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In February 1897 Louisa Macdonald wrote to her close friend and mentor, Eleanor Grove, Principal of College Hall University of London:
A great hope of mine is to make the College as much of a living thing as possible, not only for its own sake as a College, but for the help it might be to the women and the education of the country as a standard and centre of influence and mutual help.
On 27 May 2005 Governor of NSW Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC delivered the third Louisa Macdonald Oration. She spoke about some of the remarkable people who conceived the idea of the Women's College, and worked on its foundation governing Council to bring the College into being.
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The Inaugural Oration, held in 2001, was presented by noted feminist academic Dr Dale Spender AM, who spoke about the challenges young women face in their careers as the nation enters the information economy and trade in ideas and independent thinking become vital.
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In 2003 the Oration was given by eminent alumna Dr Liz Dennis, Program Leader with CSIRO Plant Industry, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and winner in 2000 of the Prime Minister's Prize for Science for Research in Plant Molecular Biology.
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In honour of the College's founding Principal, Louisa Macdonald, the College holds black-tie dinner in May every two years, at which a distinguished speaker addresses guests in our candle-lit dining hall. On 25 May 2007, Governor of Queensland (and former Women's College Principal) Her Excellency Quentin Bryce AC gave the fourth Louisa Macdonald Oration. 