Corporate Body

Office of the Chief Scientist (2021 - )

Swinburne University of Technology

From
2021
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Functions
Advisory or Regulatory Body and Science communication

Summary

The Office of the Chief Scientist was established within Swinburne University of Technology in 2021, the first such initiative in any Australian university. Aligned with Swinburne's Horizon 2025 Strategic Plan, the Office provides leadership in science within and outside the University, driving scientific relationships and policy with government, industry and schools. The inaugural Chief Scientist, radio astronomer Virginia Kilborn, is dedicated to fostering transformative science that creates genuine social and economic impact. Since 2025, research programs within the Office have been the History of Australian Science Research Group and the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation (from which is produced the Bibliography of the history of Australian science).

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Created: 9 June 2026

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This Edition: 2026 May - New Office
Chunnup - Gariwerd calendar - Winter: late May to end of July - season of cockatoos
Reference: https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/indigenous-weather-knowledge/indigenous-seasonal-calendars/gariwerd-calendar#bom-anchor-list__item-chunnup-season-of-cockatoos

Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology.

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"... the rengitj, as a visible mark or imprint on the land, is characterised as a place of origin, the repository of all names, as well as a kind of mapped visual expression of the connection between people and places which is to be carried out in the temporal sequence of the journey." Fanca Tamisari (1998) 'Body, Vision and Movement: In the footprints of the ancestors'. Oceania 68(4) p260