Previous HEDG Meetings
14 August 2018
Speakers: Paul McBain (DPE), Klaus Thoeni (Newcastle University) and Dominik Jaskierniak (Newcastle University)
Topic: Drones in geoscience
Details: Presentations are part of National Science Week @ Newcastle Museum. National Science Week's 2018 theme was ‘Game changers and change makers’
29 May 2018
Topic: Cretaceous megafauna and opals
Speaker: Lachlan Hart (UNE) and Kurt Steffens (ex-University of Sydney)
27 March 2018
Topic: Permian pumice to Miocene magmas: a new geological map of Warrumbungle National Park
Speaker: Dr Kate Bull (Geological Survey of NSW) and Dr Alexa Troedson (consultant)
28 November 2017
Topic: New earth science research from the University of Newcastle. Results of postgraduate research projects
Speaker: Jodie Rutledge (Honours candidate) speaking on 'A revised conodont stratigraphy of the Yarrangobilly and Cooleman limestones, southeastern NSW' and Michael Bell (Masters candidate) speaking on 'The geodynamic significance of the Gilmore Fault Zone, Lachlan Orogen: structural characteristics, kinematic history and timing'
10 October 2017
Topic: Aboriginal Earth: the heritage of Newcastle and the Hunter
Speaker: Dr Greg Blyton
15 August 2017
Topic: Plate tectonics and long-term climate: A deep time perspective of planetary climate (National Science Week - 2017 theme is ‘Future Earth’)
Speaker: Dr Sabin Zahirovic, EarthByte Group at the University of Sydney
27 June 2017
Topic: We built this city on rock and roll coal, an estuary and old workings - Building on our geological and industrial history: engineering challenges in Newcastle
Speaker: Dr Stephen Fityus and John Johnston
2 May 2017
Topic: New technological applications for geoscience
Speaker: Prof Richard Hillis (CEO, Deep Exploration Technologies Collaborative Research Centre)
21 March 2017
Speaker: Prof Ron Boyd (Conjoint Associate Professor, University of Newcastle)
Topic: 3D morphology and sedimentation of the SE Australian continental margin