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Contents GU Collegiate events 2 What’s on in November 6 November Monthly Luncheon 8 Recurring Events Updates 9 Help shape the future of University Square Stage 2 10 UoM Free Public Event: China and India, our journey ahead s
GU Promotions 4 Plan your end-of-year event 4 Traditional Christmas menu 5 Christmas BBQ menu
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WHATS ON IN NOV 01
Wednesday
NOVEMBER DINNER 6:00pm for 6.3pm With guest speaker, Brigadier Bob Slater AM, who’s presentation titled, George Selth Coppin: a shaper of Victoria, will cover George’s colourful life and the examplary legacy he has left for Victoria. DineIn: Members $39, non-Members: $44.
01, 08, 15, 22, 29
Wednesday
BRIDGE NIGHT 7:15pm – 9:30pm Join us for Bridge Nights every Wednesday evening. All levels of bridge players welcome. Player fees: Members $2, non-members $5. Food and beverages at bar prices.
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Friday
SPECIAL BARISTA BEVERAGE 7:30am – 8:30am
Special breakfast beverage for residents at Graduate House. Free for Resident Members.
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FOR BOOKINGS: phone: (03) 9347 3428 email: membership@graduatehouse.com.au website: www.graduatehouse.com.au
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Wednesday
WOMEN’S FORUM
10:00am for 10:30am start The topic of this forum is ‘How has the pandemic affected you and those around you?’ New members are welcome. The Forum is FREE.
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Friday
MEMBERS DRINKS NIGHT 5:30pm onwards
Come along in your own groups or come meet new friends and enjoy a relaxing, convivial, no fuss wind-down to your working week. Members and Non-members prices apply.
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G U PROM OTI O N
Plan you end-of year Christmas party at Graduate House!
Function Menu Traditional Christmas Available 6th November to 18th December 2023 Set menu for lunch or dinner / Table service is 50/50
Entrée
Prawn, mango and avocado salad with lime (gf) (df) Asian squash salad with crispy duck (gf) (df) Goat cheese, grilled eggplant, capsicum and sundried tomato salad (v) (gf) (vegetarian option)
Main Course
Seasoned turkey breast with apricot and roasted macadamia nuts stuffing served with roasted vegetables and gravy (gf) (df) Grilled salmon with fennel, red pepper, green olives and saffron orange vinaigrette (gf) (df) Vegetarian filo curry with mushroom sauce (v+) (vegetarian option)
Dessert
Plum pudding with custard brandy sauce (v) Mixed berry pavlova (gf) (v) Summer fruit salad (v+) (gf) Two courses $64.50 per person Three courses $75.50 per person Minimum 15 Guests (df) dairy free (gf) gluten free (v) vegetarian (v+) vegan
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G U PR O M OT IO N
Choice of Traditional Christmas orChristmas BBQ Menu in the courtyard We provide a season festive ambience, complete with Christmas table setting and trimmings for your event.
Function Menu Christmas Barbeque Menu Available 6th November to 18th December 2023 Set menu for lunch or dinner In the Graduate House Courtyard
Main Course
Porterhouse steak (gf) (df) Marinated lamb skewers (gf) (df) Gourmet sausages Lemon garlic chicken (gf) Vegetarian burgers (v) Grilled haloumi cheese and summer vegetable platter (gf) (v) Onions (v+) (gf) Baked potatoes with herb sour cream (gf) (v) Spicy grilled tofu (v+) (gf) Selection of summer salads (v) (gf)
Dessert
Blueberry pavlova (v) (gf), Fruit salad and cream (v) (gf)
$67.50 per person Minimum 25 Guests (df) dairy free (gf) gluten free (v) vegetarian (v+) vegan
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November Dinner Wednesday, 1st November DineIn Time: 6:00pm for 6:30pm start Online login: 7:10pm for 7:15pm start
Topic
George Selth Coppin : a Shaper of Victoria
George Coppin (1819 – 1906) was a man of many parts. First and foremost he brought theatre to Australia, especially in Victoria, but he was also influential in most aspects of Victoria’s early development including politics, sport, transportation and social services. Yet despite this, he is largely unknown to most Victorians today. This presentation by Bob Slater covers Coppin’s colourful life and the exemplary legacy Coppin has left for Victoria. 6
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presented by
Brigadier Bob Slater AM FAIM FIEAust FAAG MFIA MRSV: Bob Slater considers his primary profession, an Army officer and Military engineer (aka ‘sapper’). He graduated from the Royal Military College of Australia Duntroon in 1963. He is a graduate in civil engineering from University of NSW and has since gained graduate diplomas in administration and gerontology and masters in equipment technology and management. Bob is a Life Member of the Graduate Union. He was the recipient of a Member of the Order of Australia (Military Division) in the 1992 Queen’s Birthday honours list. After his full time service, Bob settled in Melbourne and was involved in project management with Caterpillar Australia and various engineering consultancy companies. He then became General Manager of an aged care organisation, where he developed his interest in George Coppin. Following that, in semiretirement, he was involved in fundraising for a variety of charitable organisations.
