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Next Lecture

15
Oct 2020

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Lecture by
Susannah Fullerton OAM
Author. President of the Jane Austin Society of Australia. Patron of the Rudyard Kipling Society of Australia.
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Upcoming lectures

19
Nov 2020
Phosphorus and Sustainability in Future
Dr Brent Jacobs
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News & reports

Newsletters
May 4, 2020
Keeping our shared interests alive during COVID 19
Hubert Regtop

In order to keep our shared interests in science, the arts, literature and philosophy alive in this COVID 19 period of hibernation...

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Reports
Sep 16, 2016
Chemical solutions for tricky problems

If we are unable to hand over to our children and their children, the means to at least as good a lifestyle as that we now enjoy we have failed miserably as a civilization.

Anne Wood
Reports
Aug 19, 2016
Chronic Pain

What is it? Why do we experience it? How do we experience it? What to do about it?

Anne Wood
Reports
Jul 25, 2016
The Age of Genomics

Dr David Suhy arrived to deliver his exciting lecture on the eve of his departure to the USA after spending one week at the Sydney Benitec offices...

Anne Wood
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