Speaker Archives
Paul Crompton has been preparing videos of our Monthly Speakers since 2008. Originally on DVD and since July 2016 available on this website via YouTube.
Scroll down and click on the links to view our main speakers and some 10 Minute Speakers
September 2025 speaker - Bruce Gaton - Electric Car
Main Speakers - 2025
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Bruce Gaton
Electric Cars
Rod Murrell
Visit to North Korea
John Carson, Naomi Anderson, Kate McDermott
Why aged care advice cant wait
John Hewison
Financial markets in Times of Crises
Rob McMullin
The Amazing Pompey Elliot
Gay and John Wood
Diplomatic Life – A double take
Geoff Bransbury
Horizons Unlimited – Buenos Aires -LA
Main Speakers - 2024
Capt. Robert Andrews
Offshore & Specialised Ships
Early Convict Society Myths.
Travel Industry trends
Tony Aplin
Robert Law’s Photographic Collection
Gallipoli from the Turkish perspective
Unexpected Highlights Touring Antarctica/South Georgia
My Career in Hospital Emergency
Lloyd Jenkins<br>Houses and Contents in Art Deco Era
Main Speakers - September 2018 - November 2023
2023
Ian Marchment – Air defence in WW2 – Darwin – Horn Island
Richard Royal – Future of health in digital world
Don Jones – The magic of laughter
Winston Marsh – Lies your mother never told
Bruce Green – My time at Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Chris Renwick AM – The Great War
Tim Costello -Impact of gambling on communities
Joy Meekings – Ten Pound Pom
2022
Brooksy – POM Downunder
Mal Cater – Principal Mentone Grammar
Eric Kelly – Antarctica
Laraine Stephens – The Death mask Murders
Michael Strong – 50 + years in the law
Cliff Hardy – London Blitz
Peter & Margie Card – Inside Burma
Lloyd Jenkins – The Lark Task Force
James Tomkins -Things Olympic
Ray Lewis OAM – History of Port Phillip Bay
2021
Garry Spencer – Grain Harvest Assist
Allen Cheng – Lessons learned from COVID
Rowen Callick – Next 100 years of Chinese Communism
Keith Bulfin – Undercover Agent
James Taylor – Good health in Bayside
Geoff Cosgriff/Craig Peachey – RACV Leisure Business
Michael Green – My life in Footy and the Law
Peter Anderson – The future of freight transport
Patrick Chan -Melbourne’s amazing container terminal
2020
Nadia Wright – Challenging the myth of Sir Stamford Raffles
Peter and Margie Card – Syria and Middle East – Understanding the fighting
Tim Harding -Major Harry Shaw. Magnificent man in his flying machine.
Ian Hore Lacy – Nuclear power- where are we?
Chris Renwick -India & Burma battlefield tour and pilgrimage
Carley Scott – Australia’s first commercial Space Port
2019
Beaumaris Secondary College – Debby Chaves – Principal
Hidden Truths about the Financial Services Industry – John Hewison
AFLW- A new hero arrives – Nicole Livingstone
Level Crossing Removal Authority – Mentone/Cheltenham Level Crossing removal
Graeme Shanks Big Data – Big Brother
Rick Potter – Solar, House design that doesn’t cost the earth
Bob Elworthy – How I got to Vietnam
Ian Armstrong -Collector Extraordinary
Manfred Lobert – History of the Bicycle
Don McQueen – Balladeer and Australian Poet of the year
2018
Mike Clayton – Golf Clubs and the future of Golf
Michael Heffernan -Australia’s Economy and its future
Graham “Smokey” Dawson – ABC Sports Broadcaste
Main Speakers -June 2016 - August 2018
Scott Chapman – Royal Flying Doctor Service
Bill Noonan – OAM “Retirement, What Retirement?” Waldon – Stories behind the news
Brenda McAuley-Hines -Understanding Dementia
Geoff Bransbury – Motorbike Adventures – North America
Medical Services – ATP – “Send for the Trainer”
Graeme Disney – The History of Beaumaris (PDF)
John van Wisse – Arch to Arc Questions and answers.
Dr Tony Dicker – Sunspot Skin Clinic – Skin Cancer
Les Pickett – Having fun in a (VUCA) world
Alex del Porto – Mayor of Bayside
Barry Hooper – Carbon Capture & Storage Explained
Dr David Rand – World Solar Car Challenge
Dr Peter Stephens – Amazing Tunnel Boring Machines
John Basarin OAM – Gallipoli, A Turkish view
Kevin Norris – Starting a School Bus run in Saudi Arabia
Susan Schofield – Saving the Orangutans
Ray King – The myth and magic of the wine industry
Professor Ian Howie – North Korea, A peoples paradise?
James Tomkins – Rio Olympics
Michael Wormack – The story of the Tall Ship Enterprize
Brian Negus & Geoff Cosgriff – Future of Transport in Vic
Onnie Wilson – Lifting the Veil in Afghanistan