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TERM 4 2021 PROGRAM GUIDE Monday 11 October – Friday 3 December
Our prime concern is the well-being of all members, those who are keen to return to face-to-face sessions and those who would prefer to use zoom. Recognising the uncertainty of the restrictions which will be in place as term 4 progresses, this program has been developed to provide opportunities both for face-to-face sessions and for sessions delivered through zoom. During term 4, circumstances will certainly change. Please check your emails regularly!
This Program Guide is in four parts: News and views (N & V) Short courses (S) Technology courses (T) Visits & outings (V) Full Year courses 2021 is a separate document
Enrolments for ALL Courses must be done online – see page 30. CONTENTS Number Type of course Page N & V News and views 2 Short courses S 01 – S 13 The arts 3 S 14 – S 39 History and gardens 6 S 40 – S 57 B Literature and music 13 S 58 – S 63 Philosophy and religion 19 S 64 – S 74 Medicine and science 20 S 75 – S 84 The World around us (formerly Issues and investing) 21 S 85 Food 25 T 01 – T 13 Technology courses 26 V 01 – V2 Visits and Outings 29
Office and main meeting rooms: Balwyn Park Centre, Balwyn Park, 206A Whitehorse Road, Balwyn, 3103 (see page 11 for other venues) Postal address: PO Box 3149, Cotham PO, Kew, 3101 Phone: 9817 7736 if office open. Otherwise 0408 019 815 Office hours: Mondays – Fridays – 9:00 – 12:00noon, during term time, if permitted Email: [email protected] Website: www.u3adeepdene.org.au NEWS AND VIEWS Thursdays 12 noon to 1 15 pm
THESE SESSIONS WILL BE HELD ONLINE, USING ZOOM
Presenters of News and Views sessions have played, or are playing, an important part in the life of our community. Presentations will be approximately 30 – 40 minutes and will be followed by questions and discussion. Each session will conclude at 1 15 pm. The views expressed by the presenter in these sessions and by tutors in all classes are their own views and not the official views of U3A Deepdene. Our aim is to encourage the exploration of ideas, in a relatively free environment. PLEASE ENROL ONLINE FOR THESE PRESENTATIONS
Date Presenter Focus of presentation
Professor Andrew Scott, Deakin How the Nordic approach can shape 14 October University Australia's future, for better
Emeritus Sir John Monash In neglecting the National Archives the Distinguished Professor of 21 October Morrison Government turns its back on the History, Graeme Davison, AO, future Monash University
Professor Lesley Hughes, biologist, Deputy Vice- Which of these 19 Australian ecosystems will 28 October Chancellor (Research), succumb to climate change first? Macquarie University
Abul Rizvi, former Immigration Population shock: 100 years that changed 4 November Deputy Secretary and Special the world! Adviser, Michelson Alexander
Georgina Downer, CEO, Robert Should the University of Melbourne host the 11 November Menzies Institute Robert Menzies Institute?
Assoc Professor Charles Crown Resorts is not too big to fail – it has 18 November Livingstone, Monash University failed already
Professor Catherine Crock, 25 November The gathering of kindness Royal Children’s Hospital
Margaret Simons, freelance 2 December Is Sky News taking Australia by storm? journalist and author SHORT COURSES THE ARTS S 03 Thomas Gainsborough: his life and Visual Arts career Barrie Sheppard S 01 Making old art relevant to millennials Michael Schwarz Galleries and museums contain objects that reflect history but increasingly audiences are encouraged to prioritise the new, the different Rocky wooded landscape, with rustic lovers, herdsman and the exciting. As galleries seek to engage and cattle with younger viewers, can 'old objects' become interesting and relevant? The lecture will feature Gainsborough as a portraitist rivalling Sir Joshua Reynolds, and his Michael will draw on both his professional life passion for landscape painting. and volunteer guiding experience to answer Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon the challenge of making art relevant to young 9 November art lovers in a world of biennials and triennials. Balwyn Park Centre Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon 19 October S 04 The history of France through art: ZOOM Part 3 John Hogan S 02 ‘Illustrating the Antipodes: George We have followed France from glory to disaster French Angas in Australia and New through the first half of the 19th century. It Zealand 1844-1845’ seems that the return to monarchy has failed. Dr Philip Jones, South Australian Museum While France, as a republic, becomes a George French Angas (1822-1886) was one of powerhouse of artistic creativity, danger is at the nineteenth century's outstanding colonial hand. Louis Napoleon declares himself artists. He personified the archetypal travelling Emperor, builds modern Paris, fosters art, artist of the era. As a young man in the 1840s starts and loses the Franco-Prussian war and is he journeyed to Australia and New Zealand deposed. Through all this the Paris Salons where the bush was his studio. He worked continue to display the art of France. pencil sketches into fine watercolours and As the artists of the early 19th century depart finally into lithographs, completing a the scene, we will follow the careers and new remarkable series of expeditions and styles of the artists who replace them. publications when he was barely 27 years old. (3) Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm In his presentation Philip Jones retraces the 15, 22, 29 November Antipodean journeys of George French Angas. Zoom Philip’s recent publication by the National Library of Australia interprets Angas as a S 05 The making of the Book of Kells brilliant artist and as a flawed Romantic idealist Bernard Muir, Reader in Medieval who depicted Indigenous peoples and their Language and Literature at University of way of life in vivid detail. Melbourne Friday 9 30 am – 11 am Dr Bernard Muir will discuss the 1200-year-old 5 November Book of Kells, ‘the most precious object in the Zoom Western World’ – which is held in the Library of Trinity College Dublin. It is a book of the four Gospels, exquisitely copied and illustrated, around the year 800, by Irish monks supposedly S 08 ‘Go Figure’ – figures in ceramics in St Columba’s abbey in Iona off the west Paul Rosenberg, Moorabool Antique coast of Scotland. The contribution of this Gallery, Geelong school of Christianity to art and scholarship, which came from Rome direct to Ireland and thence to Scotland and the north of England (Lindisfarne) with little European influence is a fascinating story. Tuesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm 23 November Zoom 18th century porcelain figure – Kitty Clive and pug S 06 Collecting British art in regional Victoria: the 60th anniversary of the Paul will bring to life the fascinating story Hamilton Gallery behind the creation of figures in ceramics. From the ancient world through to the present, Alison Inglis each culture has created figures that reflect Professor Inglis will share the work that she and what was important to them, or what her colleagues have been doing researching the fascinated them enough to make a history of this fascinating regional gallery’s representation for posterity. collection, as part of the gallery's 60th This session will feature numerous superb anniversary. examples of ceramic figures. Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon 30 November 27 October Zoom Zoom Decorative Arts S 09 Silhouettes Anni MacDonald Penney S 07 The glamour and prestige of early Closely related to portrait miniatures, Japanese Imari silhouettes were a considerably cheaper Genine Wallinga, President of Ceramics alternative to the traditional portraiture and Glass Circle of Australia techniques of watercolour, pastels, and oils. Imari wares are often misunderstood, with the Some silhouettes were produced in a matter of great pieces of the 17th and 18th centuries minutes, others were more complex in their eclipsed in the contemporary mind by the execution. Some were made by professionals - mass-produced schlock of the late 19th and others by amateurs. early 20th centuries.
