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Updated by Robert James
26th January 2025
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A non-profit organisation, which aims to provide a
contact for people
interested in the psychological insights of Carl Gustav
Jung.
Through monthly meetings, workshops, other activities
and our library,
we seek to help people to understand their own inner
journey
and the world today - from a Jungian perspective.
We normally meet at 7:30 for 8:00 pm
on the first Friday of each month
at MacKillop House Conference Centre,
50 Archibald Street, Lyneham (See
map).
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Most recent meeting:
Rod Taylor: "Coping with Crisis - Living in Difficult Times
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video>
See the "Archives" and the "Resources" menus to the left.
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Our last meeting:
Friday 7th February 2025
"Coping with Crisis:
Living in Difficult Times:
How we got in the Mess, How to get out of it, and How do we Cope
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a Personal Story"
With Rod Taylor
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)
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Rod
spoke with us about "Coping with Crisis: Living in Difficult
Times: How we got in the Mess, How to get out of it, and How do
we Cope - a Personal Story".
Rod Taylor is a science writer, radio broadcaster, newspaper
columnist and author. He has written for numerous publications
including for The Big Issue, Fairfax Media, Australian Community
Media and motorcycle magazines. Rod produces a weekly science
program and podcasts for Radio2XX in Canberra. His weekly
science column for Fairfax Media and ACM is in its 16th year.
His books include:
• The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation,
• Ten Journeys on a Fragile Planet, Odyssey, 2020,
• Contributor to Best Australian Science Writing, 2018,
• Co-editor Sustainability and the New Economics, Springer 2022.
Cost for attendance (at MacKillop House):
Jung Society members free,
Guests $15 (Seniors/Concession $10),
Pay cash at the door, or by bank transfer or by credit card via
TryBooking.
Cost for on-line access:
Jung Society members free (We'll send you a link).
Guests $10:
Pay by bank transfer or by credit card or PayPal via TryBooking.
We meet from 7:30 pm for tea and coffee and snacks, music,
discussion and library.
The Guest Speaker's presentation is at 8pm for an hour or so,
then we resume for questions and discussion, finishing by
10pm.
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Friday 7th March 2025 7pm
Canberra Jung Society Inc
Annual General
Meeting and Election of Office Bearers
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT
All financial members are welcome, and eligible to
stand for office. |

This is when you can nominate for an
office-holder position (President, Secretary etc) or as a
Committee Member. You can nominate yourself or somebody else, by
email (as below) or by contacting Secretary Trish on (0432) 599
826.
So this is a great time to renew your
membership or join-up for the current year: Cost: is $75 ($60
Concession / Senior). This entitles you to free entry to monthly
meetings, two newsletters per year, use of the library, and
discount on cost of workshops etc.
Pay new or
renewing membership on the night, or any time by bank transfer
or TryBooking.
Here is our Constitution for
your reference.
This 7pm AGM
will be quite short, leaving us time to chat, to meet the
evening's presenter Dr Martin Hess,
peruse the library and meet the new
Committee! There might be some celebratory bubblies and things
at this auspicious event :-).
Following the Annual General
Meeting, we'll move on to our "normal monthly Friday meeting",
with Guest Speaker Dr Martin Hess. |
Canberra Jung Society Inc.
Annual General Meeting 07/3/2025
Agenda |
1. Opening,
Greetings
2.
Attendance:
3.
Apologies:
4. Minutes
of the last AGM 3rd March 2023.
5. Business
Arising
6. Reports
a.
President
b. Treasurer
c. Membership Sec.
d. Newsletter Editor
e. Public Officer
f. Librarian
g. Internet Manager
7.
Elections:
Appointment
of Returning Officer, then:
a. President
b. Vice President
c Secretary
d. Treasurer
e. Membership Secretary
f. Newsletter Editor
g. Publicity Officer
h. Librarian
i. Public Officer
j. Committee members
k.Appointment of Auditor.
8. General
Business
9. Closure.
Then ...
Friday public meeting, with Dr Martin Hess.
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Friday 7th March 2025
"Experience, Observations and Reflections on my Travels
through South East Asia"
With Dr Martin Hess
(following the AGM)
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)
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Dr Martin Hess
has just returned from travels in South-East Asia, visiting
sites of significance to Australian servicemen and POWs in
Singapore and Malaysia etc.
We are looking forwards to
his report and reflections on this experience.
