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This pigeon on the side wall of our building is obviously painted, but it still catches the eye when you walk past.
Sailing with the wind of change
A night of food, music, short film and presentation on the courageous struggle of the Carterets Atoll Community
ABC Gallery 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066 (Melways Ref: 2C G9)
map: 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066
- Sailing with the wind of change - www.iwda.org.au/ International Women's Development Agency
- Sailing with the wind of change - Graduate Environment Program Blog, Melbourne University
Further information and donations: k.lewisohn@acfonline.org.au.
Guest speaker: Ursula Rakova - TulelePeisa.org
Guest performers:
David Bridie (Not Drowning Waving followthegeography.com, My Friend the Chocolate Cake mftcc.com),
Genevieve & Jezebel (Harp and Percussion Duo)
This is my first HDR panorama test, testing out the limits of PTGui Pro for stitching. 3 separate camera angles, 3 exposures each, handheld! There are some blurry bits from the wind, but for handheld I'm quite happy with the result.
Flacourtiaceae (coffee plum family) » Flacourtia indica
flak-KOOR-tee-uh -- named for Etienne de Flacourt, director of the Fr. East India Company
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India
commonly known as: batoka plum, flacourtia, governor’s plum, Indian plum, Madagascar plum, Mauritius plum, Rhodesia plum • Gujarati: લોદરી lodari • Hindi: बिलाङ्गड़ा bilangada • Konkani: बाभुळी तांबट babhuli tambat • Malayalam: കരിമുള്ളി karimulli • Marathi: अठरुन athruna, भेकळ bhekal, पाकर pakar, तांबट tambat • Sanskrit: श्रृववृक्ष shruvavrikksha • Tamil: சொத்தைக்களா cottai-k-kala • Telugu: నక్కనేరేడు nakka-neredu • Tibetan: bi ka na ka
Native to: tropical Africa, southern Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia; naturalized elsewhere
References: Flowers of India • World Agroforestry Centre • NPGS • M.M.P.N.D. • ENVIS
The Old Quadrangle, University of Melbourne. Built 1854. Architect: Francis White. Oldest building on campus.
Also known as Cussonia Court and is home to the Schools of Classics and Philosophy.
Cussonia Court is named for the Cussonia spicata tree gracing the middle of the courtyard. This tree was propagated from a cutting from the original tree planted in the 1880s by Professor McCoy, one of the university’s first four professors. The
sphere sundial can also be found here.
Fraser's Hill FR, Pahang, Malaysia.
A hook-climber. Myrialepis paradoxa (Kurz) J. Dransf. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Rotan gajah, Rotan kertong, Cekolo]. Native to Indo-China, Malesia (Malaysia, Indonesia) and grows in lowland and montane rainforests to 1600 m elevation. Large hook climbing palm with clustering stems, formidably armed with long, golden spines, about the diameter of a slender arm and reaching an incredible 45 m in length. The large, flat, spreading leaves form an elongated crown. Each stem flowers only once and dies after the fruits have matured.
Synonym(s):
Bejaudia cambodiensis Gagnep.
Calamus paradoxus Kurz
Myrialepis floribunda (Becc.) Gagnep.
Myrialepis scortechinii Becc.
Palmijuncus paradoxus (Kurz) Kuntze
Plectocomiopsis annulata Ridl.
Plectocomiopsis floribunda Becc.
Plectocomiopsis paradoxa (Kurz) Becc.
Plectocomiopsis scortechinii (Becc.) Ridl.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-131905
www.rarepalmseeds.com/pix/MyrPar.shtml
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Myrialepis.html
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 45.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Musa gracilis Holttum. Musaceae. [Malay - Pisang hutan], Kluai bpaa cha nit, Kluai leuat, Magenta-green-striped fruit banana, Variegated fruit Malaysian banana. Distribution - Peninsular Thailand and peninsular Malaysia. Slender banana up to ca 2 m tall; narrow, magenta and green striped fruits, and an upright pink-purple bud.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-254827
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?458638
www.agroforestry.net/tti/Banana-plantain-overview.pdf
While I was waiting for a photo op at the Squid dissection I ducked in to check out CSIRAC.
