1. The Flight of the wild geese - or an explanation of Irish neutrality, March 1945
2. The case of WIlliam Joyce, c. early 1950s
3. Report on overseas leave by Professor D P Derham, University of Melbourne, 28 May 1954
4. The problem of defining juvenile delinquency, 14 February 1956
5. Legal education in Australia, 30 August 1963
6. Anzac Day address at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, 25 April 1966
7. When is an Infant? address to the Medico-Legal Society of Victoria, 6 May 1967
8. Ivanhoe Grammar School Speech Night, 15 December 1967
9. Opening of the David Derham School of Law, Monash University, 10 July 1968
10. Melbourne University's finances and the Australian Universities Commission, 29 July 1969
11. Royal Melbourne Hospital, Annual Meeting, 24 September 1969
12. Vice-Chancellor's welcome to Freshers, University of Melbourne, 3 March 1970
13. Australian Institute of Hospital Administrators, Sixteenth Residential Postgraduate School, 2-4 April 1970
14. The student role in university affairs, Student Representative Council Seminar, University of Melbourne, 15 April 1970
15. Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Seventh Annual Congress, Melbourne, address of welcome, National Gallery of Victoria, 19 October 1970
16. The Melbourne Scots, St Andrew's Day Dinner, 28 November 1970
17. University of Melbourne, Orientation magazine, welcome to first-year students, 1972
18. Conferring of Degrees Ceremony, University of Melbourne, 12 August 1972
19. Conferring of Degrees Ceremony, Monash University, 31 May 1974
20. Matriculation and university selection, Graduate Union Quarterly Luncheon, University of Melbourne, 4 September 1974
21. Speech Day, Carey Baptist Grammar School, 7 November 1974
22. The Burns Anniversary Gathering of the Melbourne Scots, 24 February 1975
23. Universities, governments, and the assumption of federal responsibility for higher education, 12 June 1975
24. The Melbourne Scots, St Andrew's Day Dinner, 29 November 1975
25. Talk on Guest of Honour programme, ABC Radio, 20 July 1976
26. University of Melbourne, Faculty of Law, Federal Anniversary Seminar, 6-8 August 1976
27. National Conference on Legal Education in Australia, Sydney, Opening Address, 15-20 August 1976
28. Reflections on tertiary education problems and universities in Australia : Beefsteak Club, 26 August 1977
29. Morgan Guarantee Trust Company of New York, International Council Meeting, Melbourne, 16-19 November 1977
30. University of Melbourne, assembly week, April 1978
31. Opening of Deakin University, 11 May 1978
32. The mobility of students and staff internationally, Association of Commonwealth Universities XII Congress, Vancouver, August 1978
33. Australian Medical Association, Victorian Branch, Centenary Dinner, 5 October 1979
34. The universities and tertiary education, Legacy Luncheon, 29 April 1980
35. University of Melbourne Auxiliary Groups, May Day Luncheon, 1 May 1980
36. Streamlined health care for the eighties, Hospital Benefits Association Two-Day Symposium, 5-6 June 1980
37. Australian Council for Educational Research, Golden Jubilee Year Invitational Conference, 28 August 1980
38. Acceptance of the portrait of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor David Derham, by the university, 20 June 1980
39. Association of Commonwealth Universities, Presentation of the T H B Symons Award to Sir David Derham, Vice-Chancellor's Conference Room, University of Melbourne, 10 March 1982
40. University of Melbourne Council Dinner to Farewell Sir David Derham, Conference Centre, Old Physics Building, 17 May 1982
41. Farewell for Sir David Derham, Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne, 24 May 1982
42. Problems facing the universities, 19 August 1982.