Class Notes

Updated October 2025

Prof Mark Nolan has had an interdisciplinary academic career at the ANU (teaching students like former Burgmann Principal Sally Renouf [2010–2024] and her partner, Brodie Buckland [2010–2024]) and at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Criminal Law and Psychology, as well as in Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy Research, and Military Discipline Law. PhD and Honours supervision and many administrative roles, including just finishing up as Director of the Centre for Law and Justice at Charles Sturt in Dec 2024, returning to teaching, researching and research supervision at Charles Sturt. He has completed much work with the Council of Australian Law Deans, including co-chairing the First People's Partnership (with Prof Asmi Wood as a member) bringing together First Nations legal academics as well as Law Deans.

He moved back to Port Macquarie in June 2024 with his partner Greg to be close to his elderly Mum and to enjoy being back to where he grew up in Kempsey (which he says is warmer than Canberra and Bathurst!).

He said he had many interactions with Wiradyuri Elders in Bathurst and Birpai Elders in Port Macquarie in work roles via CSU.

The highlights of his time at Burgmann include connecting with others from rural and regional Australia and having fun, as well as playing sport and keeping academic progress a priority. He has now seen Peter Garrett twice at Burgmann birthday events. The first time was when Peter and others spoke at a Burgmann birthday event, and Mark was doing vacation WOBCO, and a new band called Yothu Yindi—unheard of down south then—was playing at the ANU Bar!

Updated October 2025

Kelvyn Dunn began his career as a secondary school teacher of mathematics and biology in Queensland and Victoria. He later worked as curator of the herbarium and arthropod collections for the former Department of Natural Resources and Environment (Burnley and Knoxfield campuses) in Victoria, contributing to the organisation and preservation of important and historical scientific specimens. Over the years, he undertook contract roles with Deakin University, Melbourne, Harvard University, Cambridge (MASS) and the BBC in London, providing field, diagnostic and scientific advice in entomology. He also worked as a research assistant at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University (Nathan Campus) in Queensland.

Kelvyn has written several books, booklets, book chapters, and technical papers, mainly focusing on Australian butterflies and the parasitic wasps associated with citrus scale insects and mealybugs. His work reflects a long-standing interest in natural history and a commitment to sharing knowledge in the field.

He has since dedicated over 20 years of service as a Psychiatric Nurse with Monash Health in Melbourne.

Updated October 2025

Elizabeth 'Liz' Martin travelled extensively after University, including several treks in Nepal, Ladakh and Kashmir. She completed the epic overland journey from Bendigo to London overland through Asia and Europe.

She has had a varied working life, including being the original manager of the Otis Foundation, which provides retreats in natural environments for those with breast cancer.

Since leaving the Otis Foundation, she has worked in sustainability, specialising in sustainable housing. She has also been a community photographer and is mostly involved with working for our environment directly through landcare.

She has two children and three grandchildren, including one in Scotland. She is an avid bushwalker and conservationist.

'My main claim to fame at Burgmann was being involved in the original scheme to invite Dudley Moore and Peter Cook to Burgmann, and organising the welcome group at the airport when they came out to rehearse in Canberra for a few days,' reminisced Liz. 'They came to our review night, and I got to sit next to Dudley!

'Burgmann holds so many wonderful memories for me, and I still stay in touch with some of the original Burgies.'