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A Celebration of 400 Years of Women Artists
<p>In every century there have been outstanding women artists who have achieved a reputation that has tested time and sat well-earned, alongside their male colleagues. Often their life stories are
...Approximately 5 hours
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From French Royalty to Empire - Art and decorative elegance from Louis XIV's Versailles to Napoleon
<p>French monarchs managed their images as carefully as any self-branded celebrity today. How did Louis XIV use the artisans and artists of the day through his patronage to enhance and dazzle his
...Approximately 4 hours
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Portraits of Russia: Rublëv, Pushkin, Turgenev, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky
<p>This course, focussed on the life and work of some of Russia’s most outstanding personalities, will begin with the work of Andrey Rublëv, Russia’s most famous icon painter, and his circle, and the
...Approximately 6 hours
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Portraits of Scandinavia: Norway and Denmark
<p>The cold lands of the far north have in fact produced inspiring examples of music, drama, art and philosophy to match the best of the more famous cultures of France and Italy. Explore the genius of
...Approximately 6 hours
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'The Radiance of Existence' - What We Can Learn from Simone de Beauvoir
<p>Simone de Beauvoir in her memoirs and novel <em>The Mandarins</em> crafts and sculpts some compelling passages that are her attempts to put into words – the sheer radiance of existence. In this 2-
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The History of Spy Craft in Australia from the 1950s to Today
<p>In part one we covered the early history of spies and intelligence in Australia from Federation up to 1950. This course explores what happened next. In this course we cover the 1950s to now,
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2023 in Review
<p>There are several complex questions emerging as part of any review of 2023. Some of the questions are difficult to answer but worth discussing. They include considerations about foreign and
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Saracens and Crusaders - Villains and Victims
<p>It was a war to wrest the Holy Land from the infidels. But who were the real heroes and villains? A crusade is a jihad by another name and they are both driven by ideology and scant regard for the
...Saracens and Crusaders - Villains and Victims
<p>It was a war to wrest the Holy Land from the infidels. But who were the real heroes and villains? A crusade is a jihad by another name and they are both driven by ideology and scant regard for the
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Modular Origami for Christmas Decorations
<p>Among many beautiful origami models, there are special figures for Christmas decorations. Perfectly symmetrical, they are made of colored or shining gold paper folded in regular geometrical mode to
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"The Voice" Referendum - What It Means and What Next
<p>There have only been 44 referendums to amend Australia’s constitution and of those only 8 have resulted in a “yes” vote. “The Voice” referendum is the first referendum of this millennium and the
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