A silhouette of a young woman This talk will endeavour to put them into An 18th century Japanese Imari porcelain bowl historical perspective and explain the various Genine's presentation will look at different techniques used to produce them. groupings of the early, highly decorative wares, Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon at pieces from important collections, including 24 November the British Royal Collection, and at the Western Zoom copies that underscore how desirable early Imari was. Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon 13 October Zoom Practical Arts S 10 Introduction to Drawing Christine Leuner Introduction to a range of drawing techniques. Full year art courses Fun and challenging, with each student F 18 Watercolour encouraged to develop their skills and personal Mondays 1 30 pm – 3 pm style. Five Mondays, commencing 11 October, 14 places only concluding on 15 November (no class on 1 (6) Tuesdays 10 30 am – 12 noon November) ZOOM/Balwyn Park Commencing 12 October. No class on 2 Centre November (Cup Day). Concludes on 23 F 19 Exploring watercolour November Mondays 10 30 am – 12 noon Balwyn Park Centre Five Mondays, commencing 11 October, S 11 Making Christmas cards concluding on 15 November (no class on 1 Joan Cooper November) Deepdene It is so good to receive a handmade card, F 20 Watercolour, self help class realising that the sender has taken time and Mondays 1 pm – 3 pm effort to do it for you. Six Mondays, commencing 11 October, Come, learn and make special Christmas cards concluding on 22 November (no class on 1 for friends and family. Led by an experienced November) Deepdene card maker. All materials supplied. Cost: $20 per session to cover materials F 21 En Plein Air (2) Mondays 1 30 pm – 3 pm Wednesdays 1 30 pm – 3 pm 18 October, 29 November th 4 Wednesday of each month ZOOM 27 October, 24 November Participants will be advised of chosen sites S 12 Knitting for Christmas - Christmas bells F 22 Painting and drawing Beth Perrigo Fridays 9 30 am – 11 am A craft session involving simple or more Eight Fridays, commencing 15 October advanced knitting and/or crochet. Use up Balwyn Park Centre leftover balls of yarn. Calligraphy – beginners and intermediate Discontinued F 25 Quilting Thursdays 1 45 pm – 3 15 pm Eight Thursdays, commencing 14 October Zoom/Balwyn Park
F 26 Photography (2) Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm Mondays 10 am – 11 30 am 22, 29 November Alternate weeks, at various locations Balwyn Park Centre Thursdays 10 am – 12 noon Eight Thursdays, commencing 14 October Zoom S 13 Knitted personalised Christmas two colours of any 8 ply wool 100g total (some stockings of my stash will be available to help) and two Lesley MacLeod sets of approx 4mm at least 40 cm circular Join a small group to learn how to make knitted knitting needles. Approximate cost $15-20. personalised Christmas stockings for your family and friends. This class is suitable for beginners who know a little about knitting but no great expertise required. We will knit in the round and use only two stitch types; learn to turn a heel simply while Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon using two (or more) colours to work; develop (3) 12 October, 19 October, 16 November your own patterns and personalise with your ZOOM initially own choice of names. Participants will need HISTORY same time applauding the culture of the World History ancients. This session recalls the events which led to the S 14 The Vikings British Museum becoming the custodian of Jone Gaillard sculptures from the Parthenon and explores From around 800 CE to the 11th century, a vast the sad results for Lord Elgin. It also looks at number of Scandinavians left their homelands why the Greeks have focused on these to seek their fortunes elsewhere. These particular sculptures when there is scarcely a seafaring warriors – known collectively as museum in the western world which does not Vikings or Norsemen (‘Northmen’) – began by have artifacts from the glory that was ancient raiding coastal sites, especially undefended Greece. monasteries, in the British Isles. Over the next Thursday 10 am – 11 30 am three centuries, they would leave their mark as 14 October pirates, raiders, traders and settlers on much of ZOOM Britain and the European continent, as well as parts of modern-day Russia, Iceland, Greenland S 16 Afghanistan and Newfoundland. Gerry Engwerda, U3A Albury-Wodonga (7) Tuesdays 10 30 am – 12 noon It was often said that as far as Afghanistan was Commencing 12 October. No session on 2 concerned it was ‘easy to get in but harder to November (Cup Day). Final session 30 get out’. Why has this country been the focus of British, November Russian, American and now Chinese interest Zoom over such a long period of time? S 15 How Greece lost her marbles and This session will look at the place Afghanistan Lord Elgin his nose occupied in the ‘Great Game’ between Britain Janet Wood and Russia in the 19th century, how the Soviets When the last Turks left the Acropolis on 1 came to be involved late last century, why the April 1833, the newly independent Greeks were Americans felt the need to follow them and already planning to reclaim their glorious past. how the new regime will fit in to a volatile One of the government’s first acts was to network of relationships in the region. Monday 10 30 am – 12 noon demand the return of the Parthenon Marbles. 18 October Lord Elgin became the symbol of those who Zoom had looted Greece of its treasures while at the S 17 Pre-Columbian civilisations of Peru S 18 About Japan – what your travel agent from Chavin 1200 BCE to Inca 1534 CE won’t tell you (unless the travel agent Frank Devlin is a Japan specialist) Stephen Peterson A quick insight into more than 40 aspects of everyday life in Japan – a mix of the old, the new, and the somewhat unexpected, that are all an accepted and normal part of modern life in Japan. Monday 10 am – 12 noon (with short
Inca – gold female break at 11 am) Where did the Inca pop up from? We’ll explore 8 November the Inca’s richly colourful predecessors in this Balwyn Park Centre extraordinary country. Moche, Nazca, S 19 China Tiwanaku, Chimu and more. Albert Ip Monday 10 30 am – 12 noon Session 1 What does the Chinese 25 October government mean when they say ‘two 100 ZOOM years? How will it impact the world? Session 2 Zero or live with it: China's Covid-19 strategy compared with the West F 29 Travel Session 3 The Chinese space program 15 October Suzanne Collings (3) Monday 1 30 pm – 2 30 pm Scotland - not just whisky and thistles! 8, 15, 22 November 22 October Graham Pratt Zoom A journey in France: Normandy, the Somme S 20 Are America and China heading for and a Dordogne hike war? Dr Adam Tarock 29 October Terry O’Callaghan The United States and China have been Cruising the Yangtze River and walking the escalating their war of words in recent years. Great Wall of China Washington and its allies (including Australia) 5 November Jean Liggett have been accusing Beijing of aggressive Mongolia: the Altai Mountains and the behaviour in south-east Asia and beyond. To Naadam Festival what extent is that accusation correct? What 12 November Chris Hayward are the real reasons behind the conflict From Horsham to Mildura, wandering through between the two great powers? Are they the Wimmera and Mallee heading for real war? These and many other questions will be raised and examined in this 19 November Ruth Taft talk. A journey of contrasts: Uzbekistan and Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm Kyrgyzstan 2 December 26 November John Manton Balwyn Park Centre Patagonia in 2000 3 December Frank Devlin The Caucasus: Armenia and Georgia Australian History comfortable - it could be an example to the world of a compassionate, just, progressive S 21 ‘Dear Prime Minister’ society. Martin Lyons Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm 'I am sir (sure) you will act as human bean', 10 November wrote one distressed pensioner to Prime Zoom Minister Robert Menzies in 1953, pleading for assistance. S 23 ‘Lebanese in Australia – a changing mosaic’ Trevor Batrouney, OAM and Andrew Batrouney Lebanese immigrants have been settling in Australia over the last 130 years. Trevor and Andrew will explain the three major waves of this POSTPONEDmigration and settlement. Case Robert Menzies received 22,000 letters during studies will be used to highlight the his 1949 - 1966 second term as Australian experiences of these immigrants as well as the Prime Minister. From war veterans, widows great contributions Lebanese/Australians have and political leaders to school students and made to Australia. homespun philosophers. They lectured him, The presentation will also address the issues quoted Shakespeare and the Bible at him and confronting the Lebanese people in their own sent advice on how to eliminate the rabbit country today. problem. For many writers, these were not Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm post-war boom years but a time of anxiety and 11 November conflict, punctuated by fears of war, another Zoom Great Depression, or a nuclear Armageddon. Martin will share with us the fascinating insight S 24 The origins of our Christmas which these letters provide into the concerns, celebrations assumptions and political beliefs of 1950s and Kamoya Peterson 1960s Australians. As we start to think about our own Christmas Wednesday 1 30 pm - 3 pm preparations it is a good time to look at how 13 October the celebration has developed and changed Zoom over nearly 2,000 years. This illustrated talk S 22 ‘The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the will look at all things Christmassy: dates, Great Australian Dissent’ attitudes, depictions, people, customs, music, Gideon Haigh food and so on, mainly but not entirely in the H V ‘Doc' Evatt has long been obscured by European world. Menzies’s broad shadow, as the Labor Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm Opposition Leader through the prosperous and 1 December complacent 1950s. Balwyn Park Centre S 25 A history of Western Australia Judy