University of Melbourne Events Calendar

Wominjeka, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung for welcome or ‘come, with purpose’, is a key event in the University’s calendar that signifies the start of the academic year. 

Wominjeka acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people as the Traditional Custodians of the land where the Parkville campus is located. A local Wurundjeri elder will perform a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony to welcome new and returning students and staff back to campus. 

Following the smoking ceremony a First Nations artist, Madi Colville-Walker, will perform and all students and staff can enjoy some native Australian flavoured ice-cream. 

We encourage students and staff to attend this event and to take the opportunity to celebrate and reflect on our shared spaces and the ways in which we all contribute to the University community. 

We also ask that you give thought on how you will ‘come, with purpose’ to the University this year, working and studying on the lands of its Traditional Custodians. 

Please arrive at 11.45am for a 12.00pm start.

MEI Seminar Series #1 - Conventional and unconventional natural gas

Thursday 13 March 2025, 2.00-3.00pm

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We invite you to the first seminar in our MEI Seminar Series for 2025, presented by Steve Henzell, Senior Technical Advisor at Worley.

This seminar will outline the history and evolution of gas production and consumption in Australia. From the 1850s, cities were being supplied with town gas generated from coal sources. In the 1960s, onshore and offshore natural gas discoveries allowed the conversion to natural gas in most Australian cities. Coal seam gas has then been extracted for commercial use since 2001 and expanded significantly in Queensland in the 2010s. In contrast, shale gas has become a huge resource in the United States but remains in its infancy in Australia.

Steve will also describe the evolution of gas supply in Australia, growth into export markets and the transition into a mature resource.