or in person at the venue, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton.
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PETER JENSEN Peter is an Economics Honours Graduate, former secondary school teacher and Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Business Wellbeing, Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong who cleared his desk, bade farewell to a number of clients, donned an author’s hat and wrote a book on the quest for the elusive, endlessly debated state of happiness. For 10 years he has run a successful and widely respected consultancy in happiness related fields, Leadership Facilitation and Organisation Transformation, nationally and internationally with individual and corporate clients such as ANZ Bank, BHP, Australian Unity, Air New Zealand, St George Bank, Shell, Transfield, Westpac, Thiess, Symantec, Toyota, Melbourne Water, Drake International, ABIGroup and Queensland Main Roads. He has emerged victorious after a long battle with depression and now epitomises the effective application of his theories and practices that are based on his observations of methodologies in the developing world and offset by cutting edge techniques and skills acquired during more than a decade in the happiness and wellbeing profession. Peter holds the unqualified view that happiness is sustainable.
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April Monthly Luncheon Review Wednesday, 1st April 2015 The Guugu Yimithirr and Captain Cook - Endeavour River 1770 Loretta Sullivan, President of the Cooktown Re-enactment Association, and Alberta Hornsby, a Guugu Yimithirr woman and Vice President of the Association, gave a jointly presented true story of the 48-day stay of Captain James Cook and 85 crew members on the banks of the Waalumbaal Birri (also now named the Endeavour River) repairing their ship, His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour, after it had run aground on the 17th June, 1770. Through narratives passed down through generations and studies of the journals of James Cook, Joseph Banks and Sydney Parkinson, Loretta and Alberta illustrated a shared history which was thought-provoking and surprising. James Cook was born in Yorkshire in 1728. He joined the Navy young and fought in the Seven Years’ War, a role which led to his commission in 1768 as Commander of the Endeavour. With excellent sea navigation, cartography skills and exploration, he and his crew were the first to map the Pacific Ocean. Joseph Banks was born in London in 1743. Educated at Eton College, he developed a keen interest in nature, history and botany. Inheriting his father’s impressive estate, and as an advisor to King George III, he urged the monarch to undertake expeditions, supporting this with considerable funding. Banks joined the Endeavour voyage with a small boat to make ventures to land and a select group of specialists, including Sydney Parkinson, an artist who went on to draw over 900 pictures and paint over 250 watercolours which resulted in almost 700 engraved plates of over 300 Australian species. The Endeavour has 13 recorded landing places on the eastern Australian coastline. The first was in Botany Bay on the 29th April, 1770. Unable to establish parlay with the original Australians, the Endeavour sailed north, landing upon the now Queensland coastline whenever short of water and for the purposes of research. Striking the Great Barrier Reef on the 10th June and sustaining significant damage, the crew jettisoned any unnecessary items until the ship was seaworthy and limped into Waalumbaal Birri. It was while on the banks of this beautiful river that the first significant contact took place between the Aborigines and the Europeans.
Alberta Hornsby and Loretta Sullivan
On the 10th of July the Guguu Yimithirr people launched a small canoe across the river and met with the explorers for the first time. A peaceful period of learning from each other then ensued, interrupted only when the Europeans failed to understand the significance of taking sea turtles on board to locals who protected carefully their land and its fauna and flora. The first reconciliation between the two cultures thence followed when the Europeans returned spears and darts that the crew had taken to avoid further attack. Alberta explained her feelings on Cook before she had begun deeper involvement with the ReEnactment Association. She lives in a town named after Cook - Cooktown - where her people’s Waymburr Manjal was renamed Gores Mount in 1770 and Mount Cook in the 1880s. There are monuments dedicated to Cook, the Shire she lives in is called Cook Shire and the river was renamed after his ship! She exclaimed “Captain Cook got up my nose!” Thus dragged reluctantly into a circle of Cook enthusiasts, she felt compelled to learn more and to delve deeper into the journal entries they had discovered. With her help, the Cooktown reenactment now includes also the perspective of the Guugu Yimithirr people. Showing a map of the many Indigenous Family Group land areas prior to European settlement, Alberta explained that Cook would have definitely met people from several Clans of the Guugu Yimithirr tribal nation and from the nearby Clans of the Kuku Yalanji tribal nation. They have gleaned this not only from the geographical location of the landing but also from journal entry descriptions of prominent landscapes,
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clothing, weapons, body paints and customs, as well as the artwork of Parkinson. These pointed to people within the clan lands of the NguymbaarrNguymbaarr and Gamay. These clans were of the White Cockatoo (Wandaar) totem and shared customary relationships. Cooktown was built upon the land of the Waymbuurr in the area traditionally called the Gangaarr. The land is one of 32 Guugu Yimithirr clan lands. Cook recorded in his journal that “[The Indigenous population] live in a tranquillity which is not disturbed by the inequality of condition. The earth and sea of their own accord furnishes them with all things necessary in life.” Alberta went on to outline the sophisticated social, legal, medical and scientific practices in place before European settlement. Each tribal land had a population of about 30-60 people with each land having complex and strict laws in order for the land to be sustainable. Kinship and responsibility were reflected through language, with kinship terms placing every person in society. Almost all the ‘new’ specimens that Banks had collected had already been named and classified: Banday (Beach Berry) became Parkinson’s Buchanania arborescens; Buthaya (Lady Apple) became Syzgium suborbiculare; Gabagaar (Red Beech or Yellow Guinea Flower) became Dillenia Alata, etc. Each also played its part as food, as medicine, in catching fish, for art and for ceremonies. The Endeavour’s crew were lucky to have chosen Waalumbaal Birri (Endeavour River) as the land they settled upon was a neutral zone for the surrounding clan groups from Guulu Yimithir and the Kuku Yalani. It was a place where mothers gave birth and ceremonies were held. Particularly, it was a place where no blood could be spilt intentionally. Spiritually, the people in this area believe in “wawu” - a breath or ghost that eventually ceases to visit a people and instead, travels east to inhabit the body of a white person. It is believed that this is why the Indigenous population did not immediately make contact with Cook. They were waiting to see if their ancestors remembered them and their land. From the 17th June bank landing to the 10th July, Bama, the local Indigenous people, thus observed and what they saw would have been concerning. The white people were taking large quantities of fish, plants, turtles and other food stuffs without consultation. Damage from guns had been observed and the gifts left for them were cleansed and then discarded, signalling the Bama’s mistrust of sinister motives.