Still We shall look at the history of Western Australia from the arrival of the First Nations people to the development of modern Western Australia. In this book, Evatt is shown in his true light: the Thursday 10 am – 11 30 am most brilliant Australian of his day. Inspiring, 2 December cosmopolitan and humane, Evatt was the Balwyn Park Centre forerunner of Keating and Kirby, believing that Australia could be more than quiet and Victorian and Local History community assisted in the shaping of Melbourne. In this session we will explore Melbourne’s F 28 Walk in Port Melbourne architecture through the eyes of 19th century Rob Pascoe and Chris McConville Jewish Melbourne. For the past six terms, Rob and Chris have Thursday 10 am – 11 30 am taken us on a virtual tour of a location – in POSTPONED 21 October Melbourne and overseas. This term they will Zoom lead an actual walk in Port Melbourne. This will be the first walk in the Historic Walks S 28 ‘Thomas Johnson: Thorny Rose series for the term. Grower of Hawthorn’ Tuesday 10 am – 12 noon Helen Botham 12 October The writer of the first book published on rose- Directions will be emailed to those who are growing in Victoria had an extensive rose enrolled, prior to the walk. nursery in Hawthorn from the 1850s. A vocal member of his community, and a thorn in the S 26 Warrnambool side of all those in authority in early Matthew Etty-Leal Boroondara, he was elected to the council in Historically Warrnambool was settled by the 1874 after many failed attempts. He was Girai Wurrung people. Framlingham Aboriginal subsequently forced to sell his Hawthorn land Station operated from 1865 beside the Hopkins holdings, which later became Hawthorn Grove. River. This illustrated presentation follows his ‘Windy Warrnambool’ in the 19th century colourful career, which ended finally in developed dairy and wool industries. Sporting activities include cycling, horse jump racing and Boroondara Cemetery. hot sea water baths. Famous locals include Fletcher Jones, Sir John Eccles and Jonathon Brown. Whale watching is part of local tourism, Deakin University is now the major employer. Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm 25 October 18 October Zoom ZOOM th S 29 ‘Melbourne’ S 27 Buildings in Melbourne with a 19 Sophie Cunningham century Jewish connection Sophie will focus on the experience of trying to Sue Silberberg update her book Melbourne during a period of The founding of European settlement in rapid change over the summer and into the Australia – the landing of the first fleet in 1788 autumn of 2020. She will then address the ways – also included up to 14 Jewish convicts. Similarly, the founding of Melbourne by the in which she thinks the months of lockdown Port Phillip Association involved the will, and won’t, change the city. participation of at least one Jewish investor, She will also consider the city’s plans to while other Jewish settlers began arriving soon increase its canopy and green itself as a after the town was established. But the response to escalating climate change. settlement story of Jewish Melbourne has not Thursday 10 am – 11 30 am necessarily been readily understood. 28 October As an emancipated community, free from Zoom political and social restrictions, they did not form anything resembling a ghetto; but as developers, investors and landowners, the S 30 The vetting of wisdom – Joan S 32 Mitchell, Melba and Monash Montgomery and the fight for PLC Isabel Simpson Kim Rubenstein A look at the lives of three of Australia’s most How a distinguished educator fell victim to celebrated and influential figures: Mr David church politics and personal enmities. Mitchell, Dame Nellie Melba and General Sir John Monash. Each of them was an outstanding participant in their chosen career: in the fields of construction and innovative enterprises; the arts and philanthropy; engineering and military service. Isabel will share her discoveries of many In the story of the biggest school blow-up in Australian history, The Vetting of Wisdom is a parallels within their personal and public gripping tale of a revered Principal, acclaimed journeys. nationwide as the leading girls’ school educator Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm of her day, loved and admired by all, but with a 29 November determined Presbyterian Church minority bent Zoom on getting rid of her. Thursday 10 am – 11 30 am F 28 Historic Melbourne walks 4 November Zoom 12 October Rob Pascoe and Chris McConville, VUT Port Melbourne - POSTPONED S 31 The women of Little Lon 26 October Beth Perrigo Barbara Minchinton Sex workers in nineteenth-century Melbourne Camberwell Junction - POSTPONED were judged morally corrupt by the respectable 9 November Graham O’Rourke world around them. But theirs was a thriving Eastern end of the CBD trade, with links to the police and political leaders of the day, and the leading brothels 23 November Anna Harley were usually managed by women. Royal Park Madame Brussels had a popular city bar and a city lane named after her, but the identities of the other ‘flash madams’, the ‘dressed girls’ Family History who worked for them and the hundreds of S 33 Family History Connections women who solicited on the streets of the Wendy Harper Little Lon district of Melbourne are not Until 2018 known as the Australian Institute of remembered. Who were they? What did their Genealogical Studies, Family History daily lives look like? What became of them? Connections, located in Blackburn, is a resource Recent archaeological excavations, archival centre holding a very comprehensive, ever- material and family records give an insight into growing collection of family history resources the fascinating world of Little Lon. available to both members and day visitors. Thursday 10 am – 11 30 am A presentation explaining the support provided 18 November by Family History Connections for those who Balwyn Park Centre are undertaking family history or those who are thinking about taking it up. Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon 3 November Zoom S 34 Trove In an episode of the ABC’s ‘The Drum’, Fiona Malcolm Professor John Maynard and other prominent Trove brings together a vast range of Aboriginal panellists give their insights. collections from cultural, community and In this session we will consider their views and research organisations all over Australia. Join how they propose we might continue to tell Fiona as we explore how to get the most out of truths about our country’s history. this excellent resource. Tuesday 1 30 pm - 3 pm Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon 30 November 23 November Balwyn Park Centre Balwyn Park Centre Would you like to help with the Indigenous Issues development of the U3A Deepdene program? S 35 Farmers or hunter-gatherers? The Dark Emu debate As a presenter/tutor/leader of an activity? Professor Peter Sutton and Dr Keryn Walshe By coming up with ideas for the full year Bruce Pascoe's 2014 book Dark Emu contended courses program, the short courses program, that classical Aboriginal society was more the technology program or for visits and sophisticated than Australians had been led to outings? believe, because it resembled more closely the farming communities of Europe. By suggesting prospective speakers for the In their recently released book Farmers or News and Views program? Ideally you will be Hunter-gatherers? Peter Sutton and Keryn able to help us with contact details as well. Walshe consider why Australians have been so receptive to the notion that farming represents By putting us in touch with people who would an advance from hunting and gathering. be interested and available to lead a full year Peter and Keryn, each writing from their area course, a short course or a single session, or a of expertise, explain why classical Aboriginal technology class? society was a hunter-gatherer society, asking Australians to develop a deeper understanding By being a member of a curriculum committee and appreciation of Aboriginal society and for the Short Courses program? culture. Tuesday 1 30 pm - 3 pm By providing feedback on our existing program? 16 November Zoom S 36 Captain Cook: the view from the Planning for 2022 will begin on 18 October so it shore would be good to hear from you before then. Discussion session What does Captain Cook’s arrival in Australia Expressions of interest or queries about this mean to First Nations people? invitation should be addressed to: Commissioned by the City of Melbourne, The Blak Cook Book draws on the works of [email protected] Aboriginal artists and writers to illustrate First Nations’ perspectives of Cook’s legacy.
GARDENS S 37 Maranoa Botanic Gardens’ Many of these gardens are in the hands of the Florilegium National Trust. Margaret Castle Thursday 10 am – 11 30 am The Maranoa Botanic Gardens feature 11 November approximately 5,000 Australian native plants ZOOM and is one of the City of Boroondara’s living S 39 Ellen Willmott, who was she? treasures. Geoff Crowhurst This beautifulPOSTPONED florilegium (a book of flowers) Geoff will tell us about Ellen, her gardens and documents many of the fascinating plants that the numerous plants named for her. In the grow in the Maranoa Botanic Gardens through heyday of her garden, ‘Warley Place’, in intricate and exquisite botanical paintings Brentwood, UK, she employed 85 gardeners created by the Balwyn Botanical Art Group, led and grew 100,000 different plants. This was by Margaret Castle. said to be the greatest plant collection in the world. Thursday 10 am – 11 30 am 25 November Balwyn Park Centre
Botanical drawing from the Florilegium Tuesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm V 01 Garden Visits 12 October Balwyn Park Centre We are pleased to offer another of our spectacular visits to local gardens, this time in S 38 A walk through some English gardens the Camberwell/Canterbury area. Sue Woolley The gardens which will be featured are mostly There will be two gardens to visit - each in the south and east of England. designed by a well-known landscape architect and offering a fascinating range of plants.