CSIRAC (pronounced "cy-rack", Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Automatic Computer) is located at Museum Victoria and is the first Australian computer and the worlds fourth. It is also the only intact example of the worlds first generation computers.
It ran it's first programs in 1949 and continued until 1964. The team who designed CSIRAC, Trever Pearcey (Maths/Physics) and Maston Beard (Electrical/Mechanical engineer) built the machine CSIRO division of Radio Physics to prove Australia could in fact build a computer by itself.
This computer is designated an Australian National Engineering landmark.
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Some of the best years of my life was spent here & it was a very nostalgic stroll back on campus for me...
Pedaliaceae (pedalium, or sesame family) » Sesamum orientale
see-SAM-um -- from Latin sesamum borrowed from other languages
or-ee-en-TAY-lee -- of or from the Orient, eastern
commonly known as: bene seeds, beniseed, benne, gingelly, til • Bengali: তিল til • Hindi: gingli, safed til, til • Kannada: yallu • Kashmiri: कुंजद् kunjad, कूंजल् or कूंज्यल् kunjal • Malayalam: ellu, schit-elu • Manipuri: thoiding • Marathi: तीळ or तिल tila • Punjabi: til • Sanskrit: तिल tila • Tamil: சிற்றெள் cirrel, எள் el, எள்ளு ellu, திலம் tilam, yellu cheddi • Telugu: నువ్వులు nuvvulu, నువ్వుపువ్ nuvvupuvvu, తెలిక telika, తిలలు tilalu
Origin: sub-saharan Africa, India
References: Flowers of India • M.M.P.N.D. • Wikipedia
Sailing with the wind of change
A night of food, music, short film and presentation on the courageous struggle of the Carterets Atoll Community
ABC Gallery 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066 (Melways Ref: 2C G9)
map: 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066
- Sailing with the wind of change - www.iwda.org.au/ International Women's Development Agency
- Sailing with the wind of change - Graduate Environment Program Blog, Melbourne University
Further information and donations: k.lewisohn@acfonline.org.au.
Guest speaker: Ursula Rakova - TulelePeisa.org
Guest performers:
David Bridie (Not Drowning Waving followthegeography.com, My Friend the Chocolate Cake mftcc.com),
Genevieve & Jezebel (Harp and Percussion Duo)
Statuesque! detail above the entrance to the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne, Swanston Street, Carlton.
The Potter holds the university's art collection.
Easily reached by tram from Melbourne CBD.
1992
MM 004032
Format: colour photographic print
Mounted in photographic album: AT 001133
Denis White (far right), Executive Director of the Trinity Education Centre (TEC), with one of the Centre's early students and her parents.
Do you recognise any of these faces? We're continually looking to enhance our photographic collection records and would welcome your assistance!
Please email us if you know the names of people or the details of the event depicted - curator@trinity.unimelb.edu.au
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 7.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 16.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
Musa × paradisiaca L.
Musaceae (musa family) » Musa paradisiaca
MEW-suh -- the Latin word musa, for banana, plantain-fruit
par-uh-DIS-ee-uh-ka -- referring to gardens, parks, paradise
commonly known as: banana, fig of paradise, plantain • Assamese: কলা kala • Hindi: कदली kadali, केला kela, पापड़ा papra • Kannada: ಬಾಳೇಹಣ್ಣು baalehannu, ಬಳೆ ಕಾಯಿ bale kaayi, ಕದಳಿ kadali • Kashmiri: केल kela • Konkani: क्यांळे kyaanle • Malayalam: മഊചം maaucam, വാഴ vaazha • Manipuri: লফূ থরো laphoo tharo • Marathi: कदल kadala, केळ kela • Nepalese: कदली kadali • Sanskrit: भानुफला bhanuphala, कदली kadali, मोच mocha • Tamil: வாழை vaazha • Telugu: అరటి arati, కదళ kadala • Urdu: کيلا kelaa, موز mauz
Distribution: cultivated pantropically
References: Flowers of India • EcoPort • M.M.P.N.D.
