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Membership not required
Cost $18 Non-Members, $14 Members, $11 Concession
Date: Thursday 25-Jun-2026
Duration: Single session
Time: 10:00am for Single session
Venue: Glyde-In Garden Room
Status: Open
Many of our lives have been touched by adoption. Following research undertaken in the 1980s we know a lot more about the effects on everyone concerned. Antonia has been a foster parent and an adoptive parent of two girls in the UK. She will look at the current context in Australia and how it has evolved - speaking not as an expert, but from her own experience and research over the years.
Membership not required
Cost $31 Non-Members, $26 Members, $26 Concession
Date: Sunday 28-Jun-2026
Duration: Single session
Time: 4:45pm for Single session
Status: Closed
Step into the brilliant and complex mind of Alan Turing in Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore. This compelling production explores the life of the man who cracked the Enigma machine and laid the foundations of modern computing, while also confronting the persecution he faced for being true to himself. A story of intellect, identity and integrity - and a moving tribute to one of the 20th century’s most extraordinary figures.
Meet at the venue: Melville Theatre, near City of Melville Main Hall, entry from Davy Street, Booragoon
Book by 5 June
Membership not required
Cost $18 Non-Members, $14 Members, $11 Concession
Date: Thursday 2-Jul-2026
Duration: Single session
Time: 10:00am for Single session
Venue: Glyde-In Garden Room
Status: Full
Avian intelligence, particularly in corvids (crows, ravens, jays) and parrots has recently been recognized as rivalling that of primates, defying the ‘birdbrain’ stereotype. Birds exhibit advanced cognitive abilities, including complex tool use, casual reasoning, self-awareness and social cognition. Join Birdlife Australia volunteers to discuss the different types of avian intelligence and how they can achieve these advanced cognitive skills despite having smaller brains than primates.