April 08    The 10 big questions in science.

April 22     Spice chemistry

Mar 11th  Don’t eat the green bits

Mar 25th  History of Sepsis

A change to the program due to unforeseen circumstances:

Feb 12th  History of water supply and sanitation

Feb  26th Central heating – A history

Feb 12th  ‘Dont eat the green bits’

Feb  26th Central heating – A history

Happy New Year to everyone. Are you ready for another round  of
Technology and Science presentations ?

Jan 08th – Body imaging with Phil
Jan 22nd – Lighthouses with Colin

Kensignton House, 2.30 pm. All members and visitors welcome.

Final topics for the year

Nov 13   “10 plants that changed the world”

Nov 27    The Melbourne ‘desalination’ project

No meetings in December. Restart Jan 8th.
2.30 pm @ Kensington House.  All welcome.

Topics for the year end:

Oct 9   “10 plants that changed the world”
Oct 23  GPS systems

Nov 13  Volcanoes
Nov 27  Lighthouse

2.30 pm @ Kensington House.  All welcome.

Technology and Science group starts its new season on Wednesday Sep.11, Kensington House @ 2.30 pm.  All are welcome.  

Sep. 11    Frederick William Herschel   from                             telescopes to infra red   with Phil

Sep  25   The history of sound recording by Colin

If you have a topic to present or an idea for one please let us know or you will only get stuff that we like 🙂

Wednesday 26th June we will be looking at Biochemical weapons from anthrax to Novichok.  2.30 at Kensington House. Free mustard gas! BYO mask!

This is the last session until we resume on the 11th. September.

Last Wednesday Edna Harrison gave an excellent presentation on microbiology, with a fascinating look at the history and the folk behind the advances in the science.  She included her background, with some anecdotes to lighten the topic. Well done Edna.

May topics:

08       Lignite in the Latrobe valley
22       Rayon at British Enka, Aintree