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We are pleased to announce details of the 2023 Oxford Society lecture. Light refreshments will be served from 5.30pm.

This is a free event. Please book now at this link

The Oxford and Cambridge Speaker Series is back! Our next event will be held on Thursday 3 August 2023 at St Mark’s College and will feature Oxford alumnus Mr Rod Bunten.

Date: Thursday 3 August 2023
Time: 5.30 – 7.30pm.  Speaking event begins promptly at 5.50pm
Venue: St Mark’s College, 46 Pennington Terrace, Adelaide
Cost: $20 p/p including nibbles, wine and soft drink
Registration: https://www.trybooking.com/CJHJE

Mr Bunten studied Physics at Oxford, and subsequently commenced work at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office; he pursued a fascinating career as a diplomat, with postings in a variety of international locations, including the USA, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
While in Hong Kong, he met his future wife, Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC, current Governor of South Australia. Later in life, Mr Bunten turned to education, with a role as a teacher of physics and mathematics.
Join us for what promises to be an excellent talk with a transnational dimension.

Book by Thursday 27 July at https://www.trybooking.com/CJHJE

The Oxford University Society of South Australia invites you to join us on a light-hearted journey through 100 years(ish)of Boat Race history, fuelled by drinks, canapes, camaraderie and the English sense of humour.

Using an incredible new venue we will transport you to the banks of the Tideway at several key moments in Boat Race history, culminating in the 2023 Boat Races.

This event is absolutely not to be missed. Experience the races as if you were there; only warmer, without the flight and with no queues at the bar!

The Light Room Studio, Light Adelaide, 63 Light Square, Adelaide SA 5000 Parking in the Light Centre Car Park adjacent.

7pm, 5 May 2023.

The committee has now met to plan the calendar for 2023. Please save the following dates:

Not the Boat Race Dinner: May 5, 7pm – CONFIRMED
Stay tuned for an announcement shortly on a new style of event which will transport you back to the glorious days of Summer Eights, whether you rowed, cheered, or just went for the Pimms…

The Sundowner – 10 November 2023 – PROVISIONAL
The not-to-be-missed event which heralds the start of summer. It’s not broken so we’ll not try to fix it! Likely to be on the lawns at St Marks as usual.

The Oxford University Society, South Australia is pleased to announce that Justice Samuel Doyle will deliver the 2022 Oxford Lecture!

Justice Doyle graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from Adelaide University and a Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford University. He was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia in December 2015 and has spent the last six years hearing matters in both the civil and criminal jurisdictions of the Court, regularly sitting as member of the Full Court of the Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal. In December 2020 Justice Doyle was appointed a Justice of the Court of Appeal.

For the Oxford Lecture, Justice Doyle poses the question, “Sentencing – are judges soft on crime?”. This will undoubtedly be an engaging lecture, so please book early as there are only 82 seats available at the venue!

Tickets are now on sale for the annual Sundowner. Tickets are $50 each (+booking fee), which includes canapes, wine and soft drinks, and of course the cost of the venue. It’s been a while since alumni got together as a broad group to socialise, so we look forward to seeing you and your partner/family at the Sundowner. Please book tickets here: https://www.trybooking.com/BVLUC

When: 26th November (5:30pm to 7:30pm)
Where: St Mark’s College, Pennington Terrace

Due to the recent lockdown in South Australia resulting in scheduling challenges at Scotch College, we were forced to change the date of the Oxford Lecture. Details now are:

Topic: Peter the Great: How GREAT was he?
Speaker: Dr John Newton, B.A (OXON), Principal of Scotch College, Adelaide.
Where: Scotch College
When: 14th October, 6 p.m

Book here to reserve your place. Previous bookings for the old date remain valid.

The committee is pleased to announce that the Boat Race Dinner will be held on Friday 23 April 2021 at 6.30 for 7pm at St Mark’s College, Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide.

• Canapes and champagne on arrival;
• Two-course alternate drop menu;
• Tea and coffee.

To limit the cost of the event, we have allocated 1/2 bottle of wine per person. Guests are very welcome to BYO additional.

Lift access available and there is ample on-street parking on Pennington Terrace.

Dress: Smart; blazers and other sports awards are encouraged.
Carriages at 2230hrs.

Booking is now open at https://www.trybooking.com/BPVUK

Bookings close at midnight on Friday 9th April. We apologise for the relatively short booking period, which is necessary to control the uncertainty inherent in the landscape of changing COVID restrictions.

Refunds strictly for cancellations before 13 April only unless changing SA COVID restrictions force cancellation.

Under normal circumstances, the society aims to host three events each year:

• A boat race dinner, held jointly with the Cambridge Society of South Australia, usually in May each year. This event focuses on the rowing heritage of both universities and offers the chance to relive the recent boat races over a formal dinner.
• An invited lecture, with a strong connection to Oxford. Previously given by members of the society, as well as prominent visitors from interstate and overseas this offers an opportunity for intellectual debate on a matter of interest. Usually held during the winter we aim to host this as a free event each year and provide an opportunity for drinks and conversation amongst the membership.
• The Sundowner is our annual garden party held in the late spring to welcome the newly-announced Rhodes scholar prior to their departure to Oxford.

Our 2020 events programme was disrupted by COVID-19. There was no boat race to replay and a snap lockdown in South Australia caused the late notice cancellation of the Sundowner.

However we did run a popular and well received virtual lecture by Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research and Enterprise, UniSA. Professor Hughes-Warrington spoke on ‘Machine-Made Histories’ and answered a plethora of questions from a large and engaged audience.