Celebrations to mark the 100^th consecutive year of publishing in Australia began in earnest at the South Melbourne offices of Oxford University Press on April 24, 2008. The centenary celebration and staff ‘fun day’ was launched by Michael Danby, local Federal Member for Melbourne Ports.

In his opening address, Managing Director, Peter van Noorden, set centenary goals to ‘educate and inspire all through rigorously researched and accessible materials that foster deep, transferable understandings’. He identified that as a department of Oxford University, Oxford University Press (OUP) has carved a unique place in the Australian educational publishing community, with a focus on excellence in research, scholarship and education.

Peter van Noorden and
Michael Danby MP