Dr Martin Hess was a member of
the Australian Federal Police for 30 years. Detective.
Background in investigations, intelligence, surveillance, close
protection and international police deployments. PhD in
Australian international policing from Asia Pacific College of
Diplomacy at Australian National University. Interested in
inter-agency, whole if government cooperation, criminology and
geo-strategic affairs.
Martin was Guest Speaker at
the Canberra Jung Society in April last year, on the subject of
"Moral Injury"
Cost for attendance (at MacKillop House):
Jung Society members free,
Guests $15 (Seniors/Concession $10),
Pay cash at the door, or by bank transfer or by credit card via
TryBooking.
Cost for on-line access:
Jung Society members free (We'll send you a link).
Guests $10:
Pay by bank transfer or by credit card or PayPal via TryBooking.
We meet from 7:30 pm for tea and coffee and snacks, music,
discussion and library.
The Guest Speaker's presentation is at 8pm for an hour or so,
then we resume for questions and discussion, finishing by 10pm..
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Friday 4th April 2025
"Building
our Nation: How Migrants and their Children have Shaped
Australiai"
With Sonia Di Mezza
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom) |
You
can see Sonia delivering an address along these lines at the
National Library of Australia.
Sonia Di Mezza
is a human rights lawyer, solicitor, and the Interim CEO of the
Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services (MARSS). Other
leadership roles in the not-for-profit sector have included: CEO
of Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services (Bendigo, Central
Victoria); CEO of the Domestic Violence Crisis Service
(Canberra) and Deputy/Acting CEO of the ACT Disability, Aged and
Carer Advocacy Service, providing advocacy support to people
with disability, mental ill health and older people experiencing
elder abuse (ADACAS – Canberra).
Sonia has worked as a
refugee lawyer, representing asylum seekers in Australian
detention centres (Villawood, Curtin, Port Hedland). She has set
up a project in Pakistan to resettle Afghan widowed women and
their children fleeing the Taliban regime, to the US;
established a legal aid project in the camps of Khartoum, Sudan;
worked as a Resettlement Officer in Lebanon for the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and worked with 2017
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi in India with his NGO
‘Save the Childhood Movement’, raiding factories and rescuing
enslaved child labourers from factories in India. Mental health
and wellbeing certification currently held include Advanced
Certificate – Lifeline Telephone Counsellor and Mental Health
First Aid accreditation.
She is the co-author of a book
called Lovesick, which has been made into a Netflix documentary
film, about her Indian friend’s contraction of the HIV virus in
an arranged marriage.
Sonia sits on the board of
International NGO Safety Organisation, an NGO that provides
advice and analysis on security situations in
conflict/humanitarian zones around the world. She holds a Master
of International Law (majoring in human rights law); a Master of
Commerce (majoring in accounting); and a Master of Business
Administration (majoring in Women in Leadership). Sonia speaks
English (native), Italian, Neapolitan (Italian dialect), French,
Spanish. Arabic and Dari (basic).
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Friday 2nd May 2025
"World Labyrinth Day"
With Dr Kirstin Robertson-Gillam
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)
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Join
Kirstin for the Friday night presentation about Carl Jung's
perspectives on the spiritual and psychological significance of
the labyrinth. Drawing upon Jung's writings, we'll examine how
this ancient technique represents the winding path of inner
transformation and self-discovery.
Learn how Jung used
labyrinth symbolism therapeutically with patients to access
inner wisdom and integrate conscious and unconscious parts of
the self. You will also learn tips for walking the labyrinth
mindfully and reflecting deeply.
On Saturday morning
10am, we'll have the opportunity to walk the full-sized
labyrinth laid out in the grounds of the Australian Centre for
Christianity & Culture in Barton. This will essentially be an
open-eyed walking meditation.
Whether you're new to
labyrinths or have walked many, come and explore this powerful
tool for centering and personal growth.
Emerge renewed
from this winding journey toward inner truth with a deepened
connection to your authentic self and a feeling of sacred
wholeness from integrating shadow and light on the labyrinth
path.
Dr Kirstin Robertson-Gillam
completed a psychology major in her BA degree along with
ethnomusicology and musicology majors at the University of New
England. She then did a number of higher degrees at Western
Sydney University: A of Master Counselling; a Master of Arts
(Hons); and, a PhD. Her PhD focused on reducing depression in
mid to later life by participating in a community choir therapy
program to reduce depression in mid to later life.