The initial contact was made by a pair of Bama in a canoe. The Europeans responded by giving gifts that the Bama paid no mind to. Banks noted that the men wore red and white paint. Alberta explained that the colour red meant ‘the best’, these men obviously having been chosen as the best representatives and the best for making contact. White was used as a protection from danger. There were six meetings over a period of nine days. Each time new Bama-ngay came over with the original red and white visitors. Banks reports that “they soon became our very good friends” and were honoured with spear and millbiir (launching stick) demonstrations. On the 18th of July the Bama boarded the Endeavour for the first time. Shocked at the sight of 12 turtles aboard the ship, they tried to remove the turtles but were stopped by Cook’s men. Upon leaving the ship the Bama men then set fire to the grass settlement that Cook’s crew established on the shore, but no one, save a suckling pig, was burnt. Cook claims he was “obligated to fire a musket shot”. As the men ran, Cook and his men seized several darts that they feared would be used against them in the future. It was thanks to the peace offering by ‘the little old man’, a Waymbuurr Warra Elder with the authority to speak for the land and the people, that the first recorded reconciliation between Indigenous and white people came to pass. Cook returned the darts they had taken and Banks noted that “this reconciled everything”. However, after this interaction the Bama refused to go back on board the Endeavour. They continued, however, to extend assistance to the Europeans whenever possible, helping, for example, lost sailors find their way back to the ship through the bush. When the Endeavour left their shores, Banks notes that all the hills surrounding Waalumbaal Birri were on fire. Alberta does not have a definitive explanation for this event, but it might have been a cleansing ritual in case bad spirits had been left behind! Alberta was glad Cook returned safely to England but sees him as being shortsighted in not recognising the Guugu Yimithirr nation as owners of this land. His then claim of the land as Terra Nullius has thus denied the rights of the Bama to a ‘fair go’.
Thank you Alberta and Loretta for a fascinating and very informative account of a less well-known Bama encounter with what was obviously not “wawu”.
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Influenza Day Review ‘Be fluSmart – the flu vaccine is your best defence!’ On 13th April 2015, The Graduate Union held it’s fourth Annual GU Influenza Vaccination Day. As with previous years it was another successful health awareness event with almost 200 vaccinations being provided free of charge to Resident and non-resident Members, as well as to many staff and students from The University of Melbourne. Working once again with the Influenza Specialist Group (ISG) to launch their Annual Flu Awareness campaign, the flu shots were provided by BUPA and given by two of their Wellness Nurses who worked tirelessly throughout the day and to whom we extend our gratitude. The event received media coverage on Channel 7 in the evening news with several articles being published in newspapers and on the internet.
The combined Stillwell and Ian Potter Room was the venue where Flu vaccination were administered
The public have been urged to get their flu vaccination after a delay in vaccine production in 2015 due mainly to a revised formula having to be mixed and prepared for distribution. Influenza experts have advised that Australians have six weeks at the most to get a flu shot before cases start to rise on the back of a bad winter in the northern hemisphere. Vaccination is recommended for anyone over six months of age. It reduces the chance of getting influenza and has an effectiveness of about 60 per cent. Because the vaccine is grown in eggs, it is recommended that it should be avoided by those with severe egg allergies. The flu vaccine contains dead flu cells of the type expected in the coming flu season and broken-up bits of flu viruses that are expected to circulate during the upcoming season. Once injected into our arms, these pieces stimulate our body’s immune response to produce antibodies, which act as a defence that can rapidly swing into action when a live flu virus infects our nose and throat. Because the viruses in the vaccine are dead, they can’t give us flu.
Nikki Mennel, National Stroke Foundation, with the F.A.S.T campaign (i.e., check Face, Arm, Speech and Time is critical)
Helium balloons at the entrance to the vaccination rooms.
Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of The University of Melbourne, Professor Kwong Lee Dow (second from right) was among the first in the vaccination queue.
Ena Ahern and Peter Fuller were among Members who took advantage of the free flu shots
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2015 is the first year that two categories of influenza vaccines are available. The first category consists of vaccines that protect against three strains of the virus (known as trivalent influenza vaccines). Trivalent vaccines include two influenza A strains and one B strain. For 2015, one of the A strains is the H1N1 strain that has been in the seasonal vaccine since 2010. The other two strains have changed compared with the 2014 vaccines used in Australia and the 2014/2015 vaccines used in the recent Northern Hemisphere winter and will protect against the harmful new A(H3N2) viruses. It is likely that the standard trivalent vaccine will cover the great majority of the flu A and B strains expected to circulate in Australia this winter. The second category of vaccines protects against four strains of the virus (known as quadrivalent influenza vaccines). The quadrivalent vaccines contain the same strains as the trivalent vaccines with the addition of a second influenza B strain which provides extra insurance that may be useful if unexpected viruses begin to circulate. For more information, please go to: https://www.tga.gov.au/media-release/2015-seasonal-influenza-vaccines The Graduate Union is also grateful to The National Stroke Foundation (NSF) who were present at the GU Flu Day to provide vital information to foster wellness and the prevention of ill-health for our membership. Information pamphlets were available to promote awareness about Strokes. NSF representative, Nikki Mendel recommends that the most important thing in recognising signs of a stroke is by using the F. A. S. T. test. Using the FAST test involves asking these simple questions:
Thank you ISG, for your partnership in making this event a success!
Life Subscriber Promotion For a limited time only, Life Subscriber Membership is open from 1st June 2015 to 31st August 2015, before subscriptions are increased.