If the number of enrolments is high, the group will be divided in two, swapping gardens half way through the morning
Tea or coffee is provided at the first garden. Bishop’s Palace gardens in Wells BYO mug. They include the Bishop’s Palace in Wells – a beautiful garden in the shadow of the The address of the first garden is sent to those cathedral; Mottisfont - a wonderful rose who enrol before the date of the visit. garden; West Green House – a wonderful The address of the second garden is given after flower and productive garden with an morning tea, on the day of the visit. Australian connection; Tintinhull – a garden famous for its association with the gardener Wednesday 10 am - 12.15 pm Penelope Hobhouse. 24 November Sue will also look at several gardens in Norfolk. Blickling - a grand country estate with a magnificent garden; Peckover House – a city garden in Wisbech and Oxburgh Hall – a romantic medieval moated house.
LITERATURE
S 40 ‘Elizabeth & Elizabeth’ (January 2021) Please arrive at 9 45 am for a prompt 10 am by Sue Williams - Author talk start Wednesday 10 am – 12 noon 20 October ZOOM S 42 Play reading Lilian Cohen
Do you enjoy drama? Perhaps you have been Sue is an award-winning journalist and author. involved in amateur theatre, or maybe you This is her first venture into historical fiction. It harbour an unfulfilled dream to be a thespian. is a story about two very different women, An opportunity to participate in reading aloud a Elizabeth Macquarie and Elizabeth Macarthur, different play each term, without the need to who form an unlikely alliance to wield commit one’s part to memory. $5 to cover extraordinary power and influence behind the hiring and postage of the scripts for the scenes in early nineteenth century Sydney. Like selected play, to be paid to the class monitor at all Sue’s books, Elizabeth & Elizabeth is based the first session. on meticulously researched, historical material. (2) Thursdays 1 30 pm – 3 pm But it also embraces the world of ‘what if….’ 21, 28 October Sue explains: We know their husbands were ZOOM powerful enemies, but it’s unimaginable that S 43 Billabong, Biggles, Bunter, Blyton, they wouldn’t have met often. This novel explores what might have occurred during Bobbsey Twins, ballet shoes, those meetings, what might have been said and boarding schools and more unsaid. Fiona Malcolm Sue will discuss the inspiration behind her A look back at some of the classic (and not so th novel, her writing process, and the extensive classic) children’s books of the 20 century. research that went into writing the book. She Join Fiona for a lively, wide ranging, discussion will also explore the challenges of writing from about the books we read as children (and no the perspective of female figures, who are they don’t have to start with B) and how they largely invisible in the historical record. influenced us and what we think of them now. Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm If you have a favourite childhood book you are 14 October invited to bring it along to display. Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm Zoom 3 November S 41 Tim Winton: a tribute ZOOM Panel discussion S 44 Buying books for Christmas and the Tim Winton has written fiction and non-fiction, holidays children’s books and short stories and has won Roxanne Kelly-Kobe, Manager, Dymocks the Miles Franklin four times. He also has the Camberwell rare distinction of being named a ‘living Do you like to buy books for the perfect treasure’ by the National Trust of Australia, Christmas gift for the children and adults in perhaps because, as a committed your life, or to treat yourself with some great environmentalist, he draws inspiration from holiday reading? landscape and place to create his most Come and hear from a former powerful writing. teacher/librarian, now a manager at Dymocks, This session will celebrate his life and his work about the best of the recent book releases, as and revisit some of his best writing. well as some best-selling favourites, that will be perfect recommendations for everyone on your gift buying list. Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm V 02 Visit the Athenaeum Library - one of 15 November Melbourne's best kept secrets Zoom S 45 ‘Ideas to save your life’ (October 2021) by Michael McGirr - Author talk In this, his latest book, highly acclaimed author Michael shares stories from his life and discusses how philosophers have shed light on his experience. He draws on a long career of teaching philosophy to teenagers. He Tour hosted by Fiona Malcolm encourages the reader to be serious about The Melbourne Athenaeum Library was philosophy and invites us to change the way we established in 1839 some 14 years before our see the world. State Library. Join Fiona for a tour of this In his very entertaining and engaging way, magnificent library, part of the cultural fabric of Michael will share with us his love of Melbourne, and learn about its history, and philosophy and the views of eminent thinkers how it continues to be relevant in the 21st across history, on ideas as diverse as solitude, century. Then share a coffee break at the end. community, language, order and pleasure. Wednesday 10 am – 11 30 am Even the idea of a good idea. 24 November Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon Meet Fiona at 9 45 am in the foyer of the 17 November Athenaeum Theatre, 188 Collins Street (next to Zoom the Melbourne Town Hall; and opposite the S 46 The beauties of Shakespeare Regent Theatre). A face-to-face visit. Cost Free Sue Tweg Places 15 In Shakespeare’s time people went to hear his plays live on stage but by the eighteenth century many people also enjoyed reading S 47 Dirty doings at the diggings selected speeches and scenes that had become Graham Dudley both well-known and popular. This session will Murder in Mesopotamia, Death in Egypt, th th draw on a couple of 18 and 19 century Poseidon’s Gold, Old Bones, The Etruscan Net books, both entitled The Beauties of and The Goliath Bone are but a few of the Shakespeare, which were collections of these alluring titles dealing with murder on little gems. We will look back at what these archaeological digs, the trade in stolen and anthologies loftily chose to represent as forged antiquities and other skulduggery. ‘Shakespeare at its best’, while thinking about what shocking liberties were being taken with These dirty doings are not a recent the plays in popular theatre at the time. phenomenon; the Romans engaged in them Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm and in the nineteenth century buying Egyptian 17 November antiquities was a trap for the unwary. Zoom This talk will look at a number of books, by both famous and less well-known authors. Some are set in ancient Rome and Italy, others in Egypt during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A dig on the banks of the Tigris River in the 1930s is the setting for one of the best known, Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie. Other titles range across Greece, Western Europe, the Levant and beyond to the Americas. The detectives include Hercule Poirot, Marcus Didius Falco, G. K. Chesterton and Sherlock Holmes, among many others. A reading list will accompany the talk. Full year book groups Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm st 24 November F 01 Readers’ Rendezvous (1 Monday) Balwyn Park Centre Bev Walters and Ruth Merrick Mondays 1 30 pm – 3 pm S 48 Preserving your memories: a practical 4 October and 1 November session Note both dates on days when no other classes Susie White scheduled – during vacation and Cup Eve Zoom This session will provide all participants with an F 02 Deepdene book group (4th Monday) opportunity to put our heads together and Anne Cocks explore and share some of our early memories. Mondays 1 30 pm -3 pm It is anticipated that we will all leave the 25 October and 22 November Deepdene session with some prompts and pages of our own stories. These will be the beginning of a F 03 Book lovers’ group (2nd Tuesday) more comprehensive story. Susie will use some Anna Harley ideas from Leigh Hay's book to start our Tuesdays 1 30 pm – 3 pm journey. 12 October and 9 November Stradbroke Park Tuesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm F 04 The ‘Whodunits’ (3rd Tuesday) 30 November Roz Berman Balwyn Park Centre Tuesdays 1 30 pm – 3 pm S 49 The Guernsey Literary and Potato 19 October and 16 November Stradbroke Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer Park and Annie Barrows F 05 Reading great literature (weekly) Panel discussion Christine Watters This delightful book, published posthumously, Thursdays 12 noon – 1 30 pm Deepdene met with instant critical acclaim. It’s an exhilarating and powerful reading experience, F 06 Crime fiction book group (1st Thurs) as we are swept up in the struggles of a group Robert Lyons of Channel Islanders, as they endure five years Thursdays 2 pm – 3 30 pm of harsh Nazi Occupation. And we also follow 4 November and 2 December Balwyn Park our heroine, Juliet Ashton, as one unexpected F 07 Men’s book group letter leads her to a new life. It’s a book about John Kidman love, about the power of literature, and about Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm the ways in which people can find solace even 25 November Balwyn Park in desperate circumstances. A novel well worth discussion! F 08 Biography book group Morning tea will be served so members are Suzie White asked to please bring along their own cup, Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm saucer and plate and a gold coin donation. 18 November Zoom Please arrive at 9 45 am for a prompt 10 am start. Wednesday 10 am – 12 noon 1 December Balwyn Park Centre Readers’ Rendezvous (1st Monday of Biography Book Group month) Susie White Bev Walters and Ruth Merrick The fascinating biography which our group will This year, the Greythorn Book Group is read and discuss in term 4 is The Last Explorer: focussing on themes in literature. Participants Hubert Wilkins – Australia’s Unknown Hero by can select fiction, non-fiction, poetry - anything Simon Nasht. that they feel reflects the session's theme. Lots The promotion notes: A war hero, of room for different perspectives and photographer, reporter, prolific writer, spy, interesting discussion! In Term 4 the themes scientist, naturalist, ornithologist and gifted will be: aviator, Wilkins was the most remarkable Monday 4 October Landscape as explorer of the 20th century. No-one before or character since has discovered more previously unknown Monday 1 November What book/s land and sea. A pioneer of photography during can’t you put down and why? Zoom World War 1, he was described by one general as ‘the bravest man that I have ever seen’ and Reading Great Literature (weekly) is the only Australian photographer to be Christine Watters decorated in battle….twice. He was the first In class we read and discuss works of great man to fly in the Antarctic and the first to literature from the past 3,000 years. navigate a submarine under polar ice. In Term 4 we will be reading An Odyssey by Thursday 2 pm --3 30 pm Daniel Mendelsohn and then 1984 by George 18 November Zoom Orwell.