You
can contact Kirstin directly: Phone: (0409) 533 466 Email:
kirstinrg@bigpond.com Web: www.kirstinrg.com
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Saturday 3rd May 2025
"Walking the Labyrinth, with Carl Jung"
With Dr Kirstin Robertson-Gillam
At the Australian Centre for Christianity & Culture, 15
Blackhall Street, Barton. |

On Saturday morning, we will have the opportunity to walk the
full-sized labyrinth laid out in the grounds of the
Australian Centre for Christianity & Culture in Barton.
This will essentially be an open-eyed walking meditation.
Time 10am - 12 noon.
For more details of the Garden,
see * The Bible Garden (csu.edu.au) * The Bible Garden |
VisitCanberra
Dr Kirstin Robertson-Gillam completed a
psychology major in her BA degree along with ethnomusicology and
musicology majors at the University of New England. She then did
a number of higher degrees at Western Sydney University: A of
Master Counselling; a Master of Arts (Hons); and, a PhD. Her PhD
focused on reducing depression in mid to later life by
participating in a community choir therapy program to reduce
depression in mid to later life.
You can contact Kirstin
directly: Phone: (0409) 533 466 Email:
kirstinrg@bigpond.com Web: www.kirstinrg.com
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Friday 6th June 2025
"Jung and Flying Saucers"
With John Gillam
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)
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John
will remind us that strange sightings have been reported in the
sky throughout history. After the Second World War, however, the
appearance of UFOs became prominent in culture. Carl Jung
studied the UFO phenomenon for more than a decade until his
death in 1961. He wrote a book entitled Flying Saucers: A Modern
Myth of Things Seen in the Skies, where he saw UFOs as a living
myth for modern man, stating that we have the golden opportunity
of seeing how a legend is formed, and how in a difficult and
dark time for humanity a miraculous tale grows up of an
attempted intervention by superior or “heavenly” beings.
Jung’s field of interest is the human reaction to the phenomena,
an effort to understand the complex working of our interior
life, as this is revealed through the UFO phenomenon. UFOs are
visionary rumours whose basis is an emotional tension having its
cause in a situation of collective distress or in a vital
psychic need – shedding light on the psychic compensation of the
collective fear weighing on our hearts.
UFOs have become
a saviour myth, as we have projected on them a hope, an
expectation. They express the symbol of totality represented by
the mandala, the archetype of the Self, whose chief role is in
uniting apparently irreconcilable opposites and is therefore
best suited to compensate the split-mindedness of our age,
bringing order and regulation to chaotic states.
John Gillam, a retired librarian and
former technology innovations officer at the National Library of
Australia, contributed to cost reduction initiatives by helping
to implement an online national shared bibliographic database
for publications.
His expertise extended to assisting in
the development of the Australian national satellite system over
a decade, eventually earning him the position of European
Manager for a leading Australian telecommunications company. The
latter part of his career was focused on Freedom of Information
processing and contributing to government efforts in analysing
foreign interference in Australia’s democratic systems.
In "retirement", John continues to actively engage with the
ever-evolving landscape of information dissemination through
various media, publications, and the internet.
John's
recent books include: * "Decoding Disinformation:
Untangling the Web of Deception" * "Decoding Antiquity
Vol. 1: Challenging the Ancient Astronaut Myth" *
"Decoding Antiquity Vol. 2: Translating Ancient Texts"
* *Decoding Antiquity Vol 3: Twilight of Antiquity"
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His expertise extended to assisting in
the development of the Australian national satellite system over
a decade, eventually earning him the position of European
Manager for a leading Australian telecommunications company. The
latter part of his career was focused on Freedom of Information
processing and contributing to government efforts in analysing
foreign interference in Australia’s democratic systems.
In "retirement", John continues to actively engage with the
ever-evolving landscape of information dissemination through
various media, publications, and the internet.
John's
recent books include: * "Decoding Disinformation:
Untangling the Web of Deception" * "Decoding Antiquity
Vol. 1: Challenging the Ancient Astronaut Myth" *
"Decoding Antiquity Vol. 2: Translating Ancient Texts"
* *Decoding Antiquity Vol 3: Twilight of Antiquity"
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Friday 4th July 2025
"My Travels"
With Robbie Tulip
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)
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Robbie
will talk about his globe-trotting expeditions ...
