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Buntine Oration

The Buntine Oration is a biennial invited presentation and speech made at the conference of the Australian College of Educators (ACE). It was established in 1960 by the four children of Dr Walter Murray Buntine who survived him – Dr R. M. Buntine, Dr M. A. Buntine, Dr R. D. Buntine, and Mrs. D. M. G. Wilson – in his memory.{{cite book|url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/buntine-walter-murray-5423|chapter = Buntine, Walter Murray (1866-1953)|title = Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher = Melbourne University Press|access-date = 17 June 2016|volume = 7|year = 1979|last = French|first = E. L.|isbn = 9780522844597}} The inaugural oration was given by Peter Karmel (who had, himself, attended Caulfield Grammar School from 1929 to 1939) in 1962 at the third annual ACE conference{{Cite web|url = http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/41|title = The Buntine Oration: A Short History|publisher = Australian College of Educators|year = 2004|access-date = 17 June 2016|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170118041209/http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/41|archive-date = 18 January 2017}} and the most recent was in 2008.

Buntine family

Dr Walter Buntine (1866–1953) had a significant role in the development of education in the Australian state of Victoria from his position as headmaster of Caulfield Grammar School (1896–1932). His son, Dr M. Arnold Buntine (1898–1975), was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda{{cite book|title = The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897|last1 = Holmesby|first1 = R.|last2 = Main|first2 = J.|year = 2014|edition = 10th|isbn = 9781921496325|publisher = BAS Publishing|location = Seaford VIC|page = 112}} before studying education and earning a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. Prior to World War II, Arnold was headmaster of Camberwell Grammar School in Victoria and then the Hale School in Western Australia.{{cite news|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85471283|title = Personalities in the World of Sport|newspaper = The Daily News|volume = LIV|issue = 18,519|date = 25 July 1934|access-date = 17 June 2016|page = 2|via = National Library of Australia}} He served at Tobruk and in Syria as a captain in the 2/28th Battalion. Ultimately rising to Lieutenant-Colonel, he led the 2/11th Battalion. He returned to the Hale School in 1944, returning to Victoria in 1945 as headmaster of Geelong College.{{cite news|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78759256|title = Dr. Buntine For Geelong|newspaper = The Daily News|volume = LXIII|issue = 21,806|date = 24 February 1945 |access-date = 17 June 2016|page = 4|via = National Library of Australia}} Arnold was married to Gladys (Jim) Buntine (1901–1992), who was the Chief Commissioner of the Australian Girl Guides from 1962 until 1968 and an advocate for the importance of education. She was awarded first an OBE and later an MBE for her services to youth.{{cite web|url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/buntine-gladys-selby-jim-18558|title = Buntine, Gladys Selby (Jim) (1901–1992)|first = M.|last = Payten|work = Australian Dictionary of Biography|access-date = 17 June 2016|year = 2016}} Robert Buntine (1929–2014), their son, had leadership roles at The King's School and Newington College in Sydney.{{cite news|url = http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/bob-buntine-beloved-teacher-coached-rowers-to-historic-victories-20140530-zrsyh.html|title = Bob Buntine: Beloved teacher coached rowers to historic victories|date = 3 June 2014|access-date = 17 June 2016|newspaper = Sydney Morning Herald|first1 = D.|last1 = Roberts|first2 = J.|last2 = Wickham|first3 = M.|last3 = Smee}} Professor Mark Buntine{{cite thesis|type = Ph.D.|last = Buntine|first = Mark A.|date = 1992|title = Application of Ion Imaging and Laser-Induced Gratings to Chemical Dynamics|publisher = Stanford University}} of Curtin University of Technology is the most current of the Buntine family of educators.

