SUT Perth Branch AGM

 

17 November 2010 Perth, Australia

 

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The 2010 Perth Branch AGM was held at the Maritime Museum in Fremantle, Australia. There was a great turnout for the event, with more than 80 guests attending.

The formal part of the evening was presented by the SUT Perth Branch Chairman, Terry Griffiths; Secretary, Dr Julie EP Morgan; and Treasurer, Ray Farrier. During the presentation, the branch’s six sponsored students for 2011 were each awarded a certificate and cheque for $5000 AUD.

The sponsored students for 2011 were as follows: Aaron Boase, Curtin University; Bassem Samir Youseff, UWA (University of Western Australia); Jia Chen Khoo, UWA; Lisa King, UWA; Robert Ong, Curtin University; and Ziad Zammer, Curtin University.

Joyce Bremner, Perth Branch Events Manager; Corelle Charles, Events Assistant; and Lisa Gagiero, Administrator, were all thanked for their contribution to the branch over the last twelve months and were each presented with a bottle of champagne.

The formal part of the evening was followed by a very interesting talk by Corioli Souter, Curator at the Department of Maritime Archaeology, WA Museum, on the topic of ‘HMS Swift: A British Sloop-of-War lost off Patagonia, Southern Argentina 1770’. After the presentation, members adjourned to the terrace where they spent a relaxing hour and a half networking over drinks and canapés.

The Perth Branch 2011 Committee were named as: Ray Farrier, Ian Finnie, Conor Galvin, Philip Griffin, Terry Griffiths, Elizabeth Lakey, Jim Leven, John Loughridge, Harry Mackay, Julie Morgan, Norman O’Rourke, Ewan Rowell, Chris Saunders, Brett Silich, Ian Wilson and Ben Witton.