Robbie Tulip is
National Director of the Australian Student Christian Movement,
Secretary of Canberra Region Presbytery of the Uniting Church,
manager of ANU Chaplaincy, convenor of the Planetary Restoration
Action Group and a committee member and regular presenter with
Canberra Jung Society. He worked in international development
for many years and has two university degrees in philosophy.
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Friday 1st August 2025
"Time and Trauma the Wisdom of Andean Shaminism" (by Zoom
from Portugal)
With Dr Deborah Bryon
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)
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This presentation will weave together interpersonal and Jungian
analytic perspectives, informed by indigenous Andean shamanism,
and contemporary scientific understanding of time in an
exploration of a more expansive, vision of the world. It will
provide different perspectives on experiences central to
contemporary depth psychology – i.e., the subjective experience
of time and trauma.
The presenter will draw on her
experience as a psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst as well
as her immersion in Andean shamanistic practice.
Dr
Deborah Bryon
is a member of International
Association of Jungian Analysts (IAAP) and Inter-Regional
Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA). She is in private practice
in Madeira, Portugal.
Deborah is
the author of three books:
"Lessons of the Inca shamans, Part I:
Piercing the veil (Pine Winds Press, 2012),
"Lessons of the Inca shamans, Part
II: Beyond the veil (Pine Winds Press, 2014), and
"Time and
Trauma in Analytical Psychology and Psychotherapy: The Wisdom of
Andean shamanism" (Routledge, 2023).
Recent publications include: “A
Multi-dimensional Approach Toward Working with Profound Grief
Related to Death” in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Global
Perspective (Nova Science Publishers, 2024), “The Beauty of the
Women in Willem de Kooning’s Paintings”. (Journal of Analytical
Psychology, April 2024), “Implicit states of connectivity in the
clinical practice of Jungian psychoanalysis and Andean
shamanism”(Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2023), “Are
Psychedelics Really Necessary?” in Psychedelics and
Individuation, ed. Les Stein and Lionel Corbett, (Chiron, 2023),
“Bastard children of the avant-garde: artistic expression in the
cubist and abstract expressionist movements and the
psychoanalytic process” (Journal of Analytical Psychology,
2022), and “Processing trauma in psychoanalysis in real time and
in dreams: The convergence of past, present, and future during
covid 19” (Journal of Analytic Psychology, 2021).
Email: deborahbryon@gmail.com
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Friday 5th September 2025
"A Dream in a
Teacup"
With Eve Warren
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom) |
Eva
will present the following hypothesis for our consideration:
Could …being totally consumed in the writing of a fictional
novel for more than three years, while at the same time,
journaling, attending to one’s night time dreams and day-time
active imaginations… possibly be akin to spending a comparative
amount of time engaged in a dialectical relationship with a
Jungian, Dream Work Analyst?
Probably not - you say?
Well, all I know is that: during the writing process, on a
conscious level, I mostly had no idea where the next chapter was
coming from nor where it would take me. Images began to take on
a life of their own, as did the characters. To me the
story-lines were akin to dream images and I often wondered, if
in fact I had developed, deep within my psyche, my own nurturing
analyst.
I also believe the writing of my novel A Dream
in a Teacup became my redemption, my coming out of darkness, and
provided me with not only momentary glimpses of
self-actualization, but also a number of what I would call, peak
experiences.
Jung on Dreams: * Dreams
are a spontaneous self-portrayal, in symbolic forms. * Dream
images are the best possible expression of still unconscious
facts.
Jung on Active Imagination: * This is where the
unconscious content might be exposed in the waking state. And
where the drama that is enacted appears to want to compel the
viewer’s participation.
As I see it, first and foremost,
A Dream in a Teacup is a self-portrayal of me and my life. But
it is also very much a social commentary of a time and place.
What you might call ‘a glimpse into Canberra’s psyche during the
1940’s.’ The microcosm population consisting of politicians,
public servants, a few journalists, Duntroon military personal,
and other than that…it was mostly working-class people like my
parents.
Eva Warren has
been a member of Canberra Jung Society for thirty years. She has
a Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare from Charles Sturt
University and a Masters in Theology, Ageing and Pastoral Care
from the Australian Catholic University.
For a long time,
Eve worked with people who were ageing. People with dementia and
their carers. Eve is a highly skilled, Carer Support Group
Facilitator. It was within this role, that she deemed her
primary role was to instil into her carers, a sense of
selfishness. Likening the primary and fundamental rule of First
aid to their role of carer: firstly, make sure you secure your
own safety before attempting to minister to others.