List of orations

The Buntine Oration has been delivered by many highly recognised people. Paul Hasluck was the Australian Minister for External Affairs at the time he delivered the 1964 oration, going on to become Governor-General of Australia in 1969. Zelman Cowen was the Governor-General at the time of the 1980 oration.{{cite news|title = He 'restored Australia's faith': Sir Zelman Cowen dies at 92|date = 9 December 2011|access-date = 7 July 2016|first1 = M.|last1 = Gordon|first2 = M.|last2 = Grattan|author-link2 = Michelle Grattan|newspaper = Sydney Morning Herald|url = http://www.smh.com.au/national/he-restored-australias-faith-sir-zelman-cowen-dies-at-92-20111208-1olqj#ixzz4DjYDCWwZ}} Michael Somare was elected to the first national parliament of Papua New Guinea in 1972, becoming chief minister by the time of the 1974; he became the country's first Prime Minister when independence was granted in 1975.{{cite web|url = http://www.parliament.gov.pg/member-of-parliament/bio/view/governor-east-sepik|access-date = 7 July 2016|title = Hon. Michael Somare, MP|publisher = National Parliament of Papua New Guinea|year = 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160804001226/http://www.parliament.gov.pg/member-of-parliament/bio/view/governor-east-sepik#|archive-date = 2016-08-04|url-status = dead}} 2006 orator Peter Doherty shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine{{cite web|url = https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1996/index.html|title = The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996: Peter C. Doherty, Rolf M. Zinkernagel|access-date = 7 July 2016|year = 2014|publisher = nobelprize.org}} and was the 1997 Australian of the Year.{{cite book|title = Australian of the Year Awards – A Fiftieth Anniversary History|year = 2010|first = S.|last = Furphy|url = http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/storage/8906_AOTY_history_booklet_internals_6.pdf|publisher = australianoftheyear.org.au|access-date = 7 July 2016}} Two High Court justices have given the oration (Robert French and Michael Kirby), as has the Chancellor of the Australian National University ("Nugget" Coombs) and the inaugural President of the ACE, James Darling.

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| 1962

Professor Peter H. Karmel {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AC|CBE}}Some Economic Aspects of Education{{cite book|title = Some economic aspects of education|first = P. H.|last = Karmel|author-link = Peter Karmel|location = Canberra ACT|publisher = Australian College of Education|year = 1962}}
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| 1964

Sir Paul M. C. Hasluck {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|KG|GCMG|GCVO}}Australia and its Neighbours{{cite book|title = Australia and its Neighbours|last = Hasluck|first = P.|author-link = Paul Hasluck|location = Canberra ACT|publisher = Australian College of Education|year = 1964}}
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| 1966

Professor Percy H. PartridgeSome Problems of Educational Policy in Democratic Societies{{cite book|url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/partridge-percy-herbert-15021|chapter = Partridge, Percy Herbert (1910–1988)|first = G.|last = Harman|title = Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher = Melbourne University Press|access-date = 17 June 2016|volume = 18|year = 2012|isbn = 9780522844597}}{{cite book|title = Teachers in Australia: An Appraisal Including the 1966 Buntine Oration|editor-first = F. W.|editor-last = Cheshire|year = 1966|publisher = Australian College of Education}}
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| 1968

Sir John G. Crawford {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AC|CBE}}The Accountability of Universities{{cite book|url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/crawford-sir-john-grenfell-jack-1391|chapter = Crawford, Sir John Grenfell (Jack) (1910–1984)|first = J. D. B.|last = Miller|title = Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher = Melbourne University Press|access-date = 17 June 2016|volume = 17|year = 2007|isbn = 9780522844597}}
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| 1970

Dr H. C. "Nugget" CoombsHuman Values – Education in the Changing Australian Society{{cite web|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms802|title = MS 802: Papers of H. C. Coombs|last = Coombs|first = H. C.|author-link = H. C. Coombs|publisher = National Library of Australia|access-date = 17 June 2016|quote = Box 21, Item 169: Buntine Oration, 13 May 1970; Box 28, Item 228: The Buntine Oration – 'Human values in education'}}
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| 1972

Sir James R. Darling {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|OBE|CBE|FACE}}Responsibility{{cite book|title = Priorities in Australian Education|year = 1972|publisher = Australian College of Education|location = Carlton VIC|isbn = 0909587027}}
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| 1974

Sir Michael T. Somare {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCL|GCMG|CH|CF|SSI|KSG|PC|MPp}}Education for Self-Reliance{{cite book|title = Educational Perspectives in Papua New Guinea|year = 1974|publisher = Australian College of Education|location = Carlton VIC|url = http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED133808}}
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| 1976

