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Sticky – once-off talks

Feb 222021
 

Our once-off talks

Every fortnight during term time, we organise for someone to give a presentation to which any of our members can attend. Thanks for Cath Bauman and Pam Griffith for organising. Here are the talks over the past couple of years.

  • Alan Cuthbertson: Climate change and Extinction Rebellion.
  • Dianne Parslow: Powerpoint.
  • Fiona Malcolm: Desert island crime fiction.
  • Fiona Malcolm: Rural noir – before and after The Dry.
  • Guy Palmer: A history of modern art.
  • Guy Palmer: Poverty and social exclusion.
  • Guy Palmer: Why ants work together in colonies.
  • Jim Connor: Eltham cemetery.
  • Jim Connor: Eltham’s muddy history.
  • Jim Connor: Eltham pioneers and families.
  • Jim Connor: History of Old Eltham Courthouse.
  • Kelvin and Beverly Spiller: People, personalities and preferences.
  • Louis Roller: Disease and medicines in Shakespeare’s plays.
  • Louis Roller: Hair.
  • Louis Roller: My story.
  • Louis Roller: What do your blood test results mean?
  • Louis Roller: You and your medicines.
  • Melinda Clarke: How the Melbourne Map was made.
  • Victorian Energy Compare.
  • Zara Thompson: Music therapy and ageing.
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      Rural noir: before and after The Dry (Fiona Malcolm)   Hair (Louis Roller)
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    • Joining/renewing
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      • Enrolment
      • Our upcoming events
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      • Term dates
      • Class venues
      • Eltham Central Pavilion
    • Our class blogs
      ▼
      • Astronomy and Cosomology
      • Collaborative Writing blog
      • Other stories by our members
      • Cooking blog
      • Craft blog
      • First Nations blog
      • Jazz Appreciation blog
      • Life Changing Events in History
      • Painting & Drawing blog
      • Poetry through the Ages blog
      • Other poems by our members
      • Renewable Energy blog
      • Technology Users Group blog
      • Travel blog
      • Tuning in to Opera blog
      • Walking groups’ blog
      • Wine Appreciation blog
      • Zentangles & Mandala Design
      • Other classes
    • Useful information
      ▼
      • Avoiding the spread of germs
      • Forms and documents
      • For tutors and class reps
      • Our defibrillators
      • Our marketing resources
      • Our book swap
      • Some local walks
      • External links
        ▼
        • Local upcoming events
        • Links to local groups
        • Selected local groups
        • Some local resources
        • Some local authors
        • Regular events in Nillumbik
        • U3A Online
        • Various online resources
    • News
      ▼
      • Our newsletters
      • Our past events
        ▼
        • Past events: talks
        • Past events: seniors festival
        • Past events: other
      • Our marketing activities
      • Our fundraising activities
      • Recent books by our members
      • Jokes
      • Paraprosdokians (or puns)
      • Brain teasers
      • Lateral thinking puzzles
      • Think you are an AFL buff?
      • Andrew’s poems about Eltham
      • Lyn’s bird poems
      • During the pandemic
        ▼
        • Zoom videoconferencing
        • Pat’s teddies
        • Alistair’s brush with Covid-19
        • Grow your own food
        • Life in the 1500s
        • Photo corner
        • Trivia questions and answers
        • Competition: artwork
        • Competition: words
        • Competition: re-naming
        • Exercise that brain
    • About
      ▼
      • About Us
      • Contact
      • Eltham Central Pavilion
      • Committee members
      • The early years
      • Our partners and sponsors
      • Interviews
        ▼
        • Andrew Leopold
        • Barbara Jackson
        • Bill Naim
        • Brian McLean
        • Cheryl and Stuart Winstanley
        • Deb and Peter Thomson
        • Dianne Parslow
        • Duang Tengtrirat
        • Gillian Essex
        • Giselle Buller
        • Guy Palmer
        • Howard Kinns
        • Jan Aitken
        • Judy Vizzari
        • Karen Coulston
        • Kath Keppel
        • Leanne Ipsen
        • Lilia and Renato Deschamps
        • Lyn and Tom Richards
        • Margaret Halford
        • Mike Ormerod
        • Pam Jenkins
        • Pauline Erickson
        • Ros Camera
        • Sabi Buehler
        • Serena and Graeme Sweeney
        • Steve Gilbert
        • Tony Lee
        • Val Harrop
      • Tutor profiles
        ▼
        • Alan Cuthbertson
        • Amanda Owen
        • Ankie Box
        • April Edwards
        • Carole Waldron
        • Diane Turner
        • Damien L’Huillier
        • Elaine Bateman
        • Gillian Essex
        • Greg Scott
        • Jan Taylor
        • John Crichton
        • John Stuyfbergen
        • Ken Wing Jan
        • Lindsay Byrnes
        • Lou Empson
        • Lucille Sadler
        • Lyn Colenso
        • Margit Alm
        • Noel Butterfield
        • Nola Marshall
        • Rebecca Hayman
        • Rob Gardner
        • Rob Rankin
        • Robert Scopes
        • Sue Brenkovich
        • Vasundhara Kandpal