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 8.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
update you can download the recording here 300mb wmv.
Took some time out today to see a public dissection of a Giant Squid at the Museum of Victoria. The squid was caught by commercial fishermen off the coast of Portland in Victoria, May 26, 2008. Recognising it was an unusual find they put the specimen on ice and contacted the Department of Primary Industries (I assume this because some of the first images on the boat I see are credit to Paul McCoy of DPI.)
The shots you see following are what I recorded in a dimly lit auditorium in the Science and Life Gallery. Later on, closer shots where allowed under better lighting conditions.
The dissection was undertaken by Dr Mark Norman (not pictured) Deputy Head of Science (Marine Zoology) and a team of scientists (find) at the Museum of Victoria. Dr Mark is a bit of a Squid nerd and a pretty good public speaker.
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1990
MM 003982
Format: colour photographic print
Mounted in photographic album: AT 001131
Do you recognise any of these faces? We're continually looking to enhance our photographic collection records and would welcome your assistance!
Please email us if you know the names of people or the details of the event depicted - curator@trinity.unimelb.edu.au
Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
A hook-climber. Myrialepis paradoxa (Kurz) J. Dransf. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Rotan gajah, Rotan kertong, Cekolo]. Native to Indo-China, Malesia (Malaysia, Indonesia) and grows in lowland and montane rainforests to 1600 m elevation. Large hook climbing palm with clustering stems, formidably armed with long, golden spines, about the diameter of a slender arm and reaching an incredible 45 m in length. The large, flat, spreading leaves form an elongated crown. Each stem flowers only once and dies after the fruits have matured.
Synonym(s):
Bejaudia cambodiensis Gagnep.
Calamus paradoxus Kurz
Myrialepis floribunda (Becc.) Gagnep.
Myrialepis scortechinii Becc.
Palmijuncus paradoxus (Kurz) Kuntze
Plectocomiopsis annulata Ridl.
Plectocomiopsis floribunda Becc.
Plectocomiopsis paradoxa (Kurz) Becc.
Plectocomiopsis scortechinii (Becc.) Ridl.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-131905
Sailing with the wind of change
A night of food, music, short film and presentation on the courageous struggle of the Carterets Atoll Community
ABC Gallery 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066 (Melways Ref: 2C G9)
map: 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066
- Sailing with the wind of change - www.iwda.org.au/ International Women's Development Agency
- Sailing with the wind of change - Graduate Environment Program Blog, Melbourne University
Further information and donations: k.lewisohn@acfonline.org.au.
Guest speaker: Ursula Rakova - TulelePeisa.org
Guest performers:
David Bridie (Not Drowning Waving followthegeography.com, My Friend the Chocolate Cake mftcc.com),
Genevieve & Jezebel (Harp and Percussion Duo)
Sailing with the wind of change
A night of food, music, short film and presentation on the courageous struggle of the Carterets Atoll Community
ABC Gallery 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066 (Melways Ref: 2C G9)
map: 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066
- Sailing with the wind of change - www.iwda.org.au/ International Women's Development Agency
- Sailing with the wind of change - Graduate Environment Program Blog, Melbourne University
Further information and donations: k.lewisohn@acfonline.org.au.
Guest speaker: Ursula Rakova - TulelePeisa.org
Guest performers:
David Bridie (Not Drowning Waving followthegeography.com, My Friend the Chocolate Cake mftcc.com),
Genevieve & Jezebel (Harp and Percussion Duo)
Sailing with the wind of change
A night of food, music, short film and presentation on the courageous struggle of the Carterets Atoll Community
ABC Gallery 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066 (Melways Ref: 2C G9)
map: 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066
- Sailing with the wind of change - www.iwda.org.au/ International Women's Development Agency
- Sailing with the wind of change - Graduate Environment Program Blog, Melbourne University
Further information and donations: k.lewisohn@acfonline.org.au.