Hugh R. Hudson MHAThe Political Economy of Educational Advancement{{cite book|title = New Directions in Australian Education|editor-first = G. W.|editor-last = Bassett|year = 1976|publisher = Australian College of Education|location = Carlton VIC|url = http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED140410}}
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| 1978

Professor Barbara FalkPersonal Identity Making in Australia{{cite book|title = Personal Identity in a Multi-Cultural Australia|last = Falk|first = B.|year = 1978|publisher = Australian Council for Educational Research|location = Camberwell, Australia|isbn = 9780855631864}}
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| 1980

Sir Zelman Cowan {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AK|GCMG|GCVO|QC}}Politics in Education{{cite journal|last = Cowan|first = Z.|title = The Buntine Oration 1980|volume = 7|year = 1981|journal = Unicorn: Bulletin of the Australian College of Education|pages = 4–15|issn = 0311-4775}}
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| 1982

Professor Kwong Lee Dow {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AM}}Education Policy Making in Australia{{cite book|title = Education Policy Making in Australia|editor-first = R. F.|editor-last = Broadbent|location = Carlton VIC|publisher = Australian College of Education|year = 1982|isbn = 0909587213}}
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| 1984

Justice Michael D. Kirby {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AC|CMG}}Education – On Hanging In There{{cite book|title = The Human Face of Technological Change|url = http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED272164.pdf|editor-first = S.|editor-last = Randell|chapter = The Buntine Oration 1984: Education – On Hanging In There|last = Kirby|first = M.|author-link = Michael Kirby (judge)|pages = 21–31|year = 1984|publisher = Australian College of Education|location = Carlton VIC|isbn = 0909587329}}
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| 1986

Professor Hedley Beare {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AM}}Shared Meanings About Education: The Economic Paradigm Considered{{cite book|title = Shaping Education|editor-first = J.|editor-last = Anderson|location = Carlton VIC|publisher = Australian College of Education|year = 1987|isbn = 090958740X}}
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| 1988

Professor Di Yerbury {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO}}The Tradition of Scholarly Excellence
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| 1990

Dr Stephen A. FitzGerald {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO}}Asia, Education, and the Australian Mind{{cite book|title = Asia, education, and the Australian mind|first = S. A.|last = FitzGerald|author-link = Stephen FitzGerald (diplomat)|location = Curtin ACT|publisher = Australian College of Education|year = 1990|isbn = 0909587590}}
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| 1992

Chief Justice K. J. Austin Asche {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AC|QC}}The Literacy Imperative{{cite book|title = 1992 Buntine Oration: The Literacy Imperative|first = K. J. A.|last = Asche|author-link = Austin Asche|location = Deakin ACT|publisher = Australian College of Education|year = 1992|isbn = 0909587671}}
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| 1994

Professor Paige H. PorterWomen and Leadership in Education: The Construction of Gender in the Workplace{{cite book|title = Women and Leadership in Education: The Construction of Gender in the Workplace|last = Porter|first = P. H.|location = Deakin ACT|publisher = Australian College of Education|year = 1995|isbn = 0909587760}}
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| 1996

Chief Justice Robert S. French {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AC}}Educating for Democracy in the Twenty First Century{{cite book|title = Educating for Democracy: 1996 Buntine Oration|first = R. S.|last = French|author-link = Robert French|location = Deakin ACT|publisher = Australian College of Education|year = 1996|isbn = 0909587817}}
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| 1997

Professor Frances H. ChristieLiteracy Research and Teaching: Paradigms for the Late Twentieth Century{{cite web|url = http://www.iltec.pt/pdf/deeb/christie.pdf|title = Curriculum Vitae – Frances Helen Christie|access-date = 17 June 2016|last = Christie|first = F. H.|year = 2008}}
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| 1998

