The Burnet Oration was commenced in 1986 to commemorate the life and work of Sir F. Macfarlane Burnet, Nobel Laureate and one of the driving forces behind the development of the discipline of immunology in the Australasian region.The Oration is a highlight of the Annual Scientific meeting each year, and is sponsored by CSL Ltd. A link from the name of the orator will take you to a copy of the text of their oration.

Burnet Orators:

1986	1988	1989
Prof Gustav Nossal	Prof Gordon Ada	Prof Derrick Rowley
1990	1991	1992
Prof Graham Mitchell	Prof Ian Mackay	Prof Kevin Lafferty
1993	1994	1995
Prof Jacques Miller	Prof Robert Blanden	Prof Antony Basten
1996	1997	1998
Prof James Watson	Prof Patrick Holt	Prof Peter Doherty
1999	2000	2001
Prof Ken Shortman	Prof Jonathon Sprent	Dr Maureen Howard
2002	2003	2004
Prof Suzanne Cory	Prof Rolf Zinkernagel	Prof Anne Kelso
2005	2006	2007
Prof Ian McKenzie	Prof Marc Feldman	Prof Chris Parish
2008	2009	2010
Prof Ian Frazer