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
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The Women’s Forum Review The following are salient points discussed at the Youth and their Future forum on the 18th March. It is neither possible nor desirable to categorise ALL young people in one group as, individually, they come from a variety of backgrounds, whether social, cultural, economic, educational, etc. Perhaps there is some merit in concentrating effort on those most able to contribute to a positive and productive future for society in general - people with a potential for thinking creatively and beyond themselves? Young people, particularly teens and the early 20s are still maturing and, in most cases, have limited life experience, a capacity which is vital for dealing effectively with the realities of life. Society today imposes many and complex hurdles on progress to fully functional adult life (e.g., the paper qualifications and certificates of competence of degrees and diplomas). Such constraints were not operative in the past when natural talent or leadership qualities were allowed to flourish naturally (e.g., think Shakespeare, Beethoven, Nelson Mandela). In less advanced societies, particularly those with a tribal background, the young learned life skills by observing the tribal elders and from the stories passes from generation to generation. Perhaps as the “elders” of our western civilisation, we have a responsibility to pass on the accumulated “wisdom” of our life experience. As adults, most of us have taught young children the dangers inherent, and the skills involved, in crossing a busy road; and later how to drive motor vehicles on those roads. As the young move inexorably into the responsibilities of adult life, there is surely some value in making available, in some way, the life skills involved in the personal responsibilities of managing money, maintaining personal health and contributing positively to one’s social and cultural environment. As our generation ages the positions of leadership pass inevitably to the young. In every adult role (e.g., parenting, political, educational, business or social leadership) the lessons learned from life experience should not be underestimated. By and large, political leaders who shape our society appear to be more focussed these days on the short term goal of winning the next election than on the long term benefits of a viable, secure and sustainable future. Another crucial factor in the lives of our current younger generation is the enormous influence of modern technology (very often confusing or inaccessible to their elders) - computers and mobile phones permit instant and world-wide communication. Advertising tempts the unwary into expensive and frequently unnecessary acquisition of consumer goods and easy access to credit without a practical awareness of the danger of high interest rates. This “have it now and pay later” culture often leads to spiralling debt. Finally, the greatest dangers facing our young are the three “deadly Ds” - drugs (alcohol, ice, ecstasy, etc.), diseases of tempting but dodgy lifestyle choices (STDs) and distractions from what is often regarded as the “boring” path to responsible adulthood - (music, partying and peer pressure). Every age and stage of development in any context bring trials and tribulations. Middle and old age are times to learn how best to encourage and support our young and to learn how to hand over control with graciousness, good will and confidence. The next forum is a Joint Women’s Forum and Melba Group Workshop, entitled How to Nominate Women for Awards 20th May, 10.00am for 10.30am The Workshop Forum is free. Lunch is at member and non-member prices. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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Melba Group and Women’s Forum Workshop How to Nominate Women for Awards 20th May, 2015
10.00am for 10.30am
We all know that there are far fewer women than men receiving state, national and international awards. One punter, involved in the selection process for Victorian State awards, puts the ratio at 20/80. In other words, for every one woman receiving due recognition there are four men. In this ‘How to Nominate Women for Awards’ workshop these numbers will not be dwelt upon. Nor will the much already discussed ‘girls are no less than boys’ theme be addressed. The aim will be to get on and do something about nominating women for awards. Workshop attendees will be given useful and practical training on the process of nominating women for awards and for seeing each nomination through to a successful and deserved outcome. The following will be covered in this workshop: • Awards for which women should be nominated; • Processes for identifying women to be nominated; • The team to be formed for putting and following through each nomination to success; • Delegation of tasks in the nomination teams; • Scheduling, monitoring and achieving progress and quality control for each nomination; and • Coaching and supporting the nominees. Who will be at this workshop? Women who have received awards and women who have successfully nominated people for awards will be leading this workshop. Jan Harper OAM from the Melba Group will be a key workshop facilitator. Jan was the first Equal Opportunity Officer for The University of Melbourne, the Executive Officer of the Victorian State Premier’s Committee on the Status of Women and the initiator of the Mary Owen Dinner that was held annually over 20 years for up to 800 feminists. Establishing many mentor schemes for women at Monash University, being involved in the 1970s early Women’s Movement, being a founding Member of the Women’s Electoral Lobby and publishing research on women in the workshop, it is good to learn that she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2013 for service to the community through the promotion of equal opportunities for women. Encouraging attendance The workshop is free and will run for two hours. We ask that all Members of our Association inform others of this opportunity - for example, tell your sister, mother, daughter, work colleagues, etc. to pass on the word. There may be those who feel uncomfortable about self-nomination, about the ‘competitive rivalry’ of award contests and about being made more visible. Please reassure them that this workshop is about nominating someone else and about working as a supportive team. Perhaps, over time, we will also work towards methods for overcoming such reservations.
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Resident News “Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.” - John Wooden (1910 – 2010) Easter Celebration at Graduate House On Easter Monday, 5th April, many Graduate House residents took a break from assignments and study to celebrate Easter with an afternoon tea spread of traditional seasonal foods. They ranged from Chocolate eggs and lollies to a variety of hot cross buns straight from the oven. This event took place in the resident’s kitchen, and all in attendance enjoyed a relaxed social afternoon tea with lots of Easter goodies.
