Upcoming Events and Meetings
17 August 2019 - Unearthed
Details: Unearthed! celebrates palaeontology and the work done by the Queensland Museum, in partnership with BHP, at South Walker Creek site. QM scientists have been collecting fossilised megafauna of international significance from there since 2011. The Unearthed! program will includes talks, workshops and hands-on activities based on megafauna and associated subjects. The Geological Society of Australia will be part of the program and will be holding a booth. This event is targeted at family audiences with activities for under 5s through to adults.
Location: Mackay
Participation: Andy Williams, the GSAQ Central Queensland representative, will be heading up the GSA display but would like some help. If you live in or near Mackay, Andy would like to hear from you. You may be able to provide some specimens for example, as well as spend time on the booth helping to talk to the public about what you do as geologists. Andy's email address is andy.williams@cardno.com.au
16 September 2019 - Introduction to QGIS (GSA & AIG Workshop)
Presenter: Grant Boxer (Consultant)
Details: The AIG and GSA are proud to be supporting workshops on the GIS program QGIS. QGIS is a free open-source GIS program that runs on the PC, Mac and Linux. Although QGIS is not specifically built for geological applications, the program is very capable and can do many data import, data display and map production functions required by geologists. Because the program is open source there are no problems with multiple copies and no licensing issues. A wide variety of geological symbols and patterns are available for annotating geological maps. The workshop has been designed for new and experienced users of Geographic Information Systems to find out what QGIS can do for you. The workshop will comprise an introduction to the various features of QGIS and will be followed by extensive hands-on sessions using QGIS to create maps, and to explain and demonstrate the import and display of various types of data (vector, raster, geological, geochemical, geophysical, and satellite imagery). Examples will be shown of the use of free on-line data from the GSWA and Landgate via web servers and the use of plug-ins to select, download and process satellite imagery. GIS data will be provided for the hands-on workshop together with documentation on using QGIS in mineral exploration. The workshop will be based on the Windows OS but feel free to bring your Mac
Location: Transcontinental Hotel, 482 George St, Brisbane
Time: Registration – 8.45 am, Workshop – 9.15 am to 4.45 pm
Requirements: Attendees must bring their own laptop, preloaded with the latest version of QGIS software and selected free plugins. Prior to the workshop, everyone registered will receive an email with advice on the plug-ins to be pre-loaded beforehand. Morning/afternoon tea and lunch will be provided
Costs: $330 Members, $495 Non-Members
Registration: Click here
17 September 2019 - More QGIS for Geoscientists (GSA & AIG Workshop)
Presenter: Grant Boxer (Consultant)
Details: This workshop, supported by both the AIG and GSA, is designed to expand on the “Introduction to QGIS for Geologists” workshop, providing more detail on using QGIS for geoscience applications. It is aimed at users of QGIS who would like to expand their skills. The “More QGIS for Geoscientists” workshop will begin with a brief review of some of the new developments in version 3 and will be followed by a series of hands-on exercises covering:
- Using the new Geopackage file format
- Useful plugins
- Conversion of local grid to real world coordinates
- Registering raster images
- Plotting drill hole traces and basic cross sections
- Reviewing the process of assigning pattern fills to geological polygons
- Joining spatial and non-spatial data
- Searching for and use of open source WMS data
- Visualising drill holes in 3D using QGIS2Threejs
- Geological legends
- Review of remote sensing applications in QGIS
Time will be allocated at the end of the day for discussion topics from participants and specific user problems. GIS data will be provided for the hands-on workshop together with documentation on using QGIS in mineral exploration. The workshop will be based on the Windows OS but feel free to bring your Mac.
Location: Transcontinental Hotel, 482 George St, Brisbane
Time: Registration – 8.45 am, Workshop – 9.15 am to 4.45 pm
Requirements: Attendees must bring their own laptop, preloaded with the latest version of QGIS software and selected free plugins. Prior to the workshop, everyone registered will receive an email with advice on the plug-ins to be pre-loaded beforehand. Morning/afternoon tea and lunch will be provided
Costs: $330 Members, $495 Non-Members
Registration: Click here
12 November 2019 - GESSS Q
Description: The GSA Earth Sciences Student Symposium Queensland (GESSSQ) is an annual student-run conference held in Brisbane. It is an initiative of the Geological Society of Australia (GSA) and is supported by a network of industry partners. This unique symposium grants students the opportunity to communicate their research to the wider scientific community, and allows them to network with academics and industry professionals.
