Saw this mentioned on Y&B. For anyone interested ...The Centenary Lectures 20082008 is the Centenary of Swinburne University of Technology. It is also the Centenary of female suffrage in Victoria, the Richmond Football Club, and one of the pioneering Labor Governments of Australia – and the world!
The Faculty of Life of Social Sciences is proud to announce The Centenary Lectures 2008. Distinguished speakers will tell the story not only of Swinburne, but also other institutions forged at the same moment of history. The Lectures will conclude with a special lecture which looks ahead to the future of universities – and Swinburne!
The Centenary Lectures will be held in AS404, from 12.30 to 1.30pm.
Light refreshments will be provided.
All are welcome.Richmond Football Club & Australian Rules
Professor Geoffrey Blainey
26 September, 20082008 is the centenary of the Richmond Football Club, and the sesquicentenary of Australian Rules. Our distinguished speaker on the eve of the 2008 Grand Final is Geoffrey Blainey, the author of A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football (1990). He is also the author of 36 other books, including The Tyranny of Distance (1966) and A Short History of the World (2000).
http://www2.swinburne.edu.au/lss/seminars/centenary/