Thursdays 12 noon – 1 30 pm Deepdene Men’s Book Group John Kidman Our book for term 4 is Farmers or Hunter- PLEASE NOTE: gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate by Peter If the name of a venue - Deepdene or Balwyn Sutton and Keryn Walshe. Sutton and Walshe Park - appears at the foot of a particular provide extensive evidence to support their course or session, it is proposed that the argument that classical Aboriginal society was a session will be conducted face-to-face. hunter-gatherer society and as sophisticated as the traditional European farming methods. Deepdene refers to the halls at the rear of Having previously read Bruce Pascoe’s book it Deepdene Uniting Church, 958 Burke Road, will be interesting for us to make comparisons. Deepdene. (Note that on 16 November, Peter Sutton and Balwyn Park refers to the Balwyn Park Keryn Walsh will be speaking with members of Centre, 206A Whitehorse Road, Balwyn. U3A Deepdene by zoom as part of the Short Courses program.)
Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm 25 November Balwyn Park Centre
MUSIC and DANCE
S 50 Ukulele - beginners S 53 Songs of Grace – supplement to Russell Downie Together in Song A course for those who have not played the Rev Dr D’Arcy Wood, member of ukulele before or who have very basic skills. Editorial Committee, representing the Uniting Sessions will involve instruction in the essential Church in Australia skills involved. Together in Song is a hymnal used in many It is anticipated that participants will own a Australian churches, put together by six ukulele and that they will spend some time Australian denominations and consisting of 783 practising between classes. items. Songs of Grace includes 53 more recent (8) Wednesdays 1 30 pm – 2 10 pm compositions. Commencing 13 October The hymns in Songs of Grace ‘have been POSTPONED selected and appraised by an expert S 51 Ukulele – intermediate representative committee, considering Russell Downie theological, poetical, musical and aesthetic A course for those who have sufficient skills to aspects, with an eye to the needs of Australian be able to enjoy a ‘rollicking sing song’. congregations as well as the various liturgical Members who have participated in beginners’ developments of our constituent churches’. classes previously are invited to join. In this session, Dr Wood will trace, briefly, the Some instruction will occur along the way. so-called ‘hymn explosion’ post World War II, Participants invited to bring their favourite leading to the Australian Hymn Book and songs. Together in Song and then concentrate on (8) Wednesdays 2 15 pm – 3 pm Songs of Grace, with a few prognostications Commencing 13 October about the future. We will have an opportunity to sing some of the new hymns! POSTPONED Tuesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm S 52 Musical exuberance – Cleo Laine 30 November – NOTE NEW DATE REPEAT Deepdene Janie Gibson S 54 Classical music we enjoy Richard Reed Because both Term 2 and Term 3 programs have been seriously interrupted, the Term 4 program picks up the composers and music advertised for those terms: Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth, DBE, is a Richard Strauss 1864 – 1949 and Anton jazz singer and an actress, noted for her scat Bruckner 1824 - 1896. singing and great vocal range. Though her Strauss was a German composer, conductor, natural range is that of a contralto, she is able pianist, and violinist. He is considered a leading to produce a ‘G above high C’ giving her an composer of the late Romantic and early overall compass of well over three octaves. modern eras. She is the only female performer to have Bruckner wasPOSTPONED an Austrian composer, organist, received Grammy nominations in the jazz, and music theorist best known for his popular and classical music categories. symphonies and masses. This session will consist mainly of listening to For each composer there will be a selection of selected performances, interspersed with some music, played on our own excellent CD player. reflections on her life and career. There will be a short introduction to each Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm piece. No musical knowledge is necessary for 20 October you to enjoy these pieces. There will be a ZOOM coffee break during each presentation. Please S 57A Musical exuberance – Ricky Nelson, bring your own thermos. an American heart throb (3) Fridays 9 15 am – 10 45 am Adrian Rossi 29 October, 12 November, 26 November Ricky Nelson was one of the most popular pop These sessions will only be conducted when singers of the late fifties and the early sixties. face to face delivery is possible. Despite his world-wide popularity he always Balwyn Park Centre remained modest, unassuming and deeply S 55 Ballet - La Bayadere appreciative of his success. He was always Paris Opera Ballet Direction and aware of his responsibilities as a typical choreography by Rudolf Nureyev teenager which helped lead him to stardom. Introduced by Julie Holder Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon 10 November Zoom
S 57B Operamania
Old exotic India is the setting for the story of Mike Hopf the doomed love between the warrior Solar The focus of this session will be Animals in and the bayadere (temple dancer) Nikiya. Opera including a welcome return for ‘Lucky Passions run high in this story of love lost, Parroti’ and his feathered friends; women who jealousy and murder. The final act contains a change into cats and snakes; cunning foxes; contrast to the rest, with an exquisite ‘white’ thieving magpies; fierce dragons; swan taxis; classical scene universally admired by all ballet singing dogs; noisy geese and many more! lovers and dancers. Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm Monday 1 pm – 3 pm Note times 22 November 8 November Balwyn Park Centre Balwyn Park Centre S 56 Musicals – ‘You at the barricades Full year Music classes listen to this…’ Recorder Fiona Malcolm F 13 Recorder beginners As Les Miserables approaches its 36th Monday 11 15 – 12 45 pm anniversary in the West End we look at what ZOOM/Stradbroke Park makes this show so popular. How has it F 14 Recorder advanced beginners changed in 36 years? We will see clips from Fridays 2 pm – 3 30 pm different productions and discuss the Les Mis ZOOM/Deepdene phenomenon. F 15 Recorder Intermediate ensemble Fridays 9 30 am – 11 am ZOOM/Deepdene F 16 Recorder advanced Fridays 11 15 am – 12 45 pm Deepdene Tuesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm Violin 9 November F 17 Violin – beginners to more advanced Balwyn Park Centre Fridays 11 30 am – 3 pm Deepdene PHILOSOPHY and RELIGION criticism of the deist conception of God as the S 58 Mantra meditation creator of the world. Alain Romary Tuesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm Ongoing courses to help you learn to meditate 12 October with the use of a mantra, aiming for 20 minute Zoom duration, to a level where you can experience stillness and internal healing. S 61 The Nativity in some poetry and S 58A Beginners Fridays 11 am – 12 noon paintings: Christmas over 500 years Commencing 15 October, concluding 3 December Sandy Curnow ZOOM/Horrie Watson The accounts of Jesus’ Infancy appear in only S 58B Continuing Mondays 10 am – 11 15 am two of the Gospels: a couple of chapters in Commencing 11 October, concluding 29 Matthew and Luke. November (no class on 1 November) Yet Christmas has become one of the greatest ZOOM/Horrie Watson feasts of the secular and the sacred calendar; a time of joy, of belief, unbelief and sometimes S 59 Church architecture – external and disbelief. interior – walk in CBD A discussion of poems and paintings over five Alan Ray centuries, in response to Christ’s birth. A walk and tram trip in the CBD to follow-up the presentation on 26 July, to view the external featuresPOSTPONED of each of the five churches and the interiors of some of them. Tuesday 10 am – 12 noon 19 October Directions about the walk will be emailed to participants shortly before the scheduled date
