Previous Division Meetings
10 - 11 April 2024 - GSA-TAS
Details: Fossil Working Bee
Time: 10.00am-3.00pm
Location: MRT Geotechnical Laboratory Mornington (front building)
6 April 2024 - GSA Tasmania
Details: 1 day excursion to the examine the stratigraphy and fossils in
the Cygnet area. ‘Late Paleozoic Cygnet’ we will examine the
stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology of the Late Carboniferous
and Permian age rocks exposed in coastal outcrops within the scenic bays
of Port Cygnet. Permian marine fossils are locally abundant as are
oysters in the intertidal zone. Very tasty! Option for a visit to Home
Hill Winery at the end.
Time: TBA
Registration: Lock this date in your diary now and contact Phil Sansom
at [email protected] for a registration form and further details.
21 March 2024 - GSA Tasmania
Details: We are proud to celebrate the work of our early women
geological mappers in the early 1970s. Geological field work was
generally the preserve of men. Although women in geology during these
times were employed by government organisations and some universities,
they were often limited to work in laboratories in fields such as
palaeontology and mineralogy. Yet in Tasmania Elzabeth Corbett and Jean
McClenaghan were making maps with their husbands Keith Corbett and
Marcus McClenahan for the State’s Department of Mines, Geological Survey
Regional Mapping section. Please join us for an early afternoon tea to
reflect on and recognise the contributions of these pioneering mapping
teams.
Location: University of Tamania, venue is the Centenary Building Room
404. Take the lift from the glassed-in flyway above the oval to the 4th
floor. Turn right. Enter the building and turn left.
Time: 1:00pm
27 July 2023 - GSA Tas Division Film Night
Location: Earth Sciences Lecture Theatre, UTas
Time: 6.00pm AEST
22 June 2023 - GSA Tas Division Annual General Meeting
Speaker: Colin Jones (UTas)
Topic: Granite evolution in NE Tasmania
18 May 2023 - GSA Tas Division Meeting
Speakers: Katharina Hochmuth (ACEAS)
Topic: From rainforests to icesheets – a brief history of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
27 April 2023 - GSA Tas Division Meeting
Speakers: Yamila Cajal, Mohammad Fahti, Wei Hong and Owen Missen (University of Tasmania)
Topic: Introducing the new CODES postdoctoral team
15 April - GSA Tas Division fieldtrip
Details: his will be a fantastic day spent searching for and learning about fossils in the area. Participants will need to register their interest and fill in the participant form below by the 13 April
Location: Florentine Valley
30 March 2023 - GSA Tas Division Meeting
Presenters: Phil Sansom (Geoscience Education Tasmania) and Clive Calver (Mineral Resources Tasmania)
Topic: Geology and fossils of the Florentine Valley
26 February 2023 - GSA Tas Division Tasmanian Geoscientists Picnic
Details: All come event for members of GSA and AIG. This is a family friendly event where children can be included. Bring some things to bake like scones and pizzas, vegies or even some roasts that can be put into the ovens provided. There is also undercover shelter if the weather decides to not co-operate. We have exclusive use of the shelter area and the bake ovens. For more details see the Hobart City website on Legacy Park
Location: Legacy Park Hobart, Queens Domain, Glebe TAS
1 December 2022 - Tasmanian Geoscience Forum
Details: The AusIMM Tasmania Branch, GSA, AIG and Minerals Resources Tasmania are pleased to bring you the 12th Geoscience Forum. The purpose of this forum is to gather geoscientists in one pleasant place to share their progress in exploration, mining and research. This event is for sharing geologically focused results and ideas and for learning more about geology, in particular the geology of Tasmania.
Location: Lakeside Lodge, Tullah
Dinner: There will also be a dinner at 7.00pm following the forum. Bookings can be made while registering for the forum
Field trips: Field Trips will be held Friday, 2 December 2022 – the day after the Forum to visit historic and geological sites of interest
27 October 2022 – GSA Tas Division Meeting
Speakers: Andrew Tyson and Clint Scott (Pitt & Sherry)
Topic: Paradise Gorge - Rock Removal in Columnar Dolerite
10 November 2022 – GSA Tas Division Meeting
Speakers: Martin Jutzeler (University of Tasmania)
Topic: Investigator Voyage to the Kermadec Arc
21 September 2022 – GSA Tas Division Meeting
Details: The Earth Futures Festival is an international film and video festival showcasing the role of geoscience in our sustainable future. The GSA Tasmanian Division will be showcasing some of the finalist films in our September monthly meeting.
14 August 2022 - Tas Division Joint Hybrid Meeting
Speaker: Peter McGoldrick
Topic: Tasmania’s oldest fossil
Location: Meeting Room of QVMAG, Inveresk and online via Zoom
Details: Joint meeting with the Royal Society of Tasmania
21 July 2022 - Tas Division Joint Student Industry Mixer
Details: Student Night with AIG
23 June 2022 - Tas Division AGM
Speaker: Claire Kain (Mineral Resources Tasmania)
Topic: Tsunamis in Tasmania: Methods for understanding tsunami hazard and observations from the January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Tsunami
14 May 2022 – Join GSA Tas Division and Royal Society of Tasmania Meeting
Speaker: Tony Webster
Topic: Geology, landscape and European settlement: small things mean a lot
28 April 2022 - Joint GSA Tas Division / ASEG Meeting
Speaker: John Bishop (Spa*ark Energy)
Topic: Getting Warmer: The search for geothermal resources in Tasmania
29 March 2022 - GSA Tas Division Meeting (face-to-face and online)
Speaker: Lila Landowski (Executive Director of the Australian Society for Medical Research)
Topic: Women in STEMM, and the neuroscience of key challenges we face in leadership
3 March 2022 - GSA Tas Division and SEG Meeting (face-to-face and online)
Speaker: Rod Allen (Consultant and CEO, Volcanic Resources)
Topic: Welded ignimbrites and bedded exhalative ores at the huge Zinkgruvan Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu deposit in Bergslagen, Sweden