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The World of The Venerable Bede: Anglo-Saxon And Celtic Britain
The Venerable Bede (c.673-735) was one of the leading scholars in early medieval Europe and ‘father’ of English history. He lived during one of the most vibrant periods of Anglo-Saxon civilization and played an important role in its evolving society. This society witnessed the transformation of England both religiously and socially with the spread...
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Sharing the World: People and other Animals
Animals are an intrinsic part of literature. From childhood to maturity, we read about rabbits in coats, lost dogs, man hunting whales and clever foxes. We share this earth with thousands of other species: we love and eat them, skin and tame them; and we write about them. In this course we explore some literary animals, our connections to them and...
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Seperatism - Why Nations Break Apart
This course looks at how and why nations fragment, why parts break away, and considers whether this could happen in Australia, with separatist movements in Western Australia and Norfolk Island and among some indigenous groups. How could indigenous ‘recognition’ and ‘sovereignty’ co-exist within Australia’s constitutional structure? Sometimes...
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Eve, the Apple and Medieval Society
Medieval theologians believed the nature of Eve’s disobedience, as told in the book of Genesis, was sexual and thus viewed women as a persistent source of sexual temptation. This course examines medieval society’s attitude to sex, love, romance, marriage, courtly love and various other alternatives through authors such as Andeas Cappellanus and...
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The Complete Essential Apps
A one day course focusing on specific apps to better utilise your smart phone, including: Public Transport, Uber, Calendar, ApplePay & GooglePay, Playing music using Spotify, and Taking Photographs. You need to bring your own fully charged phone/tablet and charger to be able to learn from this course. COURSE OUTLINE The course is broken into six...
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<p>A one day course focusing on specific apps to better utilise your smart phone, including: Public Transport, Uber, Calendar, ApplePay & GooglePay, Playing music using Spotify, and Taking Photographs
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Feb
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Aristotle On The Happy Life
Aristotle’s Nikomachaen Ethics is a book on how to prosper in life. Bearing in mind that all of us live in communities and states, we cannot prosper alone. What I do affects others; and what others do affects me. Accordingly ethics is an issue for everyone. But although Artistotle’s work is a philosophical treatise, it is written in an easy style...
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Armchair Travels
This course let’s you visit six extraordinary destinations without leaving home. We will discuss the history of these places, what continues to draws travellers and options for ‘virtual travel’. We will visit Rapa Nui (Easter Island) unique, remote, mysterious; Vladivostok Russia, once closed to outsiders, now Russia’s gateway to the East; Kasane...
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Art Deco and More - Sydney CBD Walking Tour
Meet in the foyer of The Grace Hotel, corner of King and York Street. When we think of Sydney the first things that spring to mind are often the magnificent harbour, our unique Opera House and the mighty Harbour Bridge. But often unnoticed is its wealth of beautiful Art Deco buildings preserved through all the changes of the past 70-odd years....
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Royalty & Riches, Looters & Collectors - The Wonders of the Art Museums of Today
Millions of people each year visit the major Museums of art from London to New York and from Paris to St Petersburg. But who were the individuals or families that amassed these amazing collections? What are the stories behind the masterpieces? How did major art works travel between countries as war booty from the 1500s to looted art in WWII? Some...
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Contemporary Botanical Art: Working with Grids - Bigger is Better
Learn to grid photos to create a contemporary botanical painting by cropping and/or enlarging. All traditional botanical art processes outlined. Using watercolour, this workshop offers the opportunity to explore another dimension of botanical art to create a unique botanical painting. Class and individual comprehensive demonstrations. All skill...
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