The annual dinner of the ACT branch of the AAvHF to celebrate the 240th birthday of Alexander von Humboldt was held on November 11 in the Scarth Room at University House at the Australian National University. Besides the attendance of 12 of our members, we were delighted to have the Ambassador of the Federal Republic […]
NSW Events in 2009
March 19th 2009 NSW members of the AAvHF attended a reception hosted by the German Consul-General Hans G. Gnodtke and Mrs Frances Gnodtke at their home on the occasion of the visit by the DAAD Regional Director Dr Ursula Toyka-Fuong. Suggestions for further collaborations between the DAAD and the AAvHF were discussed by Dr Toyka-Fuong, […]
Tassie AAvHF function for Christmas 2008
Alexander von Humboldt and the Consuls in Hobart Alexander von Humboldt was a genius — Prussian mines inspector, community educator, scientific expeditioner and cultural anthropologist, pioneer of ecology, forerunner of Darwin, and not least, a polyglot and a diplomat. When asked whether he ever slept, he was said to reply, `not if I can avoid […]
WA Events
The WA branch has hosted various events over the past couple of years. In 2007 the University of Western Australia offered a cocktail reception to thank Humboldt fellows and their partners for their contribution to the state and in particular to the university. Vice Chancellor, Professor Alan Robson, spoke with great emphasis about the contribution […]
NSW Events in 2008
May 27th 2008 A regular dinner of NSW members was organized at the Doma Bohemian Beer café, Potts Point to mark the death day of Alexander von Humboldt. Twenty-five members and three Feodor-Lynen Fellows (Barbara Abendroth, Alexander Weiss and Felix Cleeman) attended the dinner. As usual it was a fun evening. Despite having an idiot-proof […]
Auckland NZ, 2004 – Minutes
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Ballarat VIC, 1997 – Minutes
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