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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Event created 2025-03-11 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007638b.htm event Horizons in Science Professional Officers Association AACR2 2 October 1962 5 October 1962 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Conference Public lecture "Horizons in science" was a conference held in Melbourne in October 1962 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Professional Officers Association. The conference was a series of eight public lectures by eminent Australian scientists. Speakers were: Mark Oliphant - 'Peaceful uses of atomic bombs'; Keith Alder - 'Harnessing the atom for Australia's development'; Harold Raggatt - 'The search for mineral resources'; Thomas Leech - 'Some contributions of science to the Snowy Mountains Scheme'; Philip Law - 'Resources of Australian Antarctica'; Robert Boswell - 'Satellites in space'; Francis O'Grady - 'Telecommunications through satellites'; Edward Bowen - 'Studying the universe by radio astronomy'. Bowen, Edward George (1911 - 1991)

Presented lecture 'Studying the universe by radio astronomy'

 O'Grady, Francis Philip ( - 1981)

Presented lecture 'Telecommunications through satellites'

 Boswell, Robert William McGregor (1911 - 1976)

Presented lecture 'Satellites in space'

 Law, Phillip Garth (1912 - 2010)

Presented lecture 'Resources of Australian Antarctica'

 Leech, Thomas David James (1902 - 1973)

Presented lecture 'Some contributions of science to the Snowy Mountains Scheme'

 Raggatt, Harold George (1900 - 1968)

Presented lecture 'The search for mineral resources'

 Alder, Keith Frederick (1921 - 2014)

Presented lecture 'Harnessing the atom for Australia's development'

 Oliphant, Marcus Laurence Elwin (1901 - 2000)

Presented lecture 'Peaceful uses of atomic bombs', 2 Oct 1962

 Professional Officers Association, Commonwealth Public Service (1917 - 1975)

Conference held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Association

 'Horizons in Science', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Horizons in Science Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Horizons in science: a series of eight public lectures by eminent Australian scientists, Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne, October 2nd - 5th at 7.45 p.m. Professional Officers Association Horizons in science: a series of eight public lectures by eminent Australian scientists, Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne, October 2nd - 5th at 7.45 p.m. Melbourne Professional Officers Association 1962