Fireside Chat with Chris Joye, Coolabah Capital & AFR, Wednesday 21 August 2024

Members and guests gathered to hear an insightful fireside chat with Chris Joye, Contributing Editor at the Australian Financial Review and Chief Investment Officer at Coolabah Capital on the risk of a sovereign debt crisis damaging Australia’s economy in 2024 or 2025. Thanks to Chris for taking time from his busy schedule and Moray Vincent for hosting.

King's College Choir, Sydney Opera House, Monday 29 July 2024

Members gathered at Sydney Opera House to hear the Kings College Choir concert —a splendid convergence of a Cambridge icon and a Sydney icon. Committee member Rhys Goodey hosted pre-concert drinks in the Northern Foyer. This performance included Duruflé’s Requiem, a radiant meditation on life and death for choir and organ, alongside Handel’s Coronation Anthem Zadok the Priest, recently heard at the coronation of King Charles III.

Winter Feast, 25 July 2024

The Cambridge Society of NSW warmly welcomed 100+ alumni from Cambridge, Oxford and Ivy League universities and their guests for an evening of drinks and dinner, for a night of fellowship and thought. We were thrilled to welcome Professor Richard Miles (Jesus '91, and former Fellow of Trinity Hall) as our distinguished guest speaker. Professor Miles will deliver a compelling talk on 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and What It Might Tell Us About Our Own Times'. Richard Miles is a renowned British historian and archaeologist. He is best known for presenting several major historical documentary series including: 'Carthage, the Roman Holocaust' (ABC), 'Ancient Worlds' (BBC) and 'Archaeology: A Secret History' (SBS). He extensive work includes directing excavations in Carthage and Rome, and authoring several acclaimed books such as 'Carthage must be destroyed' and 'Ancient Worlds: the search for Western Civilisation'. Currently, he serves as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education - Enterprise and Engagement) at the University of Sydney and Professor of Roman History and Archaeology.

Networking Drinks for Oxbridge & Ivy League alum, Thursday 13 June 2024

The Cambridge Society of NSW hosted networking drinks for Oxbridge and Ivy League alumni and their guests. Over 40 guests attended at Babylon Rooftop.

AGM & Thinking at Twilight, 9 May 2024

An enlightening evening at the AGM and Thinking at Twilight was held with guest speaker Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton (Queens') who shared his remarkable journey from Manchester via Cambridge to the Rabbinate, inspiring us with his story of faith, academia and leadership.

Prior to the Thinking at Twilight the AGM was held. Amrit Bahra stepped down as President after 10 years on the committee and 8 as President. Rhiannon Chisholm and Jonathan Negus have also stepped down after similarly long stints. Simon Smith has taken over the Presidency and Kevin Yan and Sally Bradley have joined the committee.