Issue 135, Aug-Oct 2019 2Nd Edition
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INFORM The Official Magazine of U3A (UWA) Inc. Issue 135, Aug-Oct 2019 2nd Edition PATRON: Emeritus Professor Alan Robson AO, CitWA City Lecture: In This Issue Presidents Report 2 ‘Culture can spark city revival’ Happy Wanderers 2 ed Snell, Chief Cultural Officer University of Western Vale G & M Manoy 3 Australia (UWA) Cultural Precinct, will give a Vale M & B Loader 3 Wanneroo Fun Day 4 T presentaon on the cultural influence of the opening Mahjong in Regions 4 of the new $450mil. WA Museum Perth. Mid North Acvies 5 Ted was born in 1949, at Geraldton, WA. He was Professor of Melville & Districts Region 5 Contemporary Art and Dean of Art, John Curn Gallery and is Regional Programs 6-13 Lesmurdie at Foodbank 13 Director of the Cultural Precinct at UWA. Over the past two U3A Choir 13 decades he has contributed to the naonal arts agenda Ted Snell Swan Hills Acvies 14 through various high profile roles. He is currently Chair of the Professor, GradDipEd Birm., AGM Report 14 Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, art reviewer for The PhD Curtin A Chair is a Chair is a Chair 14 Fun and Games 15 Australian and a regular contributor to local and naonal Rockingham Visit 16 journals. He has published several books and has curated numerous exhibions; Ted is also a I Love Stuffed Toys 16 visual arst showing his work in solo exhibions across Australia and in the Naonal Gallery This 2nd Edion has minor correcons of Australia, the Art Gallery of Western Australia and Artbank. to the choir photo, Uerly Clueless and the schedule. Date: Sat 19 October. Time: 1:00pm No Cost Registraon Required Venue: Wesley Quarter The Uning Church Hall in the City: Level 1, 97 William Street, Perth Contact Jennie Diagonally opposite Murray Street 0418 348 865 Above: Gioi Papillon and the Choir. Story Page 13 entrance to Perth Underground U3A (UWA) Office: Opening hours Wednesday and Friday mornings . U3A (UWA) Local Region Contacts: Please call ahead if you are planning a visit to ensure the office will be staffed. Canning River 9450 2398 Location: Building 7, University of Western Australia, Princess Road Claremont, WA 6010 Joondalup 9401 9630 Post: U3A (UWA) Inc. University of Western Australia (M421). Lesmurdie Hills 9453 1436 35 Stirling Highway. Crawley WA 6009 Melville & Districts 0419 919 993 Phone: 6488 1857 Email: [email protected] Website: www.u3awa.org Mid-North 9370 5692 North Coast (Hamersley) 9409 1412 U3A (UWA) Council Contacts: Rockingham & Districts 9593 9852 President: Denise Beer 9279 2862 Swan Hills 9250 6292 Deputy President: Judith Amey 0417 767 877 Wanneroo 9206 1550 Hon Treasurer: Jean Duff 9342 0764) Western Suburbs 0414 767877 General Secretary: Chrisne Oliver 0402 308 044 See pages 6 to 13 for information on Membership Secretary: Contact U3A (UWA) Office 6488 1857 Regional Meetings/Groups Inform Editor: Peter Bifield 0421 116 934 Website Editor: Ron Mitchell 0439 919670 Page 1 Presidents Report by Denise Beer elcome to the new U3A membership online with a very simple Further informaon will be provided W (UWA) year, this is my first process. This will be no different to what about this later and assistance provided if report to you all following we have been doing on Ticketebo but will you are having any difficulty. my appointment at the AGM in April. register your membership directly on our Following on from the setup of the online Firstly thank you for pung your trust in system and reduce the workload on the management system we will be recruing me to lead this wonderful organisaon for office volunteers and save us having to volunteers for the office as we will then this year. My thanks to Valerie Buckley for pay Ticketebo for the service, money that have a beer idea of what jobs will be the wonderful job she did as President for can be returned to members. It will also required. the previous two years. She has le U3A allow for registraon of new members in in a very solid posion and I look forward the same manner. In closing, I hope you enjoyed the to connuing her work. seminar, ‘The Genius of DNA’, on Saturday What does this mean for members? In 13 July. I thank the commiee that did an As already indicated two of my priories essence very lile for those who already amazing job of pulling together some are to see the set up and installaon of an pay online it will not be any different. You wonderful speakers. online management system to make the will just need an email address to log in workload lighter on our few wonderful and for the return of your receipt and I