Chocolate Easter eggs
In addition, a guess-thenumber competition for Guess how many are there in this jar? a jar of M&M chocolate eggs was enthusiastically entered by a t t e n d i n g residents, with guesses ranging from 120 to almost 1000! Sadly there could only be one Hot cross buns winner, and at the end of the event the prize was claimed by Sahil, guessing the closest number and winning the jar filled prize! His guess was 341. The correct number was 334. The food, social atmosphere, and competition were a very welcome Monday afternoon break, with thanks to Candice Tan for organising this event. Liliana Bray, Publicity Committee Bollywood Night at Graduate House On Friday, 20th March, the Graduate House Student Group held its first social mixer event for 2015, with the fun theme of ‘Bollywood’! Following a delicious Indian dinner in the dining hall, residents moved to the Stillwell
Room to enjoy some sweet and savoury Indian snacks and drinks, with the room pulsating with Bollywood music. To get into the spirit of things, many residents tried on some colourful and stylish saris and scarfs for the occasion (thanks to Priya Rajoo for her generosity). To join in on the fun, and under the skilful teaching and direction of Sahil Khanna and Annelies Van de Ven, residents were able to pick up some useful Bollywood moves to dance along to. From common everyday activities such as ‘changing the light bulb’, ‘petting the goat’, ‘rowing the boat’, and ‘sweeping the floor’, residents were able to deftly groove along to some lively Bollywood songs! Next was the Bollywood dress-up competition, in which brave residents - including Wai Kin Tsui, Mattias Björnmalm and Manu Pavón García allowed other creative residents - Maryam, Iris Chan, Rofan Teo and Fatema Samina Yasmin - to dress them up in scarfs, pants and other colourful garb in order to see who could look the most ‘Bollywood’. While the competition was tough, and resourcefulness was certainly high, the audience cheer-o-meter chose two winners, though each participant received a prize for their efforts and enthusiasm (which included incense sticks and tasty packets of curry). Throughout the night, there was a queue at the henna (or Indian body art) station, as Pallavi Sinha and Chanchal Chandramouli did their magic on residents. Being able to choose from various intricate designs, residents got to enjoy the focused, patient and steady hands of the girls as they got their designs skilfully drawn (and had to be ever so careful not to smudge them during the night after). Some residents also tried their own hand at applying the dye, with some creative results! Huge thanks to all who helped with the event and for those who came along to dance a little, have a chat, and to mingle! We hope everyone had a fun night and hope to see you at the next event! Candice Tan on behalf of the Graduate House Student Group
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Thank You for your feedback I don’t think the event would have been nearly as good if not for the support from our lovely staff members. Special mention - Priya for generously lending us her colourful sarees, Basma who made such amazing food to set the mood. Not forgetting Bill and Aneesh who stayed late on a Friday night to oversee that everything ran smoothly. Sorry if I have accidentally forgotten anyone, will drop scribbled thankoooo notes when I get chance to. Chanchal Chandramouli www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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University Sector News Stories that may be of interest to our Members
Animal Justice in NSW The Animal Justice Party (AJP) has won the final seat in the New South Wales Upper House election. The AJP claimed victory by 3,177 votes over NLT (No Land Tax) due to preference votes from other parties. The newly elected party has expressed some strong ideas about the welfare of animals, as our readers may well have discerned from their title, though it is far too soon to see how their views will impact parliament when it sits later this year. On their website, the party emphasises a number of key policy issues. A primary issue is alteration of the classification of animals in Australia. Currently animals are not considered ‘sentient’ - that is, their current status is that of property or investment. The AJP seeks to raise that classification and introduce to parliament a national approach to protecting the rights of animals under law. Differing from other animal inclined political parties, the focus of the AJP is not to stop you from eating meat or owning pets, but instead to raise the welfare standards of both domestic and agricultural animals. They argue for fairer evidentiary burdens on the prosecution of animal cruelty, improved law enforcement concerning animals and a review of international law concerning animal products.
closure laws. For those who do not know, puppy farms are often the suppliers of dogs to pet stores. The dogs are kept permanently in small cages and made to breed until they are disposed of. The treatment of the dogs has now been determined criminal in nature within reasonable legal parameters. Other issues on the agenda for AJP include the banning of battery cages for hens, cruelty in the kangaroo meat trade, hunting in national parks, the high rates of euthanasia in pounds and in sports such as greyhound racing. As many of you have, or have had pets, it may well be very easy to understand the viewpoint that animals are not simply innate creatures or items for purchase. Each has a soul and personality that warrants sentient status, even if the law disagrees. For more information see: http://animaljusticeparty.org/policies/ animal-law/ or go to: http://theconversation.com/animal-justicewins-final-nsw-upper-house-seat-and-nswpoll-performance-40377
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The Pirates of New In the past month it is more than likely you have noticed the many news stories that pertain to internet piracy. Stories have ranged from the ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ fiasco to the ‘Game of Thrones Season Five download numbers. But what is internet piracy?
debauchery, death and dragons – says yes, it is. David Petrarca claims that it might actually help the industry by increasing ‘buzz’ around the show. Australians tend to agree with him with over a million downloads in the first six hours of the Game of Thrones Season Five release.
Internet piracy is when a person puts – or more technically, uploads – an item onto the internet for the purpose of allowing other people to download that item for free, regardless of how much it costs in reality. For example, an internet pirate would record a movie in a cinema and then upload it to the web so that others could watch it without having to pay for cinema entry.
On the other side of the spectrum, this year marked a landmark case that saw an Australian Federal Court Judge, Nye Perram, allow an American film business to sue over 4,000 Australians for illegally downloading the film Dallas Buyers Club. The decision means that those who downloaded the movie’s internet service providers, like iinet or Telstra, will be forced to hand over personal information to the business so that invoices can be sent out.
There are two primary philosophical sides to this argument. The first takes the side of industry, stating that piracy takes valuable information and creative property without recompense to the creators. The second takes its underpinning ideas from a rogue in Nottingham Shire: pirates simply take from the rich, to give to the poor. Both sides have merits. For example, a lot of television shows that are pirated require viewers to stay afloat in such a competitive industry. When downloaded and viewed online, the show loses a viewer and that ultimately puts the show on the path of cancellation. On the other hand, it is not always easy for all people to catch or afford their favourite programs. Is it thus okay to download that one program that you love, but is on at an awkward hour or on pay TV? The director of the ever increasingly popular Game of Thrones television series – a show involving
Wherever your opinions lies on the subject it is obvious that internet piracy is becoming more and more culturally acceptable. It might just be time for service providers to take action or adapt to this new industry. For more information on this changing landscape of internet piracy see: http://theconversation. com/from-convicts-to-pirates-australiasdubious-legacy-of-illegal-downloading-39912
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Puzzles Mind benders for our Members
Sudoku Sudoku is an 81 square grid comprising of nine square blocks, each with nine cells. To complete this puzzle, all blank cells must be filled with a number between and including 1 and 9. Each number can only appear once in each nine celled block, row and column.
