JC Bannon Oration 2024
Professor Anne Pender presented the JC Bannon Oration on 19 November at St Mark's College on the topic 'The Costs of Comedy and the Future of the Arts in Australia'.
Mrs Angela Bannon, Professor John Coetzee and Professor Anne Pender
Photograph provided courtesy of Professor Don Markwell AM, Master, St Mark's College, Adelaide.
The JC Bannon Oration is given in memory of the Hon. Dr John Bannon AO, Premier of South Australia from 1982 to 1992, and Master of St Mark’s College from 2000 to 2007.
The enduring importance of education is a key theme that was carried throughout Dr Bannon’s life: through his university years, political career, teaching roles, and as an academic and historian.
The arts and sports always played an important part in Dr Bannon’s life and this passion is reflected in his other activities over the years, both in and out of politics.
St Mark’s College holds an annual J C Bannon Oration, open to the public and presented by distinguished individuals who are leaders in their fields.