Location: Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Owen J. Wordsworth Room (S-Block). Gardens Point campus (Address: 2 George Street, Brisbane, 4000)
Time: 8:00am – 7:00pm
Keynote Speaker: Marina Costelloe (Geoscience Australia)
Website: Please click here
Registration: Please click here
Abstracts: Please submit here
Previous Division Meetings
7 August 2019 - Trivia Night (Organised by AIG NGG and GSA in conjunction with the QUT Natural Resource Society)
23 July 2019 - QLD Division Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Laurie Hutton
Topic: Mafic rift magmatism in the Mount Isa Inlier: implications and geochemistry
25 June 2019 - QLD Division - Technical Talk (joint with AusIMM and AIG)
Speaker: Ian MacFarlene
Topic: Queensland Exploration Update
28 May 2019 - QLD Division Annual General Meeting
Speaker: Mojtaba Rajabi, University of Queensland
Topic: Present day stress field of Australia
23 April 2019 - QLD Division Meeting
Speaker: Balz Kamber, Queensland University of Technology
Topic: Giant ore deposits associated with impact structures: why Sudbury is the exception and not the rule
26 March 2019 - QLD Division Meeting
Speaker: Sue Golding, University of Queensland
Topic: Past, present and future applications of isotope geochemistry in resources exploration and environment
23-24 March 2019 - QLD Division at the World Science
Details: GSAQ is running a booth for the World Science Festival with publications, geological specimens and GSAQ Rock and Mineral Sets on display. The Division will also offer guided walking tours of the geology, buildings stones and historic buildings of inner Brisbane.
Website: https://www.worldsciencefestival.com.au/
19 February 2019
Speaker: Kenneth Collerson (KDC Consulting and SEES, University of Queensland)
Topic: Cobalt and HREE Mineral Systems in the Eastern Mount Isa Block: IOCG Metal Source and Exploration Opportunities
27 November 2018 – QLD Division Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Gideon Rosenbaum (University of Melbourne)
Description: The Tasmanides: Phanerozoic tectonic evolution of eastern Australia
31 October 2018 – QLD Division Monthly Meeting (Townsville)
Speaker: Ross Cayley (Geological Survey of Victoria)
Description: New ideas on the Tasmanide tectonics
30 October 2018 – QLD Division Monthly Meeting (Brisbane)
Speaker: Ross Cayley (Geological Survey of Victoria)
Description: New ideas on the Tasmanide tectonics
29 October 2018 – GESSS QLD
Description: GESSS QLD is an event that allows honours, masters, and PhD students from all over Queensland to present their work to the wider scientific community, including geoscientists from industry, government, and academia
22 September 2018 – 2018 GSAQ Field Day - Esk Basin sequences in the headwaters of the Brisbane and Stanley Rivers, southeast Queensland
Location: Woodford, Kilcoy, Toogoolawah, Moore & Linville Districts
Details: This event will take members to the more remote parts of the Esk basin to exposures occurring in the rugged headwaters of both the Brisbane and Stanley Rivers. In some places one can jump across the Brisbane River. This beautiful countryside is enhanced by amazing exposures of the stratigraphy. It is a place where geologists can debate the origins of the strata, stages of structural deformation and magmatic events that have modified the landscape. A new geological leaflet on this part of the Basin will be released on the Field Day. George Winter and Bill D’Arcy have prepared the Field Day itinerary and accompanying leaflet edited by Warwick Willmott
28 August 2018 – QLD Division Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Dr Aldo Van Heeswijck, Deputy Chairman & Membership Secretary, Queensland Division, GSA Inc
Topic: Insights in the Drummond and Galilee Basins
24 July 2018 – QLD Division Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Nick Dyriw, PhD student, Queensland University of Technology
Topic: Ore minerals of the deep sea: A guide to ocean exploration
28 June 2018 – Combined GSAQ-AusIMM-AIG Meeting
Speaker: Todd Harrington (Resource Investment Commissioner, Queensland) and Ian MacFarlane (Chief Executive Queensland Resource Council)
Topic: Investing in exploration in Queensland
22 May 2018
Speaker: Len Cranfield (Geological Survey of Queensland)
Topic: Geotourism and “Geohistory” Tourism
24 April 2018
Speaker: Ian Withnall
Topic: Brothers-in-Arms — the War Service, Geological Careers and Legacies of Cecil Morton and Leslie Blake
27 March 2018
Speaker: Dr Simon Richards (JCU)
Topic: Lessons learned from the Charters Towers Gold Deposit: A case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
24-25 March 2018 - Queensland Division at the World Science Festival