Friends, Bearing in mind all recent government announcements at both federal and state levels, steps taken by like organisations in light of the present concerns and restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, AFAS will not be holding any events ...Read More
Materials Australia ENews – March 2020
Welcome to the latest news from Materials Australia. Click here to read the Materials_Australia-ENews-March_2020 ...Read More
Melbourne French Theatre
La Candidate sequel to Panique au Ministère 13 to 16 May 2020 SEASON POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 2020 COVID-19 HAS STRUCK US BUT WE ARE NOT DOWN! Dear Friends of the MFT, Following the Prime Minister’s Announcement banning assemblies of 100 people or mor ...Read More
2019 Awards Celebrate Science and Innovation in Victoria
At a special awards ceremony – celebrating science excellence in Victoria, the recipients of the prestigious Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation and the Victoria Fellowships were announced. The Hon. Martin Pakula, Minister for Jobs, Innov ...Read More
Australia-France: French Embassy calls for applications now open!
The French Embassy in Australia is delighted to announce that the calls for applications for our student and scientific exchange programs are now open ! Click here for full details ...Read More
The Technology Behind Better, Cheaper Solar Panels
The Centre for Transformative Innovation, the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, the Convergence Science Network and the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship invite you to a lecture presented by Professor Thorsten Trupke the ...Read More
AFAS celebrates 40 years of activity
In 1965, an association called AFAS (Australian French Association of Technical & Professional Specialists) was formed in Sydney by primarily Australian engineers, who had been to France on a French government sponsored “Stage” and on return ...Read More
La Pérouse museum Sydney
C’est 200 ans après l’arrivée en 1788 à Botany Bay de l’expédition commandée par Jean-François de Galaup Comte de Lapérouse, que le La Perouse Museum fut inauguré en Février 1988. L’initiative de la création du musée revient à Pie ...Read More
veski Bulletin
A global innovation community with its heart in Australia With an audience of over 200, on Wednesday 22 May 2019 – veski fast smarts was delivered for the third and final time as part of the 2019 Melbourne Knowledge Week at Deakin Edge, Federat ...Read More
Ludovic Grosjean honored at the United Nations
HomeNewsAustraliaMelbourne: Ludovic Grosjean honored at the United Nations Australia / News / Science 0 Comments by: François Vantomme Melbourne: Ludovic Grosjean honored at the United Nations With 90 percent of the global population under 30 living ...Read More
History of the Suez company
At the visit to the Suez Recycling & Recovery Landfill facility on 20th September, many people wondered about the company and whether if it was connected to the Suez canal. The answer is Yes and thanks to Danielle Acton for providing this summary ...Read More
CSIRAC – the first Australian computer
CSIRAC (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Automatic Computer) fut le premier ordinateur numérique construit en Australie. Il fait partie des collections des musées du Victoria depuis 1964 et depuis 2000, il était exposé au Melbourne ...Read More
Google’s Chrome browser set to make the web more secure
You may have noticed that when you go to our website, afas.org.au, you are actually taken to https://afas.org.au This means that our website is a more secure site. The version of Google Chrome that will be released to the wider public in July will in ...Read More
DO NOT FORGET AUSTRALIA
On the occasion of the Centenary of the Battle of Villers Bretonneux and ANZAC Day, the students of ‘Victoria School’ Villers-Bretonneux (Somme) created a video, entitled ‘Do not forget Australia’. The video is dedicated to th ...Read More
Rencontre avec John MacColl
Rencontre avec John MacColl, porteur du projet de l’école franco-australienne de Pozières Même après une vie entière en Australie, il garde la France dans son cœur et son accent. Né à Boulogne-sur-Mer, John MacColl a fait ses études à Lil ...Read More
Victoria Prize supporting the best and brightest for two decade
Victoria Prize supporting the best and brightest for two decades The recipients of the 2017 Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation and Victoria Fellowships were announced last night at a ceremony hosted by veski. The Parliamentary Secreta ...Read More