Maps! - Science Week Opening Session

Following a sold-out season at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and the launch of his "Unknown Melbourne Map" at the recent Geography Victoria "Going Places" event, we are thrilled that Julian O'Shea returns for the opening session of National Science Week at the Royal Society of Victoria.

Join Julian as he goes beyond Melbourne and shares hilarious true stories about maps, mapping mistakes and the surprising quirks of geography. 

Julian O'Shea's work has seen him named the Professional Engineer of the Year (Vic), Young Australian of the Year (SA), a Fulbright Scholar, a Westpac Social Change Fellow and a Sir Weary Dunlop Fellow at Asialink. He is a regular media commentor on road safety and transport topics, appearing on The Project, ABC Melbourne Radio, 3AW, ABC News Breakfast and more.

Whether you're eight or eighty (plus), this entertaining event will have you not only laughing out loud but have you thinking about the fascinating field of maps and mapping and the world around you long after the event.

Refreshments included.

Arrival from 1:45 pm

Bookings are essential

An Inspiring Victoria event - part of National Science Week and supported by the Royal Society of Victoria.

(Vishal Shah) – “Julian O’Shea’s Maps! is a lesson in geography and design you were not lucky enough to get while at school, but one that will stay with you for long after you experience it. In short, it’s pure nerdy delight. In sixty minutes, O’Shea takes you through a cartographic tour of the world in a way you’ve never known”.