look forward to working with the exisng volunteers in the office and also to membership badge and the ability to print and new delegates and council members increase the number of volunteers in the this off. For those that have been paying and thank them for their me, office. Both of these objecves are directly into the bank or by cash or commitment and dedicaon to U3A. One underway. cheque you will sll be able to do that, of my other promises is to get around to nothing will change unless you want it to. each region during my term of office so I The first of these is to deliver the first For those members who are using the look forward to meeng many of you as I stage of the online management system same email address as your partner one meet this commitment. which will allow members to renew their of you will need a new email address. Joondalup Happy Wanderers outings Visit to HMAS Ovens on the approximately 65 people on board given That was not allowed unl last year. The Wednesday 1May the limited space. Looking at the bunks biggest gold coin in the world is on the sailors had to be prey small. The display, weighing in at 1 tonne and you n total there were 10 of us going to “common rooms” were mul-funconal are allowed to go back unsupervised to I Fremantle, but only 5 went into the to make the most of them. admire it. They reckon if someone would submarine for various reasons. The be able to grab that coin and run outside tour was quite an eye-opener on the life Visit to Perth Mint on with it, nobody would be able to stop it of the people serving on board. The Wednesday 5 June anyway – it would have to be the submarine was launched in December The most amazing thing about this visit incredible hulk! 1967, decommissioned in December 1995 was that we were allowed to take pictures and has served as a Museum ship since. It everywhere – even during the gold pour! is hard to imagine that there were Editors Note elcome to your new look W Inform. I hope you like the new layout and the combined Regional Schedules. I encourage you to find something you like and visit another Region who all welcome visitors. I would like to include a “Leers to the Editor” secon; so write to: “The Editor, Inform U3A (UWA) Inc. University of Western Australia (M421). 35 Srling Highway. Crawley WA 6009” or peterbifi[email protected]. It could be feedback on events or things you would like U3A to do. I look forward to hearing from you. Page 2 Official Magazine of U3A (UWA) Inc Vale Meryl Manoy embers were saddened Meryl’s most recent ‘adventure in verse’ M recently to hear of the was well received by a large audience at sudden death of Meryl Hamersley in February, following her U3A Manoy, fondly known as North Coast trip to Norfolk Island with six other North U3A’s resident poet. Coasters, including her friend Barbara Moyle. Throughout her long life, Meryl and her late husband, Grahame, travelled widely Meryl, whose work has been published in and were intrepid sailors. Meryl’s numerous anthologies, was a leading presentaons about their adventures contributor to North Coast’s Poetry were frequently delivered completely in Group. verse. Vale Grahame Manoy rahame passed away in July cuer, especially in Perth’s emerging G 2017, aged 96. His presence is women’s fashion industry. His meeng fondly remembered by fellow with Meryl led to a thriving family North Coasters who share memories of business which was to last for 50 years, Grahame’s kindness and celebrated sense featuring the Grahame Model fashion of humour with Meryl, his wife of more label. than 60 years. It was launched with support from Meryl’s Grahame connues to be an inspiraon parents and connued under the for Meryl’s poetry…as much as ever. management of a third generaon when the Manoys’ daughter and son-in-law took Born in London, Grahame survived the over and Grahame and Meryl rered to go Blitz, qualified as a tailor and arrived in travelling and sailing. Perth in 1949, having completed war service with the RAF in Ceylon, India and Grahame was a highly regarded member Malaya. of Perth’s Jewish community; was deeply friends and acquaintances from all walks loved by his family and is remembered of life . He quickly made his mark as a tailor and with lasng affecon by his numerous Vale Marilyn and Brian Loader t the U3A (UWA) AGM 2019, an Tutankhamen and gave talks on growing Unfortunately, both experienced poor A award was announced for these up in Zimbabwe and her travels. health in the last couple of years. Towards two members of the Swan Hills the end of 2018 they announced that they Brian joined U3A in February 2004 and Region.