Professor Millicent E. PooleRe-Framing Higher Education: Mind the Market{{cite journal|last = Poole|first = M.|url = http://www.assa.edu.au/publications/dialogue/1999_Vol18_No1.pdf|title = Re-Framing Higher Education: Mind the Market|pages = 27–43|journal = Dialogue|publisher = Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia|volume = 18|number = 1|year = 1999|access-date = 2016-06-17|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160310212049/http://www.assa.edu.au/publications/dialogue/1999_Vol18_No1.pdf#|archive-date = 2016-03-10|url-status = dead}}
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| 1999

Alan RubyDifference is the Essence of Humanity{{cite journal|last = Ruby|first = A.|title = Difference is the Essence of Humanity|volume = 25|issue = 2|year = 1999|journal = Unicorn: Bulletin of the Australian College of Education|pages = 71–83|issn = 0311-4775}}
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| 2000

Professor Barry McGaw {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO|FACE}}International Comparisons of Expenditure in Education{{cite journal|last = McGaw|first = B.|title = International Comparisons of Expenditure in Education|volume = 26|issue = 2|year = 2000|journal = Unicorn: Bulletin of the Australian College of Education|pages = 18–23|issn = 0311-4775}}
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| 2001

Professor Swee-Hin TohUprooting Violence, Growing Peace: Education for Compassionate Citizenship{{cite journal|first = S.-H.|last = Toh|title = Uprooting Violence, Growing Peace: Education for Compassionate Citizenship (Edited extract of the 2001 Buntine Oration presented to the National Education Assembly 2001)|volume = 27|issue = 2|year = 2001|journal = Unicorn: Bulletin of the Australian College of Education|pages = 29–30|issn = 0311-4775}}{{cite book|title = Values in Education|chapter = Citizenship Education for a Culture of Peace: Themes, Challenges and Possibilities|last = Toh|first = S.-H.|pages = 38–58|editor-last = Pascoe|editor-first = S.|location = Deakin ACT|publisher = Australian College of Educators|year = 2002|isbn = 0909587868}}
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| 2003

Professor Stephanie YoungPassive Consumers or Co-creators – Listening to Learners?{{cite book|chapter = Passive Consumers or Co-creators?: Listening to Learners|last = Young|first = S.|title = The Future is Upon Us: Challenges from Keynote Presenters to the 2003 ACE National Conference|pages = 45–64|year = 2003|isbn = 1920819037|location = Deakin ACT|publisher = Australian College of Educators}}
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| 2004

Stephen DownesLearning Networks{{cite journal|url = http://itdl.org/Journal/Nov_04/Nov_04.pdf|journal = International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning|year = 2004|volume = 1|issue = 11|issn = 1550-6908|title = Buntine Oration: Learning Objects|pages = 3–14|author-link = Stephen Downes|first = S.|last = Downes}}{{cite web|last = Downes|first = S.|author-link = Stephen Downes|title = The Buntine Oration: Learning Networks|url = http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=20|year = 2004|access-date = 17 June 2016}}
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| 2006

Professor Peter C. Doherty {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AC|FRS|FMedSci}}The Education Challenge for a Knowledge Economy{{cite book|title = Australian College of Educators Annual Report – 2006|url = http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/52|pages = 40–41|chapter = South Australia|last = Mathews|first = C.|year = 2006|publisher = Australian College of Educators|access-date = 29 June 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160313232142/http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/52#|archive-date = 2016-03-13|url-status = dead}}{{cite web|title = ACE National Conference – 25 to 27 May 2006|url = http://www.yooyahcloud.com/PA/Ah0Dk/ACEProgramUpdate.pdf|access-date = 29 June 2016|date = 2006|publisher = Australian College of Educators|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160816125417/http://www.yooyahcloud.com/PA/Ah0Dk/ACEProgramUpdate.pdf|archive-date = 16 August 2016|url-status = dead}}
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| 2008

Professor Joseph Lo BiancoImagination, Inspiration, Innovation{{cite book|title = Australian College of Educators Annual Report – 2008|url = http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/56|pages = 14–16|chapter = Professional Learning and Enhancing the Status of the Profession|year = 2008|publisher = Australian College of Educators|access-date = 29 June 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160313232103/http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/56|archive-date = 13 March 2016|url-status = dead}}
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