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The GSAV Committee has made available funds to support postgraduate students who are presenting their work at national or international meetings. For details, look under "Awards" in the left-hand menu, or click here.
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- Website with program and registration info.
The discovery of gold in Victoria in 1851 had a profound effect on the environmental, economic and social histories in Victoria. It attracted migrants of different nationalities, and the gold fields played a significant role in the development of the State. The city of Bendigo is well known because of its strategic location in the gold fields. It is the regional headquarters of the North Central region of Victoria, and while the changes to Bendigo are well documented, the gold rush and subsequent land use also had significant effects on the environment. While gold is still an important industry in the region, there is now a much wider range of land uses, ranging from mining, agriculture, forestry, conservation to recreation. The question is how these different land uses, along with the mining of the nineteenth Century, affect the long term sustainability of the North Central region.
The Royal Society of Victoria is holding this regional symposium to recognise the environmental history and the scientific significance of the North Central region. The conference will concentrate on the management and sustainability of the region and also examine priorities and options for future management. The future of the North Central region is not only important to people who live within the region, its close proximity to Melbourne means that its future is relevant to a large proportion of Victorians.
The themes of the symposium include the: flora; fauna; geology; water use and resources; climate and climate change; land use; and the indigenous culture of the North Central Region. |
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Geological Catalyst:
GSA(V) member Bill Birch, Lake Boga Quarry, and some green minerals were the subject of a thought-provoking ABC1 Catalyst segment on 11 June 2009. For a while, we can watch it via the web - go here, or more directly here, for more information! And to make useful use of rapidly-developing Web technologies. Look at the Catalyst Production Blog pages, too. |
Murray Basin Evolution:
A paper by Bowler, Kotsonis, and Lawrence has been added to the Geological Presentations page. Those who find it difficult to use Google Scholar or GeoRef (or the university libraries) to locate published work might find it more readily here! (Bowler, Kotsonis, and Lawrence, 2007, Environmental Evolution of the Mallee Region, Western Murray Basin. Proc. RSV, v118, pp161-210. ISSN 0035-9211.) |
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last updated:
September 1, 2010
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The Geological Heritage Subcommittee page has been updated.
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Chairman David Cantrell's March message is reproduced here:
As we move into 2009, I thought it would be a good time to send a message to the Division. It is already March, a third of the way into 2009, and with our forthcoming AGM in April time is passing quickly. Although the Division has some 330 members the core who continue to provide services to the society is small. Indeed, for the past couple of years we have not filled all the positions that are vacant on the committee. This has led us to question the need for various positions and subcommittees. We have survived without having people in these positions and in our view they are not necessary. Consequently we have decided for the forthcoming AGM that we will disband defunct positions such as Membership subcommittee, Program subcommittee, Publications subcommittee, and Promotions subcommittee. If there is a need for these positions to be filled in the future then we will deal with that need when it arises. I would also encourage members to think about what they actually want form the Division – are you, the members, happy with the current arrangements, program, communication and services provided? I would also encourage members to think how they could be more involved with the Division and what form that involvement might take. It is likely that we will need a replacement newsletter editor in the near future and we can always use a few extras on the committee to help with other tasks. So, coming into April and the AGM, talk to colleagues and other members and consider if you would like to be involved with the committee and who you could nominate. |
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PDF files, enabling the out-of-print (and out-of-date) second edition of Introducing Victorian Geology to be viewed, have been placed on the website, until preparation of the new edition is complete. Go to Publications to see more. |
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The Victorian Geology subpage has been upgraded to include a couple of Powerpoint presentations. GSAV, and users of this site, would welcome more titbits like these! Contact the webmaster if you have something to offer... |
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Marilyn Moore has a project to collate and assemble material to support school teaching and public interest publications. She is very keen to obtain either prepared texts, or good-quality images, relevant to Victorian Geology. If you can help - and that includes writing material, contact her now!
GSAV also invites senior members to consider giving imagery, especially good-quality slides, to the Division rather than discarding them outright. Images should have reasonable descriptions of date and locality attached!
GSAV would like to scan and archive such images, for possible future use in our formal and informal publications. We expect to acknowledge the original donor/photographer, if required.
Enquire here
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15 Oct 06
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The November meeting of the GSAV will be at The University of Melbourne, on 23 November - note the change in date!
A range of student speakers will present short talks as at the AESC2006 in July.
This will be the final meeting for 2006, and will be followed by dinner nearby.