Last edition’s results
Kakuro Use the numbers 1 to 9 to fill the empty cells so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the clue on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on top. Each number can only be used once per row/column.
Last edition’s results Answers
NB: There might be more answer combinations possible!
Please note that there might be more answer combinations possible. 10 19 18
12
4 6
5 27
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7 16
7 6
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Cryptic Crossword
Across 1. 4. 7. 9. 11. 12. 13. 13. 15. 18. 20. 22. 23. 24.
Bypass Portugal essentially, for travel permit (8) Juicy fruit, sounds like a couple (4) Jump over an obstacle, like a strongroom? (5) Sound property and sales talk (5) Prominent in regular geometry (5) Clumsy hawk warden, essentially (7) Dorsal monstrosity reveals large fish (6) Discovered pitiless drunk indoors (6) Sang less to reveal inclinations (6) Various dangers in horticultural areas (7) Wading bird used for lifting heavy objects (5) Fatal one revealed a claw (5) Stories retold using weaving materials (5) Sounds like a stupor lasting more than forty-eight hours (4) 25. No treaty amendment for lawyer (8)
Down 1. Political leader and British peer make something valuable (5) 2. Reveals assorted numbers (7) 3. Time out, sounds like animal feet (5) 5. More in telex transmission (5) 6. Talked about wheel part, beginning of November (6) 8. Amphibian featured in auto advert (4) 10. Conceals animal skins (5) 13. Sounds like a visual location (5) 14. Refit canoes for large expanses of water (6) 16. I sail on erratically for channel of communication (7) 17. Catch sight of egghead agent (4) 19. Team race in acre lay-by (5) 20. Boxcar goods are essential freight (5) 21. Adversary concealed in serene myth (5)
Last edition’s results Across: 1. Celebrate 4. Tea 6. Peril 8. Infer 9. Earth 10. Axiom 11. Extra 13. Unkind 16. Tales 17. Tasks 19. Idiom 20. Allot 21. End 22. Vaccinations
Down: 1. Caprice 2. Large 3. Alight 4. Termini 5. Alarm 7. Lariats 10. Amnesia 12. Tallied 14. Denotes 15. Atomic 16. Table 18. Salvo
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Meet at our centrally located facility before and after free Public Lectures held at various locations around The University of Melbourne. These lectures are usually held in the middle of the day or early evening (to suit city workers and students after their regular lectures). See http://events. unimelb.edu.au/all/free-public-lecture and share notice of these lectures across your networks. Non-members are welcome also to meet, dine or refresh here at Graduate House. Date Monday, 4th May Monday, 4th May
Tuesday, 5th May Tuesday, 5th May Tuesday, 5th May
Faculty or School 1.00pm - Barbara Falk Room, Melbourne 2.00pm Melbourne CSHE, Level Graduate 1, 715 Swanston Street School of Education Time
Venue
Title
Speakers
Overview of Internal Quality Assurance and Learning Outcomes Assessment in Japan
Tomoko Torii
Bookings and Enquiries Enquiries mjvk@unimelb.edu.au Call
4.30pm - Barbara Falk room, 6.00pm Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, Lvl 1, 715 Swanston St., Carlton (next to Rydges Hotel).
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
The Worldwide Tendency to High Participation Higher Education Systems (HPS): Evidence, interpretations, implications
Professor Simon Marginson
11.30am Leigh Scott room, Level - 1.00pm One, Baillieu Library
The University of Melbourne
Crouching Mycologist, Hidden fungi: truffle-like fungi
Dr Teresa Lebel
Graduate Study Expo
Future Student Event
03 9035 4673
Enquiries mjvk@unimelb.edu.au Call
03 9035 4673
Enquiries kyliean@unimelb.edu.au Call 03 8344 7617 Enquiries 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au
4.00pm - Woodward Centre, 7.00pm Level 10, Law Building, Pelham St, Parkville
The University of Melbourne
6.45pm - Lecture Theatre B117, 8.00pm Melbourne School of Design, Masson Road, University of Melbourne
Melbourne Climate is Culture - the Sustainable Cape Farewell project Society Institute, Melbourne School of Design
David Buckland
The University of Melbourne
Dr Jessie Birkett Rees, Enquiries Dr Andrew Jamieson, lucycw@unimelb.edu.au Professor Chris Call 03 8344 7637 Mackie, Ms Maxine McKew
Wednesday, 6.30pm - Auditorium, Education 6th May 7.30pm Centre, Shrine of Remembrance, Birdwood Ave, Melbourne
Battlefield Archaeology: The ANZAC Centenary Lectures
Call 13 MELB (13 6352) Enquiries mssi-enquiries@unimelb. edu.au Call
03 9035 8235
Wednesday, 6.30pm - Copland Theatre Melbourne The Art of the 6th May 8.00pm (Basement), The Spot, Sustainable Anthropocene 198 Berkeley St, Carlton Society Institute, Ian Potter Museum of Art
Mr William L Fox
Wednesday, 2.30pm - 4 Floor Linkway, Faculty of Arts 6th May 4.30pm John Medley Building, Parkville, The University of Melbourne
The Qualified Self: Social media and the cataloguing of everyday life
Associate Professor Enquiries Lee Humphreys caterina.sciaccia@unimelb. edu.au
Wednesday, 6.30pm - Theatre A, Elisabeth 6th May 8.00pm Murdoch Bldg, The University of Melbourne
Strangers at Home: The Give and Take of Life in the Borderlands of Judah
Professor Ron Tappy
th
Faculty of Arts
Enquiries potter-events@unimelb. edu.au Call
Call
03 8344 5148
03 8344 3996
Enquiries jacksonb@unimelb.edu.au Call
03 8344 1521
Thursday, 7th May
4.16pm - G16 (Jim Potter Room), Faculty of Arts 6.15pm Old Physics (Building 128)
