Session details: Saturday, 2016-03-26 08:00:00, REF
A semi-formal, three course dinner with an entertaining guest speaker (Profession Fred Watson). Arrival from 6:30pm with a 7:00pm start.
The 2016 Berenice and Arthur Page Medal will be presented by the Astronomical Society of Australia.
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