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A consortium of South Australian earth science groups, including GSASA, is presenting the
3rd SA Explorers' Conference
in Adelaide on 1 December. Download a flyer/registration sheet here. |
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15 Oct 06
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The Royal Society of Victoria and Deakin University are jointly hosting the NEIL ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM in honour of the late Neil Archbold, Professor of Palaeontology at Deakin University, and Immediate Past President of The Royal Society of Victoria. The GSAV is a sponsor of this meeting. The meeting will be held at the RSV, on November 24.
This Memorial Symposium will provide an opportunity for colleagues and friends to honour and celebrate Neil’s life and work by contributing Symposium papers, or by attending the Symposium.
Symposium papers will be published as a special issue of The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.
For further information, download the flyer (15 kb) |
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22 Sep 06
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The October General Meeting will follow the VUEESC - but will feature Warren Peck and Gary Gibson bringing us up to date on earthquakes and mining!
Last Thursday in October!
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The September General Meeting joins with the IAH to hear about Karst from John Milroie. Links are both below on this page, and on the meetings page.
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20 Sep 06
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The July General Meeting will hear some presentations from University of Melbourne Graduate Students, given at the AESC2006 - your chance to catch some of the talks you missed in the parallel sessions! Go here for titles |
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9 Jul 06
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Dr John Mylroie of Mississippi State University will present the Selwyn Lecture for 2006, on Carbonate Island Karst: Constraints in Time and Space.
Click here to download his abstract - watch TVG for date confirmation.
A Selwyn Symposium for 2006 will not be held; your committee suspects that we are "conferenced out" after AESC2006 and the Goldschmidt. Suggestions for a topic for the 2007 Selwyn are welcome.
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9 Jul 06
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23 Jun 06
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| The June General Meeting, the AW Howitt Lecture at The Royal Society of Victoria Lecture Theatre on June 29, was addressed by Professor HJ Harrington, whose topic was See the title and abstract here. Don't forget to book! |
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15 Jun 06
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| The May General Meeting, at The University of Melbourne Loewe Lecture Theatre on May 25, will hear from Professor Neil Phillips . Neil's title and abstract are here. |
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14 May 06
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The 2006 Annual General Meeting was held at 6:15 pm on Thursday, 27 April, in the Fritz Loewe Lecture Theatre, McCoy Building, The University of Melbourne. Stephen Gallagher has taken the helm - see the Committee page for other changes.
Reports circulated at the meeting can be downloaded from here. The Audited Financial Statement is now available, here. |
| Immediately following the AGM, the April General Meeting heard from Dr Martin Norvick who discussed the Implications for petroleum systems of the plate tectonic and stratigraphic evolution of southeast Australia,New Zealand and Antarctica. Martin's abstract is here. |
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| The March General Meeting for 2006 invited Meghan Miller to tell us about about "Four-dimensional Structural Evolution of the Western Pacific Convergent Margin Based on Seismic Tomography and Palaeogeographic Reconstructions". |
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| Andy Wilde, who took the important task of speaking-program organiser for your Committee, has had to leave the committee. His contribution will be missed - but we'd welcome your initiative in taking his place. Interested? Phone or email David Moore for an update. |
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| The February General Meeting for 2006 heard Stephen Gallagher talking about about "Eighty million years of ocean and climate change in Victoria: icehouse events in a predominantly greenhouse world". |
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15 Feb 06
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| The November General Meeting will be
a presentation from Geordie Mark and Mark Kendrick. They will tell us about "Noble insights on ore deposits at different crustal levels,
and the potential role for fluid-rock interaction.". The Lecture will be at 6:15 pm on Thursday, 24 November, in Lecture Theatre E7, Building 72 (Engineering), Monash University. |
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19 Nov 05
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| The Frank Canavan Award for 2005 goes to Sarah K Hagerty, of LaTrobe University |
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15 Oct 05
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| The Selwyn Medal for 2005 has been awarded to Tony Crawford, of CODES. The citation can be read here. |
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15 Oct 05
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The University of Melbourne Science Faculty Dean, Professor John Mackenzie, invites you to
"From Aceh to Australia: the remarkable story of the Indo-Australian Plate" to be presented by Professor Michael Sandiford.
The great Sumatran earthquake of Boxing Day 2004 provided a salutary reminder of the dynamic nature of our planet. Occurring at the boundary of our very own tectonic plate - the Indo-Australian plate - it also reminds us that we live on one of the most dynamic of the Earth's tectonic plates.
