Victoria
Members and guests are all invited to attend VIC Branch events
Victoria Branch including Regional Group Events 2026
Victoria Branch
Tuesday 28 July 11.30am for time to mingle prior to sit down at 12.15pm Victoria Branch Mid Year Luncheon at the Stamford Plaza Hotel 111 Little Collins Street Melbourne. Speaker Kirsty Sword Gusmao AO Bookings https://www.trybooking.com/DLUUP Cost $80.00 (incl GST) From resistance to a life of service:
Dr Kirsty Sword Gusmao’s life has been marked by the most astonishing, cinematic twists and turns. From a quiet childhood in regional Victoria to clandestine work smuggling East Timorese men to safety, from falling in love with an imprisoned resistance fighter to First Lady of Timor-Leste.
In 2015 Kirsty Sword Gusmão AO was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for her distinguished service to Australia-East Timor relations through the development of mutual co-operation and understanding.
Living between Melbourne and Timor-Leste, Dr Kirsty Sword Gusmao AO is the founder of the Alola Foundation and the Chair of the Xanana Gusmao Reading Room which she established in 2000.
Thursday 26 November 6pm Victoria Branch End of Year Dinner at the Stamford Plaza Hotel 111 Little Collins Street Melbourne
Victorian Regional Groups Events
North Central Suburbs Regional Group
Wednesday June 24 informal lunch 11.45am Sycamore Tree Café – 185 Burgundy St Heidelberg. Parking available in the Uniting Church carpark. Members can order from the menu and pay individually for food and drinks. Bookings Irene Harrington OAM at [email protected] by 5:00pm Friday 19th June.
Sunday August 16 Reception for 2026 Honours recipients
Wednesday September 23 Informal Lunch
Regular ZOOM sessions with guest speakers.
Western Suburbs Regional Group
Sunday 28 June at 12.30 for 1.00 pm at Pelican’s Landing,
On the waterfront: 1 Syme Street, Williamstown VIC 3016. Cost: $24 for lunch and one drink (GST incl.)
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Please order and pay for your meal and drink at the downstairs bar on arrival. Tell the staff you are with the Order of Australia group and they will advise the selection of meals available.
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Proceed upstairs. After a warm welcome and a chance to catch up, meals will be served at 1 pm.
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Lunch will be followed by our guest speaker, William Kininmoth, on the topic:
The truth and the myths of climate change science
William Kininmoth holds a Bachelor of Science (University of Western Australia); Master of Science (Colorado State University, USA); and Master of Administration (Monash University). William joined the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) as a cadet meteorologist in 1960. He completed the Meteorologist-in-Training course and was posted to Darwin in 1964, where he
carried out weather forecasting and specialised in marine and agricultural studies. In 1968 he took up a postgraduate scholarship at Colorado State University, USA.
On return, William began working at the recently established Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne. In 1977 he participated in the inaugural Public Service Executive Development Scheme in Canberra then, returning to Melbourne, he headed BOM’s Special Studies Section. From 1982 to 1985 he was Project Manager for a team of 20 specialists assisting the Meteorology and Environment Protection Administration of Saudi Arabia. He then headed the National Climate Centre until his retirement in 1998.
Internationally, William provided consultation services to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) until 2007.
From 1982 through 1998, he was Australia’s representative to the WMO Commission for Climatology, serving two four-year terms on the Board of Management. In 1990 he was a member of the Australian Ministerial Delegation to the Second World Climate Conference. During 1991and 1992 William was a member of the Australian delegation to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change.
William Kininmonth is the author of Climate Change: A Natural Hazard published in 2004.
Replies by c.o.b on 25 June 2026, please, to [email protected] or 0400 871 731.
Eastern Suburbs Regional Group
Tuesday 14 July 7.30pm Webinar Speaker Janette Ethington, from Interplast, which provides surgery to patients and training to staff in the Pacific and Asia.
Tuesday 15 September Webinar
Tuesday 17 November Webinar
Tuesday 24 November Event with lunch
South Central Suburbs Regional Group
Mid-Year Luncheon Thursday 16 July Sandringham Club Guest Speaker: David Parkin (Australian Rules footballer/coach/commentator)
End of Year Dinner Thursday 12 November The Bridge Hotel, Mordialloc Guest Speaker: Colin Neave AM ‘Reflections on an Ombudsman’s Career’
Loddon Campaspe Regional Group
Saturday 18 July at Inglewood Session at St Augustine’s Church at 11am The Four Seasons Session at Inglewood Town Hall at 3pm Brilliant Bach!
Barwon Regional Group
Thursday July 23 6.30pm Mid Year Dinner at the Davidson Restaurant.
Gippsland Regional Group
Friday 23 October The Annual Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet Oration and dinner – Traralgon
Events still to be added for the following Regional Groups for 2026
Central Highlands Wimmera Regional Group
Frankston Mornington Peninsula Regional Group
North East and Goulburn Valley Regional Group
South West Regional Group