2016

December ceremonies

Tuesday 20 December,10.30am
Guest speaker: Ms Zoe Bettison MP

Tuesday 20 December, 3.00pm
Guest speaker: Senator The Hon Penny Wong

August ceremonies

Tuesday 9 August,10.30am
Guest speaker: Mr John Brogden AM FAICD

Tuesday 9 August, 3.00pm
Honorary Doctorate recipient: Mr Barry Humphries AO CBE
Citation given by:
Professor David Lloyd

Honorary Doctorate recipient: Professor Kay Lawrence AM
Citation given by: Professor Denise Meredyth

Wednesday 10 August,10.30am
Honorary Doctorate recipient: Professor Lord Anthony Baron Giddens
Citation given by:
Professor Anthony Elliott

Wednesday 10 August, 3.00pm
Guest speaker: Mr Andrew Pridham

Honorary Doctorate recipient: Professor Mervyn Lewis
Citation given by:
Professor Marie Wilson


April ceremonies

Monday 4 April, 3.00pm
Guest speaker: Mr Jack Manning Bancroft

Honorary Doctorate recipient: Mr Jack Manning Bancroft
Citation given by: Professor Simon Beecham

Tuesday 5 April, 10.30am
Guest speaker: Ms Madge McGuire

University Fellow recipient: Mr Barry Pearce
Citation given by: Professor Kurt Lushington

Tuesday 5 April, 3.00pm
Guest speaker: Professor Gary Banks AO
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Honorary Doctorate recipient: Professor Gary Banks AO
Citation given by:  Professor Marie Wilson

Wednesday 6 April, 10.30am
Guest speaker: The Honourable Dr Susan Close MP

Wednesday 6 April, 3.00pm
Guest speaker: Mrs Marie Coleman AO PSM
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Honorary Doctorate recipient: Mrs Marie Coleman AO PSM
Citation given by: Professor Robert Vink

Thursday 7 April, 10.30am
Guest speaker: Ms Evonne Goolagong Cawley AO MBE

Honorary Doctorate recipient: Ms Evonne Goolagong Cawley AO MBE
Citation given by: 
Professor Robert Vink

Thursday 7 April, 3.00pm
Guest speaker: Professor Richard Head
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Friday 8 April, 10.30am
Guest speaker: Ms Maggie Beer AM
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Honorary Doctorate recipient: Ms Maggie Beer AM
Citation given by:
Professor Marie Wilson

Friday 8 April, 3.00pm
Guest speaker: Mr Raymond Spencer
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Whyalla ceremony

Friday 15 April, 3.00pm
Guest speaker: Ms Ashleigh Stiling
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Mount Gambier ceremony

Wednesday 20 April, 3.00pm
Guest speaker: Adjunct Associate Professor Lydia Dennett
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