Full Year Courses Tuesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm F 33 Judaism Dina Burgess 19 October Thursdays 10 am – 11 30 am ZOOM Commencing 14 October Zoom S 62 The three discourses of religious F 37 Social Philosophy Dawn Heffernan freedom in Australian public life Fridays 11 am – 12 30 pm Rev Dr Elenie Poulos Commencing 15 October Zoom Later this year the Commonwealth Government will release the third draft of its S 60 David Hume on religion and the good Religious Discrimination Bill. life In this session, Dr Poulos will describe the rise Janna Thompson, LaTrobe University of the politics of religious freedom over the last David Hume was a Scottish 18th century 35 years. She will explore how the meaning of philosopher who had challenging views about religious freedom has shifted in public human knowledge and ethics. He was famed discourse and policy from supporting an for his writings on history and public issues and inclusive social agenda to opposing it, as in the was regarded as a heretic because of his views Government’s proposed legislation. on religion. Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm In this session Dr Thompson will introduce 28 October Hume through a brief account of his life and Zoom work. Then she will present and discuss some of his controversial views about religion: his argument against belief in miracles and his S 63 Getting the best from a funeral family, of arranging for a civil celebrant to be celebrant involved? In this session, Susie will describe Susie White, marriage and funeral the best ways to ensure your ceremony meets celebrant your hopes and expectations for the occasion When a person dies, loved ones are usually to be both memorable and meaningful. those who must think about the farewell Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm ceremony. Have you ever thought about 25 November preparing for your funeral as a gift to your Balwyn Park Centre
MEDICINE and HEALTH
S 64 The importance of diet and nutrition S 66 First aid training for older adults (those over 80), With a special emphasis on administering including for good bone health first aid to grandchildren Professor Judi Porter, Deakin University This is a formal accredited training course of six Judi has some good news for those of us who hours, conducted by personnel from CPR First are 80 and over (or will be 80 one day), in Aid. terms of our diet. It will include: Research shows that many older people in • DRS ABCD Australia are actually malnourished because • Completing CPR on adult, child and infants they continue to follow the dietary guidelines • Administering the Epi-pen and signs and that have applied in earlier years. symptoms of anaphylaxis She will present the dietary guidelines for older • Choking people which will include some surprises! • Breaks, sprains and bandaging Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon
16 November – NOTE NEW DATE • Epilepsy Zoom • Cardiac arrest • Bites, stings, illnesses, allergies, S 65 Bipolar disorder unconscious casualties Dr Angela Livingstone, St Vincent’s There are no costs to members associated with Hospital this training. People with bipolar (sometimes called manic depression) experience both episodes of severe U3A Deepdene received a grant from the City of depression, and episodes of mania – Boroondara to pay for the course. overwhelming joy, excitement or happiness, All theory and testing will be covered within the huge energy, a reduced need for sleep, and sessions. reduced inhibitions. Attendance at all sessions is required for POSTPONED The experience of bipolar is uniquely personal. accreditation. Angela will share with us the challenges for Limit: 20 members; preference in enrolment people living with bipolar disorder and the for volunteer leaders of physical programs and strategies and treatments available to assist. for those who have enrolled in the past two Friday 9 30 am – 11 am (cancelled) classes 15 October Limit: 20 members; preference in enrolment Zoom for volunteer leaders of physical programs. (2) Tuesdays 10 am – 1 pm 19, 26 October Deepdene S 67 Heart attack S 69 Using a defibrillator Dr Louisa Lee, emergency department, Anne Holland, Defib First Northern Hospital This session will cover the warning signs of a heart attack, what to do and what to expect when you arrive at an Emergency Department. POSTPONED Lifestyle measures to reduce the risk of heart attack and cardiovascular disease will also be discussed. Have you noticed the defibrillators on the walls Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon of each of U3A Deepdene’s locations? 26 October This session is an information and Balwyn Park Centre demonstration presentation so that S 68 Can age-related cognitive decline be participants feel comfortable and confident to improved through improving sleep? apply an Automated External Defibrillator Dr Jessy Manousakis, Monash University (AED) in a medical emergency. With age, sleep disruption becomes increasingly There are no costs to members associated with common. This is especially apparent in the ability to this training. maintain slow wave sleep, the deepest stage of U3A Deepdene has received a grant from sleep. Cognitive decline with age is associated with Boroondara Council to pay the facilitator. this decline in slow wave sleep. Limit 20 participants for face to face. Unlimited Dr Jackson will explain how her unit at Monash numbers if we need to use Zoom. University is investigating methods of improving Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon both slow wave sleep and cognition in older people. 9 November Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon Deepdene 3 November Zoom SCIENCE
F 37B The ‘New Scientist’ discussion group astronomer- having escaped domestic Discussions based on articles in the New servitude in Germany by teaching herself to Scientist weekly journal. sing and establishing a career in England, she (4) Fridays 9 15 am – 10 45 am learnt astronomy while helping her brother, the 22 October, 5, then Royal Astronomer. Soon she was making Maybe 19 November, 3 December discoveries in her own right and swept to Balwyn Park Centre international and popular fame. Monday 10 30 am – 12 noon S 70 Men and women of early modern 11 October astronomy ZOOM John Cavedon The story of the men and women who S 71 Birding in Mallacoota: methods and transformed our view of the universe from observations Martin Butterfield, Mallacoota and unchanging and mechanical to an ever- district U3A evolving, incredibly dynamic cosmos. Mallacoota is an extraordinary area for birding Beginning with the life of an extravagant with over 300 species recorded, and still aristocrat who possessed the finest counting! Our knowledge of the birds in the astronomical instruments of the time and used area is due in large part to the efforts of citizen his observations to solve a 1000-year-old solar scientists reporting what they observe in the system puzzle. Ending with the extraordinary area. story of Britain’s first professional female Martin will review the main reporting methods S 73 Birds in parks and gardens – walks and outline how observations can be submitted Pat Bingham and data extracted from these systems. He will then look at some recent changes in the birdlife in the area and how the newcomers compare with their relatives known in the area, and cover some of the other birds of particular interest. Eastern Spinebill Join Pat and her fellow enthusiasts and beginners to explore the parks and streetscapes of the Balwyn area to discover what birdlife is around in spring. Bring binoculars if you have them. Black faced Monarch Each member may only enrol for one walk. Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon A Walk 1 Maranoa Gardens 13 October Tuesday 8 30 am - 9 30 am Zoom 16 November S 72 Branson vs Bezos: as the billionaires Meet in the carpark at the top of Parring Road blasted into space, who’s got the B Walk 2 Deepdene Park better plan? Tuesday 8 30 am - 9 30 am Chris James, Centre for Hypersonics, The 30 November University of Queensland Meet in the carpark at Deepdene Park, On 11 July, Sir Richard Branson, after nearly 17 Whitehorse Road years of Virgin Galactic development, achieved S 74 The physics of speech his dream and reached space. ‘I have dreamt Russell Downie of this moment since I was a kid, and honestly Our voices are distinctive and yet we can all nothing could prepare you for the view of Earth sing the one note and be in tune. What on from space,’ Branson said after landing. earth is going on when we produce the sounds On 21 July, Jeff Bezos, the richest person on of speech? This talk will contain audience Earth, boarded a reusable rocket he dreamed participation. Demonstrations and pictures will up and funded, launched to the edge of space help you understand speech and be amazed all to experience a few minutes of weightlessness, at the same time. and then came back down. This is a repeat of a session delivered on zoom These were big moments for the private space in Term 3 – with the added features possible industry. But who has the smarter plan? when face-to-face. Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm 27 October 18 November Zoom Balwyn Park Centre
SPECIAL EVENTS & ACTIVITIES At times, during each term, we have the opportunity to add in extra (exciting) events. These will be advertised via email and listed under this category on MyU3A.
