Guest Speaker: Emeritus Prof. Graeme Davison AO
Subject: Suburbs Past and Future
Time: 9.15am for 9.30am
Date: Friday 28th March
Balwyn Community Centre
412 Whitehorse Road
Balwyn
General Meeting
Graeme Davison was born in Melbourne and educated at the universities of Melbourne, the Australian National University, and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
He has taught at the University of Melbourne, and from 1982 to 2005, was Professor of History at Monash University. He was Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University, a visitor in the Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities at Edinburgh, and also at King’s College, London.
He has written many books which are widely recognized, both in Australia and internationally, and is co-editor of The Oxford Companion to Australian History.
Graeme is a former President of the Australian Historical Association, Chairman of the Heritage Council of Victoria, a Fellow of the Australian Academies of Social Sciences and Humanities, and a prominent advisor and commentator on museums, heritage and urban policy. He is recognized as Australia’s leading urban historian and is an Officer in the Order of Australia.
After morning tea, the meeting is addressed by a guest speaker. (Click on “General Meeting” above for each year’s speakers since 2012).
After the meeting, a number of members choose to stay at the Community Centre for a catered lunch.
There is ample free parking in nearby streets, or you can come by tram – we are on the ‘109’ route that runs to and from Box Hill (stop 50).
You will receive a warm welcome, and someone will be assigned to introduce you to other members. Come join us.