The Three Sisters at Echo Point, Katoomba - image courtesy Paul Harvey

New South Wales

Click here for the August 2018 Newsletter

Talks & Events

Monthly Division Meetings
Date: Talks are held the 2nd Thursday of the month
Info: m.vanderley@unsw.edu.au

Monthly Meetings Presentations on YouTube
Click here if you want to watch the presentations from NSW Division Meetings online
Upcoming Meetings

9 August 2018 - NSW Division Meeting
Speaker: Kate Hine (Mitre Geophysics)
Topic: An update on exploration success at the Woodlawn Deposit, NSW
Location: Level 3 of the City of Sydney RSL Club, 565 George Street, Sydney
Time: 5:30pm for drinks with the talk starting at 6:00pm

18 August 2018 - NSW Division stall at Blue Mountains Botanic Gardens  
Topic: Join the NSW Division at this free outdoor event and take a trip through time to the ancient land of Gondwana for a fantastic family day of hands-on science fun at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden!
Location: The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, 5-17 Tomah Drive, Mount Tomah
Time:  9:30am – 4:00pm 
Cost: This is a free event

3-4 December 2018 – GESSS NSW
Description: GESSS NSW is moving to the University of Sydney for 2018. Our mission is to educate, engage and interact with Earth Science students across NSW, to develop long lasting networks and friendships for our future.
Location: Abercrombie Building, University of Sydney
Time: TBA
Abstracts: Please check here again soon for more details
Register: Please check here again soon for more details
Website: Please click here

Other Meetings
22 August 2018 – UNSW PANGEA Coffee Break Mininar
Presenters: Dr Gaston Giuliani (CRPG-CNRS, Nancy, France) and Prof Lee Groat (University of British Colombia, Canada)
Topics:
Dr Giuliani - Geographic origin of gems linked to their geological history
Prof Groat - Canadian arctic Saphhire and Spinel
Location: Pioneer International Theatre (G27), AGSM, UNSW
Time: 10.00am-11.00am

23 August 2018 – UNSW PANGEA Special Guest Lectures
Presenters: Dr Gaston Giuliani (CRPG-CNRS, Nancy, France) and Prof Lee Groat (University of British Colombia, Canada)
Topics: 
Dr Giuliani - Emerald deposits around the world, their similarities and differences
Prof Groat - A career at the intersection between academia and the exploration and mining industries
Location: Pioneer International Theatre (G27), AGSM, UNSW
Time: 12.00pm-1.00pm

4-6 December 2018 - Short Course in Epithermal Au-Ag and Porphyry Cu-Au Exploration
Presenters: Greg Corbett and Stuart Hayward
Location: Dec 4 & 5 - York Club, 99 York Street, Sydney, Dec 6 - W B Clarke Geoscience Centre, Londonderry
Price: Students $150, but if you need assistance contact greg@corbettgeology.com; unemployed geologists $400; employed geologists $1500
Registration: To register, click here
Details: Please download flyer below
Past NSW Division Meetings, Events and Activities

 

11 and 18 August 2018 - NSW Division stall at Blue Mountains and Royal Botanic Gardens  
Topic: Come along for this free free outdoor events to celebrate the environmental sciences! Explore the Royal Botanic Garden (Aug 11) to get hands-on with science experiments, explore behind-the-scenes, visit state-of-the-art science facilities and use scientific equipment! Take a trip through time to the ancient land of Gondwana for a fantastic family day of hands-on science fun at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden (Aug 18)!

24 July 2018 - WOMEESA - WOMen in Earth and Environmental Sciences Australasia) NSW Networking event: Navigating Careers in Earth and Environmental Sciences (supported by the NSW Division)

12 July 2018 - NSW Division Meeting
Speaker: Marita Bradshaw 
Topic: The seven rocks that made Australia: A review of the last 4 billion years and a look to the future that links key geological events to their impact on Australia’s economy and society

14 June 2018 - NSW Division Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Claire Mallard, University of Sydney
Topic: Fully-dynamic global models to explore processes that control plates reorganizations

 

10 May 2018 - NSW Division Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Tara Djokic (UNSW)
Topic: Life in Archean hot springs and implications for astrobiology

12 April 2018 - NSW Division Monthly Meeting
Topic: Permian pumice to Miocene magmas: a new geological map of Warrumbungle National Park
Speaker: Dr Kate Bull (Geological Survey of NSW) 

8 March 2018 - NSW Division Monthly Meeting
Topic: Cuu Long Basin Exploration Rejuvenation: A multidisciplinary approach to rejuvenating the play portfolio of a mature basin
Speaker: Dr Pedro Restrepo-Pace (Oil Search)

8 February 2018 - NSW AGM
Speaker: Dr Tim Chapman (University of Sydney)
Topic: Looking up from the base of a magmatic arc: A perspective on Zealandia

9 November 2017 - NSW Division Monthly Meeting
Topic: Student Presentations

12 October 2017 - NSW Division Monthly Meeting
Topic: Regional mapping with the Geological Survey of NSW: projects and directions
Speaker: Phil Gilmore (Geological Survey of NSW)


14 September 2017 - New South Wales Division Meeting
Topic: Towards a grand unified theory of the Earth's interior: Marrying geophysics, geodynamics, and geochemistry
Speaker: A/Prof Juan-Carlos Afonso, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie Uni

5 August 2017 - New South Wales Division Meeting
Topic: Eastern Australia's submarine landslides and their tsunamogenic potential
Speaker: Dr Samantha Clarke, School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney

13 July 2017 - New South Wales Division Meeting
Topic: River piracy in the Caribbeans: evolution of fault arrays and river networks within the plate triple junction of Guatemala
Speaker: Dr Gilles Brocard 

11 May 2017 - New South Wales Division Meeting
Topic: Hydrothermal activity in the Eastern Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea: A natural laboratory, or the birthplace of a new industry?
Speaker: Dr Chris Yeats, NSW Geological Survey

13 April 2017 - New South Wales Division Meeting and Annual General Meeting
Topic: Unravelling a miner's myth that environmental contamination in mining and smelting towns is naturally occurring
Speaker: Prof Mark Taylor, Macquarie University

Committee

Chair: Anthony Lanati,
Macquarie University
E: anthony.lanati@mq.edu.au

Secretary and Newsletter Editor:
Mira van der Ley, 
University of New South Wales
E: m.vanderley@unsw.edu.au

Treasurer: Vacant
(Please contact either Anthony Lanati or Mira van der Ley if you are interested in filling this position) 

Talk Co-ordinator:
Sabin Zahirovic, University of Sydney
E: sabin.zahirovic@sydney.edu.au

General Committee members:
Kelsie Dadd, Curious Minds – Girls in STEM
Elizabeth Dowding, UNSW
Joanna Parr, CSIRO
Graham Carr, formerly of CSIRO
Patrick Smith, Australian Museum

NOTE: Please contact the committee if you have any ideas regarding speakers/topics for technical talks or require sponsors for membership