THE WORLD AROUND US S 75 ‘China Panic: Australia's alternative Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm to paranoia and pandering … A better 21 October way to think about foreign influence ZOOM and the nation's future’ S 78 Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock – Dr David Brophy, LaTrobe University revisited 50 years on When he visited Australia in 2014, Chinese Graham Pratt president Xi Jinping said there was an ‘ocean of Session 1: What did Toffler say 50 years ago? goodwill’ between our country and his. Since Session 2: What does his approach look like, 50 then that ocean has shown dramatic signs of years on? freezing over. Australia is in the grip of a China Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm Panic. How did we get here and what’s the way 27 October, 3 November out? ZOOM In this recently released book David argues that we need democratic solutions that strengthen S 79 The extraordinary story of Afterpay Australian institutions and embrace, not Dr Jonathan Shapiro, co-author of Buy alienate, Chinese Australians. Now, Pay Later Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm Buy Now, Pay Later recounts the dramatic 11 October behind-the-scenes story of the founding and Zoom rise of Afterpay. It reveals the network of S 76 Australia’s faltering climate change business and personal relationships that policy enabled the company to finance its speedy Professor David Dorward growth and the manoeuvring that enabled it to Australia’s faltering climate change policies escape regulation for years as well as the near- compared with the rest of the OECD. death experiences and rising concern that it is What Australia could learn and the potential getting young people hooked on debt. retaliatory trade impacts if Australia doesn’t Dr Shapiro draws on years of on-the-ground move more decisively? reporting interviews with the founders and key Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm figures involved in their rollercoaster ride. 14 October Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm Zoom 4 November S 77 Retirement Income Covenant and Zoom update on superannuation legislation S 80 Planning issues Terry O’Callaghan, OAM John Manton The Government is currently finalising a We are all affected by land planning issues and Retirement Income Covenant as a key stage of decisions made by relevant authorities. the Government’s retirement income Authorities must consider a great range of framework to assist retirees meet their retired issues and objectives, which are often in income objectives. conflict with each other. The session will cover the progress of the In this ongoing series we look at current and Government position paper circulated in emerging issues – plans and decisions made July/August covering retirement income and how policies might be implemented. strategy, comprehensive income products for This is a participatory session rather than a retirement, maximising income against risks in lecture. If anyone has an issue they would like retirement, and the relationship of the Age to work through, we can look at that also. Pension and tax implications. Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm An update will also be provided on the Your 17 November Future Your Super legislation that is being Zoom implemented from 1 July 2021. S 81 How should the IPCC 2021 report S 83 China-related issues today affect Australia's climate change Ian Hundley commitment at COP26 at Glasgow in The Australia-China trade relationship: November? How it has evolved and current tensions Ken Parker Great power rivalry in our region: the U.S. The recently released IPCC 2021 report gives an and China unequivocal and authoritative statement of Regional hotspots, including the South emissions reduction required over the next China Sea and Taiwan decade for it to be possible to limit global Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm warming to around 1.5 degrees. 24 November There is increasing pressure on Australia to set Balwyn Park Centre an example and lead the way for the world to S 84 Investing unite in committing to much higher emissions Richard Topham reductions this decade, in line with the IPCC The group meets twice a term, in group and Australian Academy of Science reports. discussion format, to swap notes on managing But will we? investment portfolios. Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon We concentrate on listed securities. 23 November Participants either manage their own portfolios Balwyn Park Centre directly or monitor the performance of a S 82 What is a Virtual Power Plant (VPP)? professional fund manager who does this for Gerald Hughes them. Or maybe whether to take a more active role. Do we need to have an investment plan? Occasionally we have training sessions on particular topics (for example, when to sell). We consider investing from both a fundamental (detailed analysis) and a technical New technology now provides the opportunity (charting) viewpoint. for us all to be part of the Green Energy Richard sends out an agenda for each meeting revolution as the grid supply transitions from to those registered to attend. fossil fuel usage to renewables of sun, wind and Session 1 Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm wave power. 27 October This talk will discuss: ZOOM VPP technology and component parts of a Session 2 Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm domestic VPP 15 November How VPPs are integrated with the grid to Deepdene reduce dependence on coal fired power
stations
Residential installation Sources of advice F 31/32 Issues and current affairs – Customer usage experience Mondays Investment and green incentives Potential incomes investment pay-back F 31 10 am – 10 45 am Zoom periods. F 32 11 am – 11 45 am Balwyn The talk will not cover electric vehicles (EVs) F 34 Politics and current affairs – but will include reference to EV vehicle to grid Thursdays (V2G) technology which uses EV batteries to Group A 10 am – 11 30 am Zoom store/use excess VPP energy. Wednesday 10 30 am – 12 noon 24 November Zoom FOOD S 85 The Impact of the pandemic on our Or did you find it hard to be enthusiastic about food choices? cooking? Did you order out? Panel of our zoom cooking demonstrators How many local restaurants / cafes delivered food to your home? Are you keen and ready to once again host dinner parties to make up for time lost? Or do you think you may have lost some confidence to do this? This will be a fun chat session, with members encouraged to share some of their experiences of cooking over the last 18 months, led by our Lockdown came suddenly in March last year! team of zoom cooking demonstrators. We stayed home, many baked sourdough Tuesday 10 30 am – 12 noon bread. Why? 26 October With the extra time did you google for recipes Zoom or did you experiment and create your own? What was your best/worst recipe?
OUR VENUES On our website, there is a section VENUES. There you will find Melways references and clear maps. – OFFICE & MAIN VENUE – Balwyn Park Centre, 206A Whitehorse Road, Balwyn, 3103 109 (Box Hill) tram, Car park (entrance from Whitehorse Road) street parking in Whitehorse Road, Cherry Street and some surrounding streets.
Alston Halls, Deepdene Uniting Church, 958 Burke Road, Deepdene, 3103 109 (Box Hill) and 72 (Camberwell) trams; 548 (Ivanhoe) bus. Car park (entrance from Dale Street, off Whitehorse Road) with limited parking; street parking in Burke Road and Whitehorse Road. The Halls are behind the Church.
Stradbroke Park Pavilion, Corner Harp Road and Burke Road, Balwyn, 3103 48 (North Balwyn) tram – 10 minute walk; 302 (Box Hill), 304 (Doncaster SC) and 548 (Ivanhoe) buses. Ample off street car parking; entrance from Burke Road plus parking in Burke Road.
Horrie Watson Pavilion, Deepdene Park, Whitehorse Road, Balwyn, 3103, between Walsh Street and Parkside Avenue 109 (Box Hill) tram. Off street car parking plus street parking in Walsh Street and Parkside Avenue. We thank our supporters:
Printing courtesy of Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, Federal Member for Kooyong TECHNOLOGY
The courses within the Technology program are a response to the expressed needs and interests of members. If you are looking for a technology course that is not listed, please let us know. Some of the courses listed are demonstration only – with the tutor giving a structured introduction to the technology featured. Most of the technology sessions will be delivered through zoom. The rest will be delivered face-to-face, at Balwyn Park Centre. Some courses are ‘hands-on’ with members learning how to use their own up-to-date technology. The course description for these courses will ask you to use your own phone or tablet.
Please note that Deepdene U3A presenters and class members do not accept liability for any consequences to your computer in acting on any information you obtain at these classes.
