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National Science Week, Brain Break Breakfast

National Science Week celebrates the contribution of Australian scientists to the world, encourages interest in scientific pursuits and inspires people to become fascinated by the world in which we live. The Australian Government and key industry bodies like Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) are supporting this event...

Tesla Road in Rockingham

Tesla Road sign has been installed in Rockingham. Our sincere thanks go to Ms Trena Tuckerman-Foster and City of Rockingham for their kind assistance and spreading the word about Nikola Tesla.

Farewell Dear Friend

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It is with great sorrow and deep sadness we hear the news of the passing of our dear friend Petar Dakic (1965 – 2008).

Petar will be sadly missed by all of us in the Tesla Forum and we remain indebted for his generous support of our organisation.

Our sincerest condolences to his family as they grieve the loss of their beloved husband and father.

Tesla Forum of W.A. Inc.

Tesla Forum Christmas Picnic in Gingin Discovery Centre.

More than 30 Tesla Forum’s members and supporters attended the end of year picnic at the Gravity Discovery Centre in Gingin. This was a wonderful educational opportunity and we all immensely enjoyed it. Our sincere thanks go to GDC for arranging the tour of the facility. More details on the GDC are available on www.gdc.asn.au The Leaning Tower of Gingin Tesla Forum...

5th AGM held in Doubleview WA

New Tesla Forum Executive Board was elected at the 5th Annual General Meeting held in Doubleview, Western Australia:

  • Dr Wally Knezevic (President)
  • Dr Danica Cvejanovic (Vice President)
  • David Sneddon (Treasurer)
  • Lucas Sneddon (Secretary)
  • Beverley Knezevic, Slavica Dimitriijevic, Branislav Grbovic, Vladimir Jovovic, Milisav Vasev, Mladen Stevanovic, Igor Jacimovic (Board members)

Donated Columbus Egg used in Science Outreach Programme

The Columbus Egg donated by Tesla Forum has been used in outreach programs for school kids. UWA team have been taking the egg display recently to a number of outreach activities, such as the Bunbury Regional Science Awareness Programme attended by a thousand year 10 & 11 students living in the Bunbury area and surroundings...

STAWA On-line Science Quiz

Tesla Forum of WA, in conjunction with the Science Teachers’ Association of WA (STAWA), helped organize the first annual ON-LINE SCIENCE QUIZ. This was an on-line quiz run through the STAWA web site during Science Week. It consisted of two rounds of 15 questions and students, in groups of four, were given one hour of...

Tesla Forum & National Science Week

Tesla Forum has been taking the part in National Science Week since 2004 to increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of the role of science, technology and innovation in maintaining and improving our society, economy and the environment.  This is the 3rd year that Tesla Forum is organizing the Brain Break breakfast in Northbridge and...

Tesla Bust donated to Curtin University

On 10th of July, Nikola Tesla’s birthday, a ceremony was held at the foyer of the Electrical and Computer Engineering School at the Curtin University of Technology, where Tesla’s bust was unveiled by Janice Lake, Executive Director of Engineers Australia W.A. Division.   This event was organized as part of the annual Tesla Day Celebration...

Tesla Forum’s Christmas picnic

A photo of the very intrepid and dedicated Tesla Forum members who turned up for the end of year Picnic on a very wild and wet day in December.  It actually turned out to be very pleasant!