Nominations

Sir Walter Murdoch Lecture

Murdoch University's premier public lecture was inaugurated in 1974 to mark the centenary of the birth of the University's namesake, Sir Walter Murdoch. A respected academic, Walter Murdoch successfully bridged the gap between academe and the wider community - thereby establishing a tradition for the University which was named in his honour just days before his death in 1970.

Murdoch University annually invites a person of national or international standing to deliver the Murdoch Lecture on a topic of their choice. The Lecture provides a valuable forum for the Presenter to express passionately-held views, in a setting free from many of the usual constraints which surround them. This freedom has led to some memorable addresses.

Previous Murdoch' Lecturers have included –

• Ms Lois O'Donaghue, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Chairperson
• The late Hon John Tonkin
• The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
• Mr William Hutton, editor of The Observer
• Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Bolton, AO CitWa
• The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser, AC CH.
• Dr Peter Doherty PhD – Nobel Laureate and Professor of Immunology
• Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield CBE - Director of the Royal Institute of Great Britain and Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford

To nominate a person for the Sir Walter Murdoch Lecture please fill out the nomination form (doc).

The Honorary Awards and Ceremonial Committee will treat all nominations confidentially.

Please email your completed form to Events and Sponsorships Manager – Ms Sally Browne – s.browne@murdoch.edu.au