Reliability and Necessary Truth
Professor Folke Tersman
Enquiries jmcbeth@unimelb.edu.au
Monday, 11th May
6.30pm - Melba Hall, Melbourne 7.30pm Conservatorium of Music, Gate 12, Royal Parade, Parkville
New Music Demystified: Cellist Friedrich Gauwerky
Friedrich Gauwerky
Call 03 8344 5142 Enquiries vcamcm-er@unimelb. edu.au
Faculty of VCA and MCM
Call
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Date Tuesday, 12th May
Tuesday, 12th May
Thursday, 14th May Thursday, 14th May Thursday, 14th May
Tuesday, 19th May
Time
Venue
Faculty or School
Title
6.00pm - The Carlton Connect Carlton Connect Thought LAB-14: Baby, 7.00pm Initiative, LAB-14, 700 it’s hot outside! Swanston Street, Carlton
Speakers
Bookings and Enquiries
Prof. Ruth Fincher, Prof. David Karoly, Chris Krishna-Pillay, Tony Lloyd, Lara Olsen
Enquiries carltonconnect-info@ unimelb.edu.au
The 2015 Barry Taylor and David Lewis Philosophy Lecture
Professor Philip Pettit
Enquiries jacksonb@unimelb.edu.au
1.00pm - Seminar Room, Australia Australia India 2.00pm India Institute,147-149 Institute Barry Street Carlton
Tiffin Talk: India – Open for Business
Mr Murali Nathan
6.30pm - Sunderland Theatre, 8.30pm Medical Building (Grattan Street)
Focus On Biomedicine
6.30pm - Theatre A, Elisabeth 7.30pm Murdoch Building, The University of Melbourne
Faculty of Arts
The University of Melbourne
Call
Call
03 8344 1521
Enquiries aii-rsvp@unimelb.edu.au Call
Future Student Event
03 8344 5226
03 9035 7538
Enquiries agrinton@unimelb.edu.au Call
03 8344 8414
1.00pm - 230 Theatre, Level 2, Melbourne 2.00pm Melbourne Graduate Social Equity School of Education, Institute 234 Queensberry Street, Carlton
Compulsory Mental Health Treatment in the Community: Are CTOs justified?
Professor Bernadette McSherry, Associate Professor Stefan Sjöström
Enquiries gary.dickson@unimelb. edu.au
11.30am Leigh Scott Room, Level The University - 1.00pm One, Baillieu Library of Melbourne
University of Melbourne Herbarium past and present
Dr Gillian Brown
Enquiries kyliean@unimelb.edu.au
The Medical War: The ANZAC Centenary Lectures
Warren Crossley, Prof. Peter Doherty, Prof. Doug Hilton, Prof. Sharon Lewin
Enquiries unimelb-events@unimelb. edu.au
Future Student Event
Enquiries agrinton@unimelb.edu.au
Wednesday, 6.30pm - Auditorium, Ground 7.30pm Floor, Melbourne Brain 20th May Centre, Kenneth Myer Building, Royal Parade, Parkville
The University of Melbourne
Call
Call
Call
03 9035 4251
03 8344 7617
03 8344 7637
Wednesday, 6.30pm - Carillo Gantner Theatre, The University 20th May 8.30pm Sidney Myer Asia of Melbourne Centre, Swanston St, Parkville Campus
Focus On Arts
Faculty of Arts Wednesday, 5.30pm - Theatre A, Elisabeth 8.00pm Murdoch Building, The 20th May University of Melbourne, Parkville.
War and Military Spending in the Ancient Athenian Democracy
Dr David Pritchard
6.30pm - B01 Lower Theatre, The University 8.30pm Faculty of Veterinary and of Melbourne Agricultural Science, Parkville Campus
Focus on Agriculture
Future Student Event
6.30pm - Copland (Basement 8.30pm Theatre), The Spot, Parkville Campus
The University of Melbourne
Focus on Commerce
Future Student Event
Enquiries agrinton@unimelb.edu.au
Wednesday, 6.00pm - Melbourne.Melbourne 7.00pm City Town Hall, 27th May 90-120 Swanston Street,Melbourne
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
The Brain’s Way of Healing
Dr Norman Doidge
Call 03 8344 8414 Enquiries info@florey.edu.au
Wednesday, 6.30pm - Turner Theatre (124, 27th May 8.30pm Botany Building, Parkville Campus
The University of Melbourne
Focus on Environments
Thursday, 21st May
Tuesday, 26th May
Call
Enquiries jacksonb@unimelb.edu.au Call
Call
Indigenous ANZACs: The ANZAC Centenary Lectures
Wednesday, 5.30pm - Terrace Lounge, Walter 27th May 7.00pm Boas Building
‘Special’ responsibilities in the Responsibility to Protect
Melbourne School of Government
03 8344 8414
03 9035 7006
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The University Wednesday, 6.30pm - Yasuko Hiraoka Myer 7.30pm Room, Level 1, Sidney of Melbourne 27th May Myer Asia Centre (Building 158), Swanston Street, Parkville
03 8344 1521
Enquiries agrinton@unimelb.edu.au Call
Future Student Event
03 8344 8414
03 8344 8414
Dr Vincent Alessi, Mr Brook Andrew, Professor Marcia Langton, Ms Maxine McKew
Enquiries unimelb-events@unimelb. edu.au
Professor Jason Ralph
Enquiries rchristie@unimelb.edu.au
Call
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings Thank you for your patronage The following groups from The University of Melbourne have convened meetings, workshops and seminars at Graduate House. Department of Finance
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Department of Management and Marketing
Faculty of Business and Economics
20 th, 27 th March 10 attendees
3rd, 12 th March 65 attendees
6 th March 50 attendees
2nd, 5 th, 10 th, 19 th, 23 rd, 25 th March 15 attendees each day
School of Population and Global Health
Melbourne School of Land and Environment
UoM Commercial - Communications and Engagement, Oncology, Graduate Certificate in Clinical Teaching and Curriculum Leadership
27 th March 30 attendees
12th March 7 attendees
11th, 13th, 14 th, 15 th, 16 th, 17 th, 19 th, 20 th, 30 th March 141 attendees
The patronage of organisation Members in charitable, not-for-profit, government and professional development sectors is acknowledged, as is that of our many Members who organise functions. We look forward to welcoming you again soon.
Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Association (AFMLTA)
Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL)
Association of PublicSafety Communications Officials (APCO) Australasia Ltd
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
14 th March 25 attendees
30 th March 52 attendees
5 th March 60 attendees
3rd March 20 attendees
Australian Professional Thermography Association Inc (AUSPTA)
Australian School of Applied Management (ASAM)
Australian Asian Association (AAA)
Australian Film Base (AFB) 4-month Film School
28 th March 40 attendees
17 th, 18 th March 26 attendees
2nd March 6 attendees
17th, 24th, 31st March 15 attendees each day
Australian Food Hygiene Services (AFHS)
Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN)
Bionic Vision Australia (BVA) Board Meeting
Catholic Education Office Melbourne
26 th March 15 attendees
20 th March 14 attendees
19 th March 12 attendees
13 th March 31 attendees
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings
Centre for Aquatic Pollution Identification and Management (CAPIM)
Chase Performance Organisational Health Workshop
College of Health Psychologists (CHP) Therapy Workshop
Environment Protection Authority (EPA)Victoria
25th March 15 attendees
4th March 12 attendees
5th March 35 attendees
31st March 8 attendees
GU GHSG (Graduate House Student Group) Residents Bollywood Night
Keith Ryall International House Alumni
Melba Group
Melbourne North Police Station
20th March 70 attendees
20 th March 30 attendees
27 th March 18 attendees
24 th March 25 attendees
Michael Quin Ex PAV Group
Modern Greek Teachers Association of Victoria (MGTAV)
Modern Language Teachers’ Association of Victoria (MLTAV)
Organisation Development Australia (ODA)
25th March 10 attendees
4th, 26 th, 31st March 6 attendees each day
12th, 13th, 19th March 59 attendees
25th March 40 attendees
Parentshop Pty Ltd
Physio Therapy
Probus Club Inc Carlton Parkville
Research, Innovation and Commercialisation Clinical, Allergy
23rd, 24th March 26 attendees
13th March 30 attendees
10 th March 70 attendees
24th, 26th, 27th March 64 attendees
Rotary Club of Carlton Lunch and Board Meetings, D9800 and Heritage Cluster
Social Work Social Work Department Writing Group
Supply Chain Logistics Association Australia (SCLAA)
UNSW Canberra ADFA Laser Safety Course
3rd, 10th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 31st March 154 attendees
17th, 23rd March 48 attendees
19th March 6 attendees
16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th March 53 attendees
MICHAEL QUIN Ex-PAV Group
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)
24th March 21 attendees
The Graduate Union GU Collegiate and Governance Meetings.
3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 17th,18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 31st March 490 attendees
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At Graduate House Ron and Lynne Fellowes Life member Darren Room hosted friends Ron and Lynne Fellowes on the 24th March in the dining room. Like Darren, Ron shares a passion for travel and motorcycles.
Darren Room, left, with Ron and Lynne Fellowes
Ron and Lynne have been married for 49 years and now live in Huon Valley in Tasmania. Ron was a guest speaker at the Australian Adventure Travel Film Festival and the inaugural Australia Motoring Festival in 2015. In 2012, to fulfil a lifelong dream, Ron Fellowes rode his 102-yearold Belgian FN motorcycle from Nepal to Belgium, where the bike originated. With no back-up team or GPS, and on a single-speed machine with inept braking, his odyssey had all the hallmarks of impossible. Ron and Lynne also spent three years motorc ycling from the top to the bottom of the world in the 1980s. They recently authored a book entitled No Room for Watermelons: A man, his 1910 motorcycle and an epic journey across the world. Louisiana Group from USA Group Study Exchange is a flagship Rotary program for business and professional men and women aged between 25 and 40 years. It provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits between paired areas in different countries. For four to six weeks, team members experience the host country’s institutions and ways of life, observe their own vocations as practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships and exchange ideas.
This year Rotary District 9800 (of which the Rotary Club of Carlton is a member) is exchanging with District 6840 which serves southeast Louisiana, including New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The incoming team arrived on the 21st February, 2015. They were welcomed to the Rotary Club of Carlton’s lunch on the 17th March after having attended the District 9800 Conference in Hobart from the 12th to the 14th of March. The Louisiana team, together with the Melbourne exchange team will depart on the 22nd March for the United States, to return four weeks later after having undertaken a host of visits to workplaces in Louisiana and attending the Rotary District 6840 Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi in April.
Delegates from the Louisiana Group exchange program with Keith Ryall (back left) and Ian Ada (front second left) of the Rotary Club of Carlton
Thank you for your booking: The School of Population Health’s Health Economics Unit within the Centre for Health Policy held a short course entitled ‘Introduction to Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health’ on the 27th February, 2015. 35 attendees participated in
Health economic course attendees in the combined Stillwell and Ian Potter Room
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ANZAPPL (Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law) held an evening function with 52 delegates.
Thank you for your feedback Rosie Ellul takes great care of our needs in the lead up and during our event. It was an excellent process in organising my function at Graduate House. The function room suited our needs, the food was delicious and the staff at Graduate House are always exceptional especially Rosie Ellul and Marwa. Tracy Painter Bionic Vision Australia The University of Melbourne
The ANZAPPL delegates enjoying canapés.
Submit a Dining Room Feedback Form to be in the monthly draw and in the running for the year-end prize of a $500 Coles Myers Gift Voucher.
With a number of new staff and visitors, the numbers were increased at short notice and the management at Graduate House responded swiftly to accommodate food, seating and beverage without compromise to service and food and without interruption to the flow of the Department meeting - fantastic job many thanks! Having learned what is provided, there isn’t anything that was required in addition to what was supplied. The food, both in terms of quality and quantity, was excellent and the staff were helpful in both the lead up and during the event.
