[csaa-forum] Symposium on W.S. Jevons

[Fiona Allon]

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>>THE CURIOUS ECONOMIST: WILLIAM STANLEY JEVONS IN SYDNEY
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>>A Powerhouse Museum Symposium
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>>Presented in association with Monash University
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>>29 October 2004
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>>2004 marks the 150th anniversary of William Stanley Jevons' arrival 
>>in Sydney. Jevons was born in Liverpool, England.  He studied 
>>chemistry in London, and came to New South Wales at the age of 19 
>>to work at the Sydney Mint.  The Gold Rush was in full swing, and 
>>his job was to assess the quality and purity of the precious metal 
>>from the diggings.  This work put him in a unique position, at the 
>>intersection of geology, chemistry, economics and industry. 
>>Wanting to document as many aspects of life in Australia as he 
>>could, Jevons also took up photography, even taking his camera 
>>equipment to the goldfields.  After five years in Sydney, Jevons 
>>returned to England, where he became one of the leading figures in 
>>the field of Economics.
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>>The Powerhouse Museum is opening an exhibition on William Stanley 
>>Jevons in Sydney on 29 October.  The Symposium is designed to both 
>>accompany and enhance the exhibition, but also as a stand-alone 
>>event that will extend knowledge not just of Jevons' work in 
>>Sydney, but other aspects of the history of colonial life in New 
>>South Wales in the 1850s as well.
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>>Date:   Friday 29 October 2004
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>>Location:       Powerhouse Museum
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>>         500 Harris Street, Ultimo
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>>Bookings essential:     Tel: 02 9217 0222 or
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>>         Email: <mailto:edserv at phm.gov.au>edserv at phm.gov.au
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>>Registration fee:       $40 adult
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>>Includes morning tea &  $30 Powerhouse Members
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>>                afternoon tea            $25 concessions
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>>Friday 29 October 2004
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>>8.30am - 9.30am
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>>Registration and viewing of exhibition
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>>9.30am
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>>Welcome        
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>>Introduction
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>>         Mike White
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>>         Senior Lecturer
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>>         Department of Economics
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>>         Monash University
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>>10.00 - 11.00am
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>>Keynote Address
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>>         Harro Maas
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>>         Associate Professor
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>>         Faculty of Economics
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>>         University of Amsterdam
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>>11.00- 11.30am  Morning tea
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>>Morning session - 11.30am to 12.30pm
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>>'The unsociable photographer'
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>>Chair
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>>         Lindsay Barrett
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>>         Senior Lecturer
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>>         School of Humanities
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>>         University of Western Sydney
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>>Bush Christmas: a photographic trip to the Blue Mountains and Braidwood
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>>         Geoff Barker
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>>         Curator
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>>         Photographic Archives
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>>         Macleay Museum
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>>         The University of Sydney
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>>Jevons' colleagues at the Sydney Mint: making the "unsociable 
>>sociologist" "passably social"
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>>         Megan Martin
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>>         Manager
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>>Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection
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>>         Historic Houses Trust NSW
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>>12.30 - 1.30pm  Lunch (not provided)
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>>Afternoon session - 1.30 - 3.00pm
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>>'Science, music and the weather'
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>>Chair
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>>         Mike White
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>>William Stanley Jevons and Meteorology
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>>         Neville Nicholls
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>>         Group Leader
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>>         Climate Forecasting Group
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>>         Bureau of Meteorology
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>>         Research Centre
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>>Jevons' Logic Piano and the 'Future of Logic'
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>>         Matthew Connell
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>>         Curator
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>>         Computing and Mathematics
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>>         Powerhouse Museum
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>>Music in Jevons' universe of thought
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>>         Jamie Kassler
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>>         Fellow
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>>Australian Academy of Humanities
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>>3.00 - 3.30pm   Afternoon tea
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>>Final session - 3.30 to 5.00pm
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>>'Pattern recognition'
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>>Chair
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>>         Matthew Connell
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>>The Calculating Assayer: Political Economy in Jevons' anitpodean interlude
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>>         Mike White
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>>         Senior Lecturer
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>>         Economics Department
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>>         Monash University
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>>The Polymathic Chiffrephile: Jevons as scholar and scientist
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>>         Ian Castles
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>>         Visiting Fellow
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>>Asia Pacific School of
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>>Economics and Government
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>>         Australian National University
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>>Close
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>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Exhibition 
>>sponsored by Arab Bank Australia.  With support from Reserve Bank 
>>of Australia, NSW Department of Lands, NSW Treasury and Monash 
>>University.
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Dr Fiona Allon
Research Fellow
Centre for Cultural Research
University of Western Sydney
Locked Bag 1797 PENRITH SOUTH DC
NSW 1797 Australia

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