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 JanuaryELIZA 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 JanuaryTHE THEATRE: Past, Present and FutureJohn Unicomb


Monday, 16 JanuaryJOHN 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 JanuaryCLIMATE AND FOOD SECURITYHolger Meinke


Monday, 23 JanuaryCIRCA 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 JanuaryA 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 JanuaryBERLIN: 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 FebruaryMAUREEN AND ROY DAVIES
MEMORIAL LECTURE

STEM CELLS AND THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE
Professor Peter Rathjen


Monday, 6 FebruaryCOLLECTING NATURAL HISTORY: The Practicalities and Realities of a Naturalist's Field Trip in Nineteenth-Century Van Diemen's Land Eleanor Cave


Wednesday, 8 FebruaryFORGOTTEN 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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