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30/08/2010 The
September Newsletter has been
added. |
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22/07/2010 The
July Newsletter has been added. |
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03/05/2010 The
May Newsletter has been added. |
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21/03/2010 The
Jan-March Newsletter has been
added. It is the first newsletter for
the year and it contains the information for this years A.K. Denmead lecture. The
talks listed on the Video page have been
brought up to date. |
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20/10/2009 In
early November, GSA-Qld will be having our medals night on the 11th of
November, with John Draper winning the Dorothy Hill Medal, and Friedrich von
Gnielinski winning the Neville Stevens Medal.
Following the presentation will be a talk by John Draper on
geosequestration. The Oct - Dec Newsletter has been added. It is the last newsletter for the year and
it contains a lot of information. |
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27/07/2009 The
July/August Newsletter has been added. |
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23/06/2009 The
May/June Newsletter has been added. |
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18/03/2009 The
March/April Newsletter has been
added. |
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08/03/2009 PLEASE NOTE that the next seminar had to be re-scheduled to the 25th
of March, because the speaker is not available on the previously planned
date: Also on this day we will have our reception on the 13th floor, since
the 1st floor area is not available to us. Drinks can still be bought at the
bar and taken up to floor 13 (This special arrangement has been made with the
Manager of the Theodore Club - Wednesday 25th March (confirmed): GSAQ-AIG Seminar
Topic: “Gold mining in the Speaker: Chris Towsey (CitiGold) Where: The Theodore Club, Time: 5:15 for 6pm; finger food and drinks Cost: Free We hope to have an abstract ready in the next
Newsletter/reminder for the above talk: Wednesday 15th April (confirmed): GSAQ-AIG-BEDG Seminar Topic: “Australian Proterozoic Mafic –
Ultramafic Magmatic Events map” Speaker: Jon Claoue-Long (Geoscience Where: The Theodore Club, Time: 5:15 for 6pm; finger food and drinks Cost: Free Wednesday 13th
May (confirmed) : AGM GSAQ (joint talk with AIG) Topic: “Advances
in Enhanced Geothermal Systems in non-volcanic environments” Speaker: Doone Wyborne Where: The Theodore Club, Time: 5:15 for 6pm; finger food and drinks Cost: Free |
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03/02/2009 The first newsletter for 2009 is now
available to be read. Be sure to check
out the dates of talks as well as read about other things that have been
happening in our Society. |
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02/10/2008 We have a new newsletter
available to read. A lot of stuff has
been going on. Check out the info on Science
Week, and how, along with AIG we had a booth in this year’s Ekka. Some of our members have put in an amazing
effort into helping Queenslanders understand why geology is so important to
our State’s future. |
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20/06/2008 The next meeting of the GSA will
also be our AGM. If you care about
your Society, please consider volunteering for a position on the
committee. An application can be found
in our latest Newsletter. |
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12/04/2008 Due to circumstances beyond
our control the AGM planned for the 16th of April has been moved
to June, and the talk for this month has been moved to the 30th of
April and a new speaker has been arranged.
Check the newsletter here for full details. |
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18/02/2008 We
are hoping to start the new year with two talks that have been rescheduled to
February and March of 2008. In the
recent GSAQ committee meeting the present members decided to do away with the
entry fees for the seminars for 2008.
This trial will be reviewed at the end of this year. So all seminars are free for all – hopefully this will spark some
additional interest – we will endeavour to maintain the same type of catering
for the seminars. So please come and enjoy The latest newsletter for our Society can be found here. |
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14/01/2008 The details of the winners of the
2007 Dorothy Hill and Neville Stevens Medals have been added to the GSA Medals Page. |
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27/11/2007 Warwick Willmott with help from
several others have now completed the total revision of the Rocks and
Landscapes of the Sunshine Coast and have expanded it to include the Gympie
area. You can find details on price and
how to purchase them on the Publications page. |
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04/11/2007 The Newsletter for
October/November 2007 is now available.
Click here to read it. Also, the remaining field guides
from the Field Excursion to the Cracow, Mt Rawdon, Kilkivan & Gympie area
are now available for purchase. You
can find details on price and how to purchase them on the Publications
page. |
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17/08/2007 The Newsletter for
August/September 2007 is now available.
Click here to read it. |
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29/04/2007 Two new notes have been added to
the ROCKS &
LANDSCAPES NOTES page. These
have been done by Kyle Waye and are BRUCE HIGHWAY – ROCKHAMPTON TO
MACKAY and CAPRICORN
HIGHWAY – ROCKHAMPTON TO BARCALDINE. |
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15/04/2007 The Newsletter for April/May 2007
is now available. Click here to
read it. Note that once again we are
approaching the next AGM. We know
everybody is busy, but our Society is best served by a committee that is a
mix of Industry, Academia and Government geologists. Please consider printing out the
Application Form in the newsletter and nominating yourself for a position. Also, the GSA & AIG are
organising a field excursion around the southern Queensland area, including
visits to the Cracow and Mount Rawdon mines.
Click this link to find details and to book a
place. |
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08/02/2007 The Newsletter for February/March
2007 is now available. Click here
to read it. |
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31/10/2006 The Newsletter for
October/November 2006 is now available.
Click here to read it. |
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14/09/2006 The Newsletter for September 2006
is now available. Click here
to read it. |
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13/06/2006 The Newsletter for June/July 2006
is now available. Click here to
read it. This newsletter also contains
the annual Financial Statement of our Division of the GSA and is 430Kbytes in
size. |
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24/02/2006 The Newsletter for February/March
2006 is now available. Click here to
read it. |
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16/10/2005 The Newsletter for
October/November 2005 is now available.
Click here
to read it. The GSAQ Medals page has been updated to
include the 2005 winners. Dr
Christopher Fielding won the Dorothy Hill Medal and Mr Scott Hocknull won the
Neville Stevens Medal. |
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21/04/2005 The 2004/2005 Financial Report of
the Queensland Division has been added to this website. Click here to read it. |
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08/04/2005 Also, it is not long till the
next Annual General Meeting. If the
Committee is to continue to provide an effective service to the members of
our Society we occasionally need new members to join and provide input. If you think you can be of service to your
Society then open this pdf document, print it, fill it
out, and send it in. |
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26/03/2005 A brief note on Idalia National
Park of the Blackall – Yaraka District, has been added to the Rocks &
Landscapes Notes website |
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22/09/2004 |
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01/07/2004 The GSAQ Medals page has been updated to
include the citations and the vote of thanks of this years winners. Professor Bob Henderson won the Dorothy
Hill medal and Mr David Trezise won the Neville Stevens
medal. |
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11/03/2002: The Queensland Division recently celebrated Darwin Day. To see a summary of the event click here. |
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Voting has now been completed on the proposal to introduce two GSA - Qld Division medals. The majority of voters favoured the idea. Click here to read all the details. |
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News has reached the Qld Division of the GSA of
Chris Powell's untimely death. As you are probably aware Chris was a UQ
graduate before completing his PhD supervised by Prof. Sam Carey. A
specialist in structural geology, he was Director of the Tectonics Special
Research Centre and one of the leading researchers into the origin and
configuration of Rodinia. Chris collapsed on a flight from Johannesberg to
London on Saturday 21 July, and could not be revived. The cause of death is
as yet unknown. Chris was a relatively fit 58 years old. A memorial was held
for Chris in Perth on Monday the 30th July. Click here to see some details of Chris's life put together by Andrew Simpson (Macquarie). |
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Recently the Queensland Division of the Geological Society participated in the National Science Week activities in Brisbane. To see further details of this event click here. |