The lucky feedback-giver for February was David Wilson who won a bottle of Rococo, Blanc de Blancs, Yarra Valley.
Eileen Doufas-Shea, Department of Infrastructure Engineering The University of Melbourne
Special General Meeting on 31st March 2015 At a special General Meeting on the 31st March, 2015 the following was resolved by the Members of the Association: that we, the Members of The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Incorporated, approve that rule 54.3 be amended as follows: (a) by adding after the words “maximum tenure of three (3)” the word “consecutive”; and (b) by adding at the end of the rule the sentence “For the avoidance of doubt, this rule shall operate retrospectively and shall apply to and include all terms served by Council Members prior to the commencement of the operation of these Rules on the 12th June, 2014.” Rule 54.3 was thence amended and now reads: A Council Member elected in accordance with rule 49.1(b) may serve a maximum tenure of three (3) consecutive terms and shall not be eligible to stand for election to Council thereafter for at least three years. For the avoidance of doubt, this rule shall operate retrospectively and shall apply to and include all terms served by Council Members prior to the commencement of the operation of these Rules on the 12th June, 2014.
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Eat Street
Eat Street 2015 - Around the World in Forty Dishes - brings together over 50 of Melbourne’s best chefs and Australia’s top wine & beverage companies. This unique event will take you on a food and beverage journey at one of Melbourne’s best venues - The Sofitel Melbourne On Collins. Proudly Supporting Variety - the Children’s Charity. Join the conversation at #eatstreet2015
TUESDAY 19 MAY eatstreetmelbourne.com $160 per person or group bookings, buy 10 and get the 11th free! All food and drinks included.
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The Divestment Campaign 22nd April, 2015 The Graduate Union is grateful to Resident Member Oliver Lovell for representing our college, Graduate House, during National Day of Campus Divestment Action on Wednesday 22nd April, 2015. For The University of Melbourne the action commenced on the South Lawn at midday with participants forming a giant orange X. This was followed by speeches, an ‘oil spill’ and a short march to the Raymond Priestley Building to deliver a petitions signed by thousands of students, staff and alumni to the University Secretary who collected them on behalf of the University Council. The University has been working on a Charter on Sustainability and Climate, likely to be adopted by the University in June. The Day of Action was to demonstrate the University’s community support for full divestment of fossil fuel investment portfolios within five years.
See if you can spot Resident Member Oliver Lovell. Clue = the only one with writing on his piece of cardboard.
The international campaign to stop investing in oil, coal and gas companies (the fossil fuel industry) has been gaining significant momentum of late. Early in April, the Guardian Media Group, the owners of one of the world’s largest news organisations, began the process of divesting its entire £800 million ($1.2US billion) portfolio and re-investing in socially responsible alternatives. This followed a decision by the Syracuse University (a private university in New York) - after two years of campaigning by students - to remove its $1.18bn (£800m) endowment from direct investments in fossil fuel companies, and similar commitments from Stanford University, Maine University, Glasgow University and the New School in New York. The Guardian in partnership with 350.org continues also with its own climate change campaign which is to press two of the world’s largest charitable foundations - the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust to stop investing in oil, coal and gas companies. www.graduatehouse.com.au | ABN: 55610 664 963 | Incorporated Association Registration No. A0023234B
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Reciprocal Association The Kelvin Club - History and Heritage contribution
Today, the Kelvin Club is one of the most respected senior private members Clubs in the City of Melbourne that is innovative, whilst respecting tradition. They celebrate their 150th anniversary this year with keynote events that highlight elements of their history and culture. Whilst understanding the importance of looking back and reflecting on the last 150 years of their journey, the Kelvin Club focused on looking ahead as they build new partnerships, work with local businesses and charities and aim towards ensuring that they have a positive impact in the community.
the preponderance of engineers and scientists amongst the membership. The President of the Club at this time was JT Wilkins, then chief of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade.
The Kelvin Club was formed on 3rd January and then formally incorporated on the 13th January, 1865 as the Fitzroy Bowling Club, under the presidency of Hon. George Harker, MLA. The Club and bowling greens were originally located in the centre of Victoria Parade, opposite the old Presbyterian Ladies’ College and there were cable trams on the north side of the plantation.
The Kelvin Clubhouse in Melbourne Place is heritage listed. It was built in the mid 19th century as Watson’s Warehouse and has served several purposes. During the 1920-50s, it was the broadcast and recording studio for 3LO (now 774), followed by the ABC, and subsequently 3AW Radio. The Club took over both floors following their departure in 1956.
The first President, George Harker (1816-1879) was a member for Collingwood of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly and treasurer in the second O’Shanassay ministry who was responsible for introducing bills for payment of members and (unsuccessfully) the abolition of state aid to religion in 1864-65. Interestingly, links were retained to early Victorian politics through Kelvin Club members Fiona Patten and Hon.David Davis, both members of the Victorian Legislative Council.
In May 1945, the Committee voted to allow gentlemen of the Jewish persuasion to join the club, a demonstration of the inclusive nature of the Club. In 1976, the Stock Exchange Club amalgamated with Kelvin and fifty-nine of their Members were added to Kelvin’s roll, bringing with them many fabulous art pieces. Minutes dating back to 1968 indicate the Committee’s desire to offer membership to women; this was, however hampered by legislation.
When an electric tramline was to be placed along the plantation in 1927, the Club moved to 53/55 Collins Place. In view of no longer having a bowling green in the new CBD location, the name was changed to The Kelvin Club. This reflected
In 1936 the Club moved again to leasing premises at 360 Little Collins Street. In 1946, during the Presidency of Sir Leo Curtis (Lord Mayor of Melbourne 1964-65), the Club moved downstairs to their current premises at 14-30 Melbourne Place. Initially leasing the space, in 1947, the Club later purchased the freehold in 1950 for £50,000.
As a result of changes to liquor licensing laws in 1995, the club was finally able to admit female members. The official date of this policy change was the 14th February, 1995. Perhaps not a coincidence that it was also St Valentines Day.
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