A W Jones Oration

The A.W. Jones Oration is the major function of the SA Branch of The Australian College of Educators. Held every second year since the Inaugural Lecture by Professor Hedley Beare in 1989, the A. W. Jones Orations serve both as a celebration of the contribution of one of the State's most distinguished educators, the late Dr Alby Jones, and as a continuing contribution to educational debate at state and national levels.

Dr Alby Jones passed away in Adelaide, on Friday 13 June, 2003, at the age of 90. A Founder member of the College, former College National President and Honorary Fellow, Alby Jones had been a member of the SA Branch Committee for 43 years.

2009 - Professor Barry McGaw, AO, FACE

2007 -

2005   Professor Freda Briggs
Every School's Worst Nightmare - Child Sexual Abuse
Strategies for professional and responsible action

2003   Professor Graham Martin
Rhetoric and Reality: Developing and Maintaining Mental Health in Young People.

2001   Mr. Chris Sidoti
Another Chance for Rural Education? A Human Rights Perspective.

1999   Professor Mary O'Kane
Educating Adelaide - The role of education in positioning the modern city-state

1997   Mr. Peter Sheldrake
Great Expectations - Education and the World of Work

1995   Dr. Lowitja O'Donoghue
Towards a new understanding of Indigenous Australia

1993   Professor Jillian Maling
Levelling the Ivory Towers - Australian Universities in the Year 2000