T 01 Internet and video calls T 03 Spam email – how can you beat it? Matt Yarnold - ReadyTechGo Helen Smith - Nunawading U3A The beauty of the internet allows us to contact We all get spam emails – and it’s getting worse! loved ones for free! In this session, we will identify which emails are Come along to this workshop and we will show spam and which ones might look like spam but you how! actually aren’t. We will cover: We’ll find out how the spammers get our email Skype or Facetime addresses and explore the various ways they Finding contacts and getting started might be using spam to their advantage. How to contact loved ones for free, using We’ll also discuss what we can do about spam these apps – and what we definitely shouldn’t do, too! Monday 10 30 am – 12 noon Prequisites: Suitable for everyone who 11 October connects online by computer, smartphone Zoom and/or tablet. Tuesday 1 pm – 3 pm 12 October Zoom T 04 Help for PowerPoint Beginners John Hogan If you have just started with PowerPoint and
would like to ask questions or learn a little T 02 Photo editing more this class may be for you. Knowing how Karin Watts to start PowerPoint and prepare a simple Learn how to improve/edit your photos taken presentation will be assumed. This class will on your phone/tablet and then how to sort concentrate on the special menus for them into folders plus share them with family, enhancing pictures and shapes. It will follow on social media or to your laptop. Whilst the from the Beginners class last term. demonstration will be via an iPhone the same principles will apply to android phones. If time Thursday 2 pm – 3 30 pm permits, we will also look at Google photo October 14 editing which has a similar process. Zoom Class limited to 15 Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm 11 October Zoom
T 05 Help for PowerPoint Photobook T 07 Creating a printed photobook Makers Karin Watts John Hogan This class will use the program Photobook This class will follow on from my last term’s Australia, one of several online photobook class on photobook designs. Ability to programs. download themes from the internet and create Previous attendees are welcome to come for slides will be assumed. We will add to the slide further assistance with their projects. designs available for those who wish to add a Members who enrol will receive instructions little spectacle to their work. There will be about joining Photobook Australia, prior to the further work on merging shapes and cropping class. pictures. Learn how to make an individual photobook Monday 10 30 am – 12 noon memento of your trip, family or special interest October 18 using your digital photos. Zoom Class limited to 15 Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm
25 October Zoom T 08 Smart devices and the internet Gabe Denemark, Community and Stakeholder/Engagements team Victoria The talk will cover: What are ‘smart devices’
Examples of the latest smart devices and T 06 Zoom and Internet services how they can be used around your house Gerald Hughes Tips to become more ‘tech savvy’ in 2021 In these difficult times, where COVID How to select the best internet speed lockdowns are imposed at short notice, this talk based on the number of devices you use will support U3A members to understand how Common internet trends in 2021 to get the best zoom connections to our U3A Tuesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm Deepdene program. 26 October The talk will cover: Zoom Zoom setup for best performance T 09 What in the world: an exploration of Internet speeds needed for zoom sexting and other online relationship Testing your Internet connection behaviours Dealing with unexpected connection Elizabeth Clancy problems This session will focus on sexting and other Resetting the internet connection forms of online abuse, including discussions of Reconnecting zoom what is involved and the terms that are used, Selecting a suitable internet package why people engage in sexting behaviours, and Zoom usage etiquette. the legal and social consequences for both Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm perpetrators and victims, whether adolescents 20 October or adults. Drawing on examples from her Zoom research, Elizabeth will include both public and school-based situations and scenarios, as well as international issues and responses. Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm 3 November Zoom T 10 Microsoft cleanup Gerald Hughes With extensive usage, Microsoft computers need occasional housekeeping to maintain good performance. The talk will cover the basic settings to keep a Microsoft computer in good working order and to avoid the T 12 Introduction to Facebook unnecessary purchase of a replacement Karin Watts, Michelle Trevorrow computer. Learn how to use this popular social network The talk will cover: including how to find friends and family, share What is your computer specification? status updates, post comments – all without Windows 10 settings compromising your privacy. Learn how to set up an account from scratch, Personalisation personalise your profile, find and join groups, Updates and security how to adjust security settings, how to use the Control panel Facebook mobile app and messenger to stay Unwanted programs connected on the go. Internet browsers (MS Edge and Google Monday 1 30 pm – 3 pm Chrome) 22 November Disk cleanup Zoom Files and folders Email filing and tidying up Please note: - This talk is intended for Microsoft users only. It will be much less beneficial to Apple and Android users. Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm 17 November Zoom
T 11 Preparing presentations using T 13 Health facilities on your smartphone PowerPoint and tablet John Hogan Terry O’Callaghan, John Kidman, Paul Flanagan A session designed for members who may be This presentation will show you how to set up thinking about contributing to the U3A and use medical ID on your smartphone. In Deepdene program, led by a member who is a frequent contributor to our program, drawing addition, useful health and fitness apps for your on his experience. smartphone or tablet (both Apple and Android Where do I get information on each topic? devices) will be demonstrated including First How do I approach the preparation for Aid, CPR, Home Doctor Visit, Physical and each topic? Mental Fitness and Diet. What tools do I use and how does If you wish to connect your smartphone or PowerPoint facilitate building a story? tablet to the U3A WiFi to download or use the What part does the internet play? apps being demonstrated, please arrive twenty The session will combine the answers to these minutes before the commencement of the questions with illustrations from recently presentation. For Apple devices bring your prepared art presentations. Apple ID. Monday 10 30 pm – 12 noon Wednesday 1 30 pm – 3 pm 22 November 24 November Zoom Zoom
VISITS AND OUTINGS
A wonderful program was arranged for term 3. Everything, including day outings, an overnight trip to Ballarat and a three-day trip to East Gippsland, had to be postponed because of lockdown.
To avoid the disappointments of term 3, our plan in term 4 is to revive some of these activities, at short notice, when circumstances allow. Members who booked outings in term 3 will be given priority booking in term 4 but extra places are likely to be available for newcomers. Some outings required prepayment. If you have paid, but find the revised date inconvenient, a refund will be made.
Activities will be announced through Omail so watch for these, once we are out of lockdown.
Christine and Barbara are happy to discuss your booking if further clarification is required.
Christine Georgiou 0409 679 176 Barbara Mathews 0423 628 852
There are two visits included in the Short Courses program:
V 01 A visit to two beautiful local private V 02 A face-to-face visit to the Athenaeum gardens Library See the Gardens section of the Program for See the Literature section of the Program for details details We are pleased to offer another of our spectacular visits to local gardens, this time in the Camberwell/Canterbury area. There will be two gardens to visit - each designed by a well-known landscape architect and offering a fascinating range of plants. Wednesday 10 am – 11 30 am Wednesday 10 am - 12.15 pm 24 November 24 November
Please enrol under the category Visits & Outings for these two Visits
These visits are, of course, subject to health restrictions allowing them to proceed.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY We respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung People of the Kulin Nation, and their Elders past and present and future, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which U3A Deepdene is located. We are honoured to recognise our connection to Wurundjeri Country, history, culture and spirituality through this location. We also acknowledge the Traditional Owners of lands across Australia, their Elders, Ancestors, cultures and heritage.
ENROLLING FOR U3A DEEPDENE COURSES USING MYU3A For Term 4 you will need to enrol via MyU3A Here’s a short how to document: 1. Make sure you know your membership number and password email or phone (0408 019 815) if you need help with this 2. Go to our website: www.u3adeepdene.org.au 3. Click on CURRENT TERM/COURSES to enrol in courses or to check your enrolments 4. On the right hand side of the page click on MyU3A Member Access 5. Enter your membership number and password. Click Log in 6. Towards the bottom of the page find the Classes 2021 button 7. Click the Classes 2021 button/s.
8. Check out the Categories – these equate more or less to the categories in the Program Guides.
Short Courses
Full Year Courses
9. Click on the Category you want:
10. Choose the course/s you want and click in the Request box/es
11. Click Next (at the bottom of that page) 12. Then choose Classes 2021 to go to another Category and repeat the process if you wish to enrol in more courses.
13. Keep on clicking the Next buttons until you get to the Exit button
If you need help, phone 0408 019 815 (Jenny Cash) and you will be assisted.