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SUMMER PROGRAM 2012
9 January - 8 February 2011
Convenor: Astra Palkovs
Venue: University of Tasmania Life Sciences Theatre No. 1
Time: 10am to 11am
Engage your intellect with a University of the Third Age Public Lecture: With expert speakers there's always something new to discover. Everyone welcome - bring your friends.
| Monday, 9 January | ELIZA FORLONGE: Pioneer of the Fine Wool Industry in Australia.
The Taylor family of Winton, near Campbell Town, are the proud custodians of the Saxon Merino breed introduced to Tasmania in the 1830s by Eliza Forlonge. | Vera & John Taylor |
| Wednesday, 11 January | THE THEATRE: Past, Present and Future | John Unicomb |
| Monday, 16 January | JOHN SKINNER PROUT - His Life and Works
John Skinner Prout was an English artist who spent seven years in Australia during the 1840s. Due to his adventurous spirit and positive nature, his time in Australia influenced art appreciation and acceptance among the public in the colonies of New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land and Victoria | Tony Brown |
| Wednesday, 18 January | CLIMATE AND FOOD SECURITY | Holger Meinke |
| Monday, 23 January | CIRCA ARCHITECTURE - Recent Works
Award-winning architects whose built works include Corumbene, Strahan Visitors Centre, Forest Eco Centre, the IXL Development, Port Arthur Prototype and the luxurious Saffire Freycinet.
| Robert Morris-Nunn
Poppy Taylor |
| Wednesday, 25 January | A PAINTER LOOKS AT PAINTING
How do you see other works of art when you try to make art yourself? Paul will look at some of the paintings which have been influential in his life as a painter.
| Paul Boam |
| Monday, 30 January | BERLIN: City between East and West
Who better to speak about this city than someone who can say: "Ich bin ein Berliner."
| Heinz Vojacek |
| Wednesday, 1 February | MAUREEN AND ROY DAVIES
MEMORIAL LECTURE
STEM CELLS AND THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE
| Professor Peter Rathjen |
| Monday, 6 February | COLLECTING NATURAL HISTORY: The Practicalities and Realities of a Naturalist's Field Trip in Nineteenth-Century Van Diemen's Land
| Eleanor Cave |
| Wednesday, 8 February | FORGOTTEN VICTIMS OF A FORGOTTEN WAR
Hobart journalist, Bruce Montgomery, will talk about some of the long-term effects on local people caused by the US spraying the defoliant Agent Orange during the Vietname War. He will explain how the charity he set up to help some of these people, the Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange Trust, operates through the Orange Cows projects.
| Bruce Montgomery |
Venue:
University of Tasmania Life Sciences Theatre No.1 (on the upper side of Churchill Avenue). Take a bus to Churchill Avenue, Stop 14, use the overpass and turn left to the Life Sciences Building. The theatre is just inside the door.
Enrolments:
Enrolments are unnecessary. Bring your friends - all are welcome. The theatre holds 160 and a capacity audience is the best compliment to our speakers.
Admission:
Gold Coin Donation (includes morning tea.)
Parking:
Parking restrictions are strictly enforced and permits are required for many areas. Free parking is mostly in College Road and French Street. Voucher parking is available in the visitors' car park and various other locations including Dobson Road and Grosvensor Crescent. The fee is $0.30 per hour.
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