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Brian Wattchow

Brian Wattchow is a Senior Lecturer and Course Director of Sport and Outdoor Recreation (SOR) in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. He is a foundation member of the Movement, Environment and Community (MEC) research group at Monash. Brian has published more than 30 articles in academic journals, scholarly books and in the public domain, most often centring on his interests in outdoor pedagogy, sense of place and land identity. He co-authored Group Management in the Wilderness (University of Calgary, 1989) with Bill March and has recently published his first collection of poetry titled The Song of the Wounded River (Ginninderra Press, 2010).

Away from work Brian is an avid golfer and reader, and enjoys camping, travelling and ‘toiling’ under the hot Australian sun on the small Gippsland farmlet where he lives with his family.


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Events

  • The Future, Interrupted: An Innovation Week Special with Richard King

    Melbourne Connect - Science Gallery Melbourne - SGM Theatre Level G, 700 Swanston Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia

    Exploring how we imagine the future, how technology shapes our lives, & how the choices we make today influence the world we build tomorro2. This special event explores how we...

  • Book Launch: 50 Years/50 Works

    MUMA 900 Dandenong Rd (building F), Caulifield, VIC, Australia

    MUMA hosts a relay of talks to celebrate the launch of 50 Years/50 Works: A MUMA Collection Index. MUMA hosts a relay of talks to celebrate the launch of 50...

  • Sonia Orchard at Readings SLV

    Readings State Library Victoria 285 Russell St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Join Sonia Orchard for a conversation with journalist and author Louise Milligan, about her new book, Before the Harm: Preventing Abuse, Protecting Children, the latest in our In the National...

  • 2026 John Cain Memorial Oration: Gareth Evans

    State Library Victoria, Conversation Quarter 328 Swanston St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    The 2026 John Cain Memorial Oration will be delivered by Professor the Honourable Gareth Evans, AC KC FASSA FAIIA The evening will include a two course meal and drinks in...