In this lecture we will learn that this recent event is just one of many consequences of a geologically brief episode that started some 45 million year with the 'marriage of convenience' of the then separate Indian and Australian plates. We will hear how the forces that drive the tectonic motion resulted not only in the great earthquake of Aceh, but have also shaped many of our distinctive Australian landscapes over the last 5-10 million years..
For more information go to:
http://www.science.unimelb.edu.au/community/publiclectures.php |
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5 Oct 05
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| The October General Meeting will be
held earlier than usual. The very distinguished speaker, David Cooke, is the SEG 2005 Thayer Lindsley Distinguished Lecturer. He has chosen the topic "TEl Teniente porphyry copper-moybdenum deposit, Chile: formation of the world's largest porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit in an active continental margin.". The Lecture will be at 6:15 pm on Thursday, 6 Octber, in the Fritz Loewe Lecture Theatre, University of Melbourne. |
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13 Sep 05
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The 2005 Australian Crustal Research Centre Symposium topic is
"MGiG - Monash Granite idea Generation".
Roberto Weinberg and Dick White are convening this Symposium on Thursday 15th September at Monash University, Clayton campus. An international group of speakers will cover the subject of granite generation and evolution in order to develop new collaborative research approaches.
For more information go to:
http://www.earth.monash.edu.au/events/mgig.html
Or download the brochure at: http://www.earth.monash.edu.au/events/mgig_monash.pdf
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21 Aug 05
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| The Selwyn Lecture for 2005 will be
the next General Meeting talk for the GSAV. The speaker, Tom
Whiting of BHP-Billiton, has chosen the topic "Tomorrow's
exploration challenges for today's Megaminers". The Selwyn Lecture will be at 6:15 pm on 29 September, in the Fritz Loewe Lecture Theatre, University of Melbourne. |
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21 Aug 05
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| The Selwyn Symposium 2005 has been announced
(29 September). The topic is "Cashing in on the
Minerals Boom", and brings together a number of speakers on topics related to exploration and mining in Victoria. For more information, download the flyer, see the latest Newsletter or
bookmark the webpage here. |
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21 Aug 05
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| Supported by AUSIndustry, a collaborative project between CSIRO, Geoscience Australia and Social Change Online has just completed a test bed for real time data interoperability between mineral industry data housed in ACT, SA and WA. A further AUSIndustry grant has been obtained to showcase this test bed and to extend the test bed to all remaining states. In Victoria, this is work is being undertaken through the Minerals and Petroleum Division of DPI. For more information, and an invitation to their roadshow on 26 July, download the flyer here (673 kb). |
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| A Baragwanath Seminar in the School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, will be held in honour of Dr Owen P. Singleton on Friday June 15. Colleagues and past students will discuss their current research as it relates to his many geological interests. Download the flyer/reminder here (58 kb). |
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| The audited Financial Statement for 2004 of the GSAV has been delivered, and a copy can be downloaded from here (341 kb). |
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| Mineral Exploration Through Cover is the subject of a symposium on June 24 at the University of Adelaide. Here is the flyer with contact details at the foot. |
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| VIMP17 is scheduled for June 9. Click here for an invitation PDF (293 kb), or go to the Geoscience Victoria site. |
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| Lex Ferguson is stepping down as convenor of the Awards Subcommittee of the GSAV. Former Division Chair Ingrid Campbell has agreed to head this important subcommittee. |
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| Bernie Joyce has contributed some information on "Integrating soils, regolith and slopes dynamics in the study of the terroir of wine regions in central Victoria, Australia". His Powerpoint presentation starts here, and you can download his paper from the Regolith 2004 website. |
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The GSAV Committee has endorsed a proposal to make support available to Victorian students who are GSAV members, to present papers and posters at interstate and international conferences. The requirements are relatively straightforward - download the notes and application form here.
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| Professor Andrew Gleadow of The University of Melbourne has agreed to fill the position of Vice-President of the Geological Society of Australia, so becoming part of the Federal Executive.
The GSA expects that the Federal Executive Committee will transfer to Melbourne in and from 2006. Under present circumstances this implies that the Federal Executive will largely be drawn from Victorian members of the GSA. Here is your opportunity to participate in the running of a small, asset-rich scientific society. Read the GSA's Objectives page, and the transcript of the Future Directions meeting held earlier this year in Hobart, and ask yourself what difference you would like to make. Get Involved - there's no opposition!
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