Tapping into mediums such as the labyrinth, music, dance,
drawing, clay work and dreams, Eve designed reflection days for
her Carers. Eve’s primary purpose for these workshops being to
provide a space where her carers might explore and find that
place within, the place where wisdom, intuition and inner
strength resides. A place where they might draw strength and
consolation.
Eve was our Guest Speaker in November 2020!
See Eva's website:
www.adreaminateacup.com, where you can read chapter one of
her novel (Menu option "Preview")!
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Friday 3rd October 2025
"Consciousness and the
Phenomenology of Psychosis"
With Shauna Winram
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)
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This talk is an overview of my PhD research. My research is a
philosophical attempt to understand psychosis within the
framework of the science of consciousness.
Psychosis is
a symptom of illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder. As there are no known biological markers for these
disorders, novel approaches are required to better understand
them and help people manage and understand their experience.
Consciousness is defined here as our subjective first-person
experience. Consciousness can be understood to occur in specific
global states, such as the normal waking state, states of being
under light anaesthetic, or REM dreaming.
Part One of my
thesis determines how consciousness during psychosis differs
from the normal waking state and explores whether psychosis is a
distinct global state.
Part Two explores the
correlations between the changes in consciousness and the
beliefs people experience during psychosis. I draw on both
quantitative data from an online survey and qualitative data
from interviews with people who have experienced psychosis to
explore these issues.
Shauna Winram
is a PhD candidate in the School of Philosophy at
the Australian National University and a lived experience
researcher, having had three psychotic episodes in her twenties.
Her PhD is titled Consciousness and the phenomenology of
psychosis. Her approach to understanding psychosis differs from
the dominant biomedical model. She hopes that by exploring the
ways that consciousness can vary, we can learn more about the
type of experiences people have when they are psychotic. Her
goal is to take the first-person experience of psychosis
seriously and to determine how our philosophical and scientific
understanding of consciousness can shed light on this experience
and, in turn, how an experientially informed understanding of
psychosis can improve philosophical and/or scientific accounts
of consciousness. Prior to her PhD, she competed a Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree, a Master of Analytical Psychology degree, and
a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree.
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Friday 7th November 2025
"Remembering Glenda Cloughley, on our 41st Anniversary"
With Dr Craig San Roque
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom) |

Craig was Guest Speaker at the Canberra Jung Society in
March last year, on the subject "Stillness Turbulence and
Pressure – a personal story from Central Australia”.
Dr Craig San Roque: As well as psychological
practice in diverse settings, Craig’s published works include:
* the award winning graphic novel The Long Weekend in Alice
Springs, Sydney/Purgatorio, * The Second Goya (on the
American oligarch) in Singer’s Cultural Complexes and the Soul
of America and a keynote talk: * An Older Voice - Things I
heard in Warlpiri Country @ the 2023 Freud Conference,
Indigenous Voice/s Psychoanalytic Listening.
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Cost:
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Monthly Friday meetings: Free for
members!
* For non-members, at the door: $15 or $10
Seniors/Concession. * For non-members,
Zoom on-line access: $10.
* Special Events (eg workshops):
* Costs are specific to those events.
* Annual Membership
entitles members to: *
attend our 10 meetings at no cost,
* receive two newsletters per year, and
* share access to our extensive library.
Cost for membership for a full year is $75 (or $60
concession), to be paid in March each year,
* Pay at the door, or by
bank transfer, or with credit card at
TryBooking.
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Disclaimer:
The Canberra Jung Society Inc. does not endorse and is not to be held
responsible for the content of any lecture or advertisement, nor is any
information or advice a substitute for professional counselling and
therapy.
If you believe that we have inadvertently breached any
copyright provision, please let us know and we will immediately rectify
the matter.
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Everyone is welcome.
We normally meet at 7:30pm on the first Friday each month for music
and coffee and chat, Guest Speaker at 8pm, break for supper around
9pm, resume for questions and discussion until 10pm.
Location:
Usually
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT. *** Please check the website for any changes to date/time and locaton of
events ***
Web:
www.CanberraJungSociety.org.au
Email:
CanberraJungSociety@yahoo.com
Postal: PO Box 82,
Belconnen, ACT 2612, Australia
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