Guest speaker: Ursula Rakova - TulelePeisa.org
Guest performers:
David Bridie (Not Drowning Waving followthegeography.com, My Friend the Chocolate Cake mftcc.com),
Genevieve & Jezebel (Harp and Percussion Duo)
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) » Eugenia uniflora
yoo-JEE-nee-uh -- named for Prince Eugene of Savoy, Austrian general
yoo-nee-FLOR-uh -- single flowered
popularly known as: Surinam cherry ... other names: Barbados cherry, Brazilian cherry, Cayenne cherry, Florida cherry, French cherry
Native to: Surinam through Uruguay
... opposite glossy green opposite leaves, copper-pink when young ... fragrant white flowers, usually axillary, solitary or fascicled with slender peduncles with small bracts ... mature into deeep red, depending on cultivars, almost black fruits up to 2 cm in diameter.
References: Purdue University • Tropilab • Trade Winds Fruit • M.M.P.N.D.
1992
MM 004055
Format: colour photographic print
Mounted in photographic album: AT 001133
Denis White (far right), Executive Director of the Trinity Education Centre (TEC), the precursor to the present-day Foundation Studies program, and Diana Smith, Director of Studies, with some of the Centre's earliest students.
Do you recognise any of these faces? We're continually looking to enhance our photographic collection records and would welcome your assistance!
Please email us if you know the names of people or the details of the event depicted - curator@trinity.unimelb.edu.au
This morning, Gavan McCarthy and I picked up two steel bins, lined with fire retardant insulation, in which Dr Phillip Law has kept his diaries and notebooks, written during his time as Director of the Australian Antarctic Division, documenting his many trips to Antarctica in setting up Australia's scientific research stations there. The diaries are going to the National Library of Australia, where much of his personal collection already resides. It was a momentous occasion for all of us. I have worked with Dr Law, on and off, on his collection since 1999.
Yes, it was cold in Melbourne this morning!
Fraser's Hill FR, Pahang, Malaysia.
A hook-climber. Myrialepis paradoxa (Kurz) J. Dransf. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Rotan gajah, Rotan kertong, Cekolo]. Native to Indo-China, Malesia (Malaysia, Indonesia) and grows in lowland and montane rainforests to 1600 m elevation. Large hook climbing palm with clustering stems, formidably armed with long, golden spines, about the diameter of a slender arm and reaching an incredible 45 m in length. The large, flat, spreading leaves form an elongated crown. Each stem flowers only once and dies after the fruits have matured.
Synonym(s):
Bejaudia cambodiensis Gagnep.
Calamus paradoxus Kurz
Myrialepis floribunda (Becc.) Gagnep.
Myrialepis scortechinii Becc.
Palmijuncus paradoxus (Kurz) Kuntze
Plectocomiopsis annulata Ridl.
Plectocomiopsis floribunda Becc.
Plectocomiopsis paradoxa (Kurz) Becc.
Plectocomiopsis scortechinii (Becc.) Ridl.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-131905
www.rarepalmseeds.com/pix/MyrPar.shtml
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Myrialepis.html
Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney Griffin's masterpiece
Jake Eadie, Austin Health Prosthetist, with a 3d-printed hand (FDM in ABS). Photo courtesy of Austin Health Corporate Communications.
Dioscoreaceae (yam family) » Dioscorea bulbifera L.
dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh -- named for Pedanios Dioscorides, 1st century Greek pharmacologist
bulb-EE-fer-uh -- bearing bulbs
commonly known as: aerial yam, air potato, air yam, bitter yam, bulbil-bearing yam, cheeky yam, malacca yam, otaheite-potato , potato yam, shoebutton air potato • Bengali: বনআলু ban alu • Hindi: गैण्ठी gainthi, कदू कन्दा kadu kanda, रतालू ratalu (apt for D. purpurea) • Kannada: ಅಮ್ಬಲಿ ಗೆಣಸು ambali genasu, ಹಮ್ದಿಗೆಣಸು hamdigenasu, ಹೆಗ್ಗೆನಸು heggenasu, ಕುಮ್ಟಗೆಣಸು kuntagenasu, ನೇಗಿಲುಹೊನ್ನೆ negilugonne • Konkani: करंदो karamdo • Malayalam: കാച്ചില് kaacchil, പന്നികിഴങ്ങ pannikizhangu • Marathi: डुकरकंद dukar-kand, कडूकरंदा kadu-karanda, वाराही varahi • Nepalese: गीट्ठा giitthaa, गीट्ठे तरुल giitthe tarul, वन तरुल van tarul • Oriya: pita alu • Sanskrit: आलुकः aluka, वराहीकन्द varahi-kand • Tamil: காட்டுச்சீரகவள்ளி kaatu-c-ciraka-valli, காட்டுக்காய்வள்ளி kaattu-k-kaay-valli • Telugu: అడవి దుంప adavi dumpa
Native to: tropical Africa, China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, tropical Australia
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • M.M.P.N.D. • IFAS
Apocynaceae (dogbane family) » Holarrhena pubescens
ho-lar-REN-uh -- unsure of pronunciation, refers to its prolific flowering trait
pew-BES-senz or pub-ess-ens -- meaning, downy or short haired
commonly known as: bitter oleander, cavessi bark, common holarrhena, coneru, conessi bark, dysentery rose bay, easter tree, ivory tree, kurchi bark, Tellicherry bark, white angel • Assamese: dhulkari, dudkhuri • Bengali: kurchi, কুটজ kutaja • Gujarati: drowda, kudakari • Hindi: कडवा इंद्रजव karva indrajau, kurchi, कुटज kutaja • Kannada: koodsaloo, korchie • Konkani: कुडॉ kudo • Malayalam: കുടകപ്പാല kutakappaala • Marathi: इंद्रजव indrajav, kodaga, kodaga pala, कुटज kutaja, पांढरा कुडा pandhra kuda • Oriya: kherwa, korwa, kurwa, pitakorwa • Punjabi: keor, kewar • Sanskrit: इंद्रयव indrayava, कुटज kutaja, sakraparyaaya, sakraasana, vatsaka • Tamil: கிரிமல்லிகை kirimllikai, குடசப்பாலை kutaca-p-palai, மலைமல்லிகை mlaimllikai • Telugu: గిరిమల్లిక girimallika, కొడిసెపాల kodisepala, కోలముక్కు kolamukku, కొండమల్లె kondamalle, కుటజము kutajamu
Native to: tropical areas of Africa and Asia
References: M.M.P.N.D. • Flowers of Sahyadri • बहर
Ficus elastica
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... MUCH ADO ABOUT NAMES ...
commonly known as: Assam rubber tree, caoutchoue tree, Indian rubber tree, karet tree, ornamental rubber tree, rambong, rubber fig, rubber plant, rubber tree • Arabic: تين مطاطي , فيكس يلجا • Assamese: অথা বৰ athabor • Burmese: ganoi, kanoi, nyaung kyetpaung • Chinese: 印度榕 yin du rong, 印度胶树 , 缅榕 • Chinese, in Taiwan: 印度橡皮樹, 印度橡胶树, 印度橡膠樹, 緬樹 • Croatian: gumijevac • Danish: gummifigen • French: arbre á caoutchouc, caoutchouc • German: gummibaum • Japanese: アッサムゴム, インドゴムノキ Indo gomu no ki • Java: karet • Kannada: ರಬ್ಬರ್ ಮರ rabbar mara • Khasi: diengjri • Konkani: रबराचो वड rabracho vad • Korean: 인도고무나무 In do go mu na mu • Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യന് റബ്ബര് inthyan rabbar • Portuguese: arvore da goma elastica, borracheira da India, figueira da borracha, litonde • Serbian: gumijevac, fikus zmajevac, tropska smokva • Slovenian: gumovec • Spanish: árbol del caucho, gomero, higuera cauchera, higuera de la India, planta del caucho • Tamil: சீமையால் cimaiyal • Telugu: రబ్బరు rabbara, సాగుబంక segubanka • Thai: ยางอินเดีย yang India • Vietnamese: Ða búp đỏ
References: M.M.P.N.D. • DDSA