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Time | Speaker |
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9.30 - 10.00am | Registration and coffee |
10.00am | Welcome and opening remarks Jasmine Cameron, Assistant Director-General, National Library of Australia |
10.10 - 11.00am | Opening Address - 'Rebels and Gilt-spurred Roosters: Politics, Bureaucracy and the Democratic Ideal in the Griffins' Capital.' Alasdair McGregor; author of Grand Obsessions: The Life and Work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin. |
11.00am - 12.00pm | The Tale of Two Cities Participating chair Paul Daley, journalist, foreign correspondent and author of Canberra Christopher Vernon, Associate Professor School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts and guest curator of The Dream of a Century exhibition Dr Dianne Firth, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Canberra and Deputy Chair ACT Heritage Council Dr Jeff Turnbull, Honorary Fellow in Architecture, Building and Planning University of Melbourne |
12.00 - 2.00pm | Lunch |
1.00 - 2.00pm | Guided tour of the Dream of a Century the Griffins in Australia’s Capital exhibition with guest curatorChristopher Vernon |
2.00pm - 3.00pm | The Griffins’ Archival Legacy Participating chair, Nat Williams, Director, Exhibitions Branch, National Library of Australia Ian Batterham, Conservator at National Archives of Australia Dr Anna Rubbo Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Planning University of Sydney Kylie Scroope, Acting Curator of Manuscripts, National Library of Australia. |
3.00pm - 3.30pm | Closing Address - The Continuing City Professor Karl Fischer, Acting Director of the Master of Urban Development and Design Course Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales. Professor James Weirick, Director of the Master of Urban Development and Design, University of New South Wales |
3.45 -4.00pm | Closing remarks Margy Burn, Assistant Director-General, National Library of Australia |