TO BOOK:
PRICING:
Phone: 03 9347 3428
Dine in: Members $39, non-members $44
Email: membership@graduatehouse. com.au
Virtual Attendance: Members $10, non-members $15
Online booking: https://bit.ly/3PBFwxH RSVP by: Wednesday, 25th October 2023
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Recurring Events Women’s Forum Wednesday 15th November 10:00am for 10:30am start The topic of this forum is ‘How has the pandemic affected you and those around you?’ The Forum is FREE and is open to all women - any age, any discipline. Discussions are in an informal, warm and friendly atmosphere. The topics are varied at every forum and we welcome new ideas.
Members Drinks Night Friday 17th November 5:30pm onwards Come along in your own groups or come meet new friends and enjoy a relaxing, convivial, no fuss wind-down to your working week. Members and Non-members prices apply.
Bridge Nights Wednesday 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th November 7:15pm – 9:30pm Join us for Bridge Nights every Wednesday evening. All levels of bridge players welcome. Player fees: Members $2, non-members $5. Food and beverages at bar prices.
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Help shape the future of University Square Stage 2 have your say by 16 November 2023.
With the Parkville Station set to open in 2025, University Square will become the doorstep to one of the city’s newest public transport hubs. That’s why City of Melbourne has updated the Master Plan - responding to the many changes the Metro Tunnel will make to Carlton. They are now planning for Stage Two of the project and invite you to share your feedback on their draft design and tell them how you would like to use the space. Key features include: • • • •
more than 2500 square metres of public open space for recreational and social activities. new garden beds and lawn, providing lush neighbourhood greening the community has been asking for. 41% tree cover, helping to create a cooler environment in summer. street furniture such as chairs, drinking fountains, picnic tables and bike hoops.
To Read the Master Plan, view the Draft Concept Design or share your feedback via the survey, go to https://bit.ly/3RXU7Fj. You can also scan this QR code.
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UPDATES
Faculty of Business and Economics
CENTRE FOR ASIAN BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS (CABE) PUBLIC LECTURE
China and India: our Journey Ahead Presented by:
Richard Yetsenga, ANZ Group Chief Economist Richard Yetsenga is Group Chief Economist and Head of Research at ANZ, based in Sydney. He leads the Bank’s global research team, which focuses on Australia, New Zealand and Asia.’ Richard regularly appears on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and other regional media, his work has been published by the Lowy Interpreter, and he is an editorial contributor in the Australian Financial Review, The Australian, The Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Singapore’s The Business Times and Japan’s Nikkei. To register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/china-and-india-our-journey-ahead-tickets731692109797?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Date:
Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
Time:
6:30pm - 7:30pm Join us for pre-lecture drinks and canapes from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Venue:
Prest Theatre, Ground Level, FBE Building (Building 105), 111 Barry Street The University of Melbourne, Carlton VIC 3053
China and India: our Journey Ahead The Centre for Asian Business and Economics (CABE) is proud to present a free Public Lecture China and India: Our Journey Ahead presented by Richard Yetsenga, ANZ Group Chief Economist. Over the past two decades, the global (and Australian) economy has been dominated by China’s rise. China achieved the largest poverty reduction in history, became the world’s second largest economy and the largest trading nation. Despite this, many foreshadowed even greater times ahead. In recent years, however, growth has slowed and foreign capital flows has exited. These developments are not, for the most part, the result of transitory conditions that policy can easily address. China’s economic fundamentals have shifted; irrevocably. The age of China’s economic exceptionalism has ended, and the search for alternative opportunities has commensurately strengthened. China will remain much larger than any other economy in the region, but perspectives are increasingly shifting to the West. India looms large in that vision. India is already the world’s fifth largest economy despite having a GDP per capita of less than USD3000. India’s rise is not guaranteed, but the shift in conditions is undeniable. The pandemic era shifted global working patterns in ways India is uniquely placed to capture. The Covid period also saw India move on its physical infrastructure, to narrow the gap with what the IMF labelled “world class public digital infrastructure”. While geopolitics for many economies has deteriorated, India is in something of a geopolitical sweet spot. Hindsight is a wonderful forecaster. China’s performance over the last two decades is now treated as transparently predictable, when it was anything but at the time. There also seems to be implied criticism of India’s development because it is charting its own path. Economic development has no tried-and-tested recipe. India is not China, but the China of two decades ago didn’t much resemble the China of today either. No doubt India has an unenviable to-do list. But the to-dos are what give the upside.
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WHO WE ARE The Graduate Union and The Graduate House are unique. We are an association of graduates, a residential college for postgraduates and a graduate meeting place. It was established in 1911 as a graduate membership association with The University of Melbourne. In 1962, we became a residential college specifically for university graduates.
THE GRADUATE UNION of The University of Melbourne Inc.
220 Leicester Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia Telephone: +61 (0)3 9347 3428 ww.graduatehouse.com.au
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