Dr Brian Wheeler is a retired Dentist who has enjoyed a long and rewarding involvement with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Dr. Wheeler is a life member of RFDS Central Operations (SA&NT), having served 23 years on the board including 3 years as Chairman. He was also on the Federal Board for six years, with […]
Thomas Keneally is an iconic Australian novelist, playwright, essayist and actor. Thomas was born in Sydney, but spent his early years in Kempsey before his family moved back to Sydney. He attended Christian Brothers St .Patrick’s College Strathfield and awarded his Leaving Certificate with Honours English. Thomas enroled at St. Patrick’s Seminary Manly, but he […]
Dr. Tony Stimson holds a PhD in History and was a co-founder and principal of Eynesbury Senior College, Institutes of Business and Technology and international English language academies until stepping down in 2007. Since then, Dr. Stimson has been preoccupied with two books on South Australia’s involvement in the Anglo-Boer War – the first will appear early in 2022. A […]
Sally Grundy’s family have farmed on Hindmarsh Island and Mundoo Island for many generations. Mundoo Island Station is the last farming property on the River Murray and is dissected by the Coorong Barrages. This provides a unique wetland environment of fresh water on one side and salt water on the other. Living in this diverse […]
Lainie Anderson has been a columnist with Adelaide’s Sunday Mail for 14 years. Her 30-year career in journalism and public relations includes stints at the Herald Sun in Melbourne, The Times in London and the South Australian Tourism Commission. In 2016 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to gauge the significance of Adelaide’s historic Vickers Vimy aircraft and retrace the route of […]
Rod Barton is a former Director of Strategic Technology in Australia's Defence Intelligence Organisation. His intelligence career spanned over 20 years, with postings to London, Bahrain, Baghdad, New York and Mogadishu. During this time, Rod also worked with the United Nations in Somalia as the Director of Disarmament and Demobilisation of Somali militias; and in […]
Founder of Ferguson Fisheries, Andrew Ferguson started as a professional fisherman in 1975 at the age of 16. He purchased his first Southern Zone lobster licence and boat in May 1980. During his fishing career up until 2000, Andrew owned and operated fishing vessels and fishing licences, in South Australian waters. Today Ferguson Fisheries continues […]
Justice Doyle graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from Adelaide University and a Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford University. Justice Doyle was an associate to the Honourable Justice Lander from 1995-1996, before joining the legal firm of Fisher Jeffries, working as a solicitor from 1997-2001. Justice Doyle was a […]
Visiting the Adelaide Hills including Woodside, Lobethal, Melba’s chocolate factory, cheese tasting, morning tea/coffee, wine tasting and lunch. Cost - $50.00 per person includes return bus travel, morning tea/coffee. Lunch at the Lobethal Bierhaus at member’s own cost. Departing from Grote Street, Adelaide, opposite Her Majesty’s Theatre, at 9.45am and returning there at around 4.00pm. […]
His Excellency the Honorable Hieu Van Le AC is South Australia’s 35th Governor and the first person of Asian origin to be appointed a State Governor in Australia. He assumed office in September 2014 and will complete his term in office at the end of August 2021. Previously, His Excellency had been Lieutenant Governor of […]