News Archive - October 2004

29 October 2004
Australian scientists focus on wild banteng at Paris conference
Two prominent Australian biologists will be attending a specialist international workshop in Paris next month that is attempting to help bridge the gap between biodiversity conservation and economics.

28 October 2004
Short course in fish and redclaw farming
Fish and redclaw farming are the focus of two short courses being offered at Charles Darwin University during the next two weekends.

27 October 2004
Indigenous community organisations and miners
Charles Darwin University’s last free anthropology seminar for 2004 will focus on the diversity of Indigenous responses to mining agreements.

22 October 2004
Serenade with a twist!
An eclectic range of performers feature in Serenade for Strings and Wind - the next concert from the Charles Darwin University Concert Series.“Showcasing the Charles Darwin Chamber Orchestra, university staff and students, leading local musicians and wind quintet, Quintessential, the concert includes favourites of the string serenade repertoire and wind music with a twist,” series coordinator, Rebecca Harris, said.

22 October 2004
The real lord of the rings
In concert with one of our solar system’s great mysteries being revealed next Tuesday, Charles Darwin University astronomy tutor, Geoff Carr, is holding a free seminar to mark the occasion. Mr Carr will focus on the Cassini-Huygens space mission and its first historic fly-by of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, which will occur the night after his presentation.

21 October 2004
Launch of cybertourism puts study into practice
A new virtual reality based learning environment will be launched at Charles Darwin University’s Palmerston Campus on Friday. The Travel Gateway Practice Firm is a simulated business environment where Charles Darwin University business and tourism students ‘virtually’ sell travel packages to the Northern Territory and Borneo as well as Royal Brunei airfares.

21 October 2004
Tertiary studies earth sciences cadetship launched
There’s a new incentive for Territory students interested in a career in earth sciences or geology, with the formation of a new cadetship program. Mines and Energy Minister, Kon Vatskalis, announced the creation of the new scholarship today at Charles Darwin University.

21 October 2004
Hitting the right note
In their first Darwin performance together, internationally respected musician Ryszard Pusz will perform with his son Aleks to perform an eclectic range of percussion based music at a concert to be held at Charles Darwin University tomorrow from 7.30pm.

19 October 2004
Exhibition: Reality Painting
An exhibition of collages and posters which are reworked and covered attentively with paint which acts like a skin to transform the images into ‘high art’ opens tonight at the Charles Darwin University Gallery.

18 October 2004
Free seminar: Bamboo - a biogeographic story
Is the bamboo we know as Bambusa arnhemica endemic to the Northern Territory? Is it even native, or could it be a weed? Is it one species, or several? How long has it been here, and where does it fit into our environment?

15 October 2004
Fashion legend to inspire Darwin students
Insights into the journey of one of Australia’s top fashion designers will be the focus of a free public seminar being held at Charles Darwin University next week.

15 October 2004
Free public forum: The living desert
The creation, ownership and use of knowledge sourced from the world’s most strikingly beautiful landscapes heralds Charles Darwin University’s second symposium for 2004: The Living Desert.

14 October 2004
40 years of plucking
A guitar left behind after a chance meeting with a friend during the social revolution of the 1960s is the catalyst behind Stephan Bulmer’s solo guitar concert this Sunday.

14 October 2004
Free seminar: Curiosities or trophies - Indonesian fishing boats in Australian Museum collections
In the next free anthropology seminar at Charles Darwin University, Paul Clark will outline his Master of Arts research proposal to examine and document the ethno-history and the material culture of Indonesian fishing boats in collections and on public display in Australian museums.

13 October 2004
Fashion student wins Dinnigan experience
An evening gown inspired by breast cancer survivors has won Charles Darwin University fashion student, Megan Woithe, work placement with top fashion designer, Collette Dinnigan.

11 October 2004
Scholarship keeps study in the family
The study efforts of a Territory mother and daughter have been recognised with the Top End Freemasons Scholarship offered at Charles Darwin University.

8 October 2004
The“Breast” fashion challenge
Students of the various Fashion Studies courses offered at Charles Darwin University are vying for the opportunity to spend a week doing work placement with one of Australia’s leading designers, Collette Dinnigan, who also happens to be an Ambassador for the National Breast Cancer Foundation – one of the main bodies that funds breast cancer research in Australia.

8 October 2004
Indigenous earth mounds focus of European seminars
Indigenous earth mounds that are thousands of years old found in wetland environments in the Northern Territory will feature in an upcoming seminar series involving a select group of European universities.

7 October 2004
Exhibition: Wait and See
An exhibition of ideas and creations held by a new generation of fashion designers will open at Charles Darwin University next week.

7 October 2004
Students graduate tomorrow night
More than 630 guests are expected to attend Charles Darwin University’s formal graduation ceremony to be held tomorrow night at the Darwin Entertainment Centre.

6 October 2004
History open for discussion
The unique evolution of the Territory’s criminal law, the style of Clare Martin’s leadership and Australia’s flying boats all feature in a free history conference being held at the NT Museum and Art Gallery this weekend.

6 October 2004
Giving it a big spray
Third year spray painting apprentice, Simon Parker, will be representing the Northern Territory at a national spray painting final to be held in Adelaide this week.

5 October 2004
Real World IT Festival
The latest workplace and home information technology will be unveiled at a free IT festival to be hosted by Charles Darwin University this Saturday.