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Darwin exhibition opening
Dr Barry Jones
Charles Darwin series, 9 December 2008
Writer, lawyer and former science minister Barry Jones opens the Charles Darwin exhibition at the National Museum of Australia.
Charles Darwin series
- Charles Darwin symposium welcome and introductionCraddock Morton, National Museum of Australia
- A lunatic idea: British science and evolution on the eve of Darwin’s Origin of SpeciesProfessor Iain McCalman, University of Sydney
- Charles Darwin: his character and convictionsProfessor Tom Frame, Charles Sturt University and St Mark's National Theological Centre
- Darwin’s experiences in AustraliaProfessor Frank Nicholas, University of Sydney
- ‘A theory to work with’: On The Origin of Species and its contemporary receptionProfessor Paul Turnbull, Griffith University
- Social reactions to OriginDr Barry Butcher, Deakin University
- Darwin and social Darwinism: the political use and abuse of natural selectionTony Barta, La Trobe University
- Human evolution: fossils surprising, fossils predictedProfessor Colin Groves, Australian National University
- Evolution and creationismProfessor Neil Ormerod, Australian Catholic University
- Evolutionary change in agriculture – the past, present and futureDr Jeremy Burdon, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- Charles Darwin symposium closing addressRobyn Williams, ABC Radio National
- Darwin exhibition openingDr Barry Jones
