Previous Division Meetings
18 July 2019 - SA Division joint lunchtime meeting with AusIMM
Speaker: Leon Faulkner (Environmental Copper Recovery)
Theme: Advances in In-Situ Recovery at the Kapunda Copper Project
6 June 2019 - SA Division Meeting Ralph Tate Memorial Lecture
Speaker: John Long (Flinders University)
Topic: How ancient fishes built the human body plan: exciting fossil discoveries from Australia and Antarctica
2 June 2019 - GeoFamily Alice in Wonderland Picnic
Details: The first GeoFamily picnic for 2019 is at the newly renovated Pityarilla Activity Hub (formerly Marshmallow Park) with a Mad Hatters Tea Party Theme. All are welcome , families, friends and guests (don't have to be a member). Don't have kids? Come along too and enjoy the social networking
17 May 2019 - SA Division Sellicks Hill Quarry Tour
Details: The GSA SA Division excursion to Sellicks Mine has been organised with the assistance of Southern Quarries. A charter bus will take all registered attendees from Adelaide CDB to the Sellicks Mine, where we will be shown through a short introduction to the site and the special environmental management strategies utilised across the site to minimise dust and noise, plus have a brief overview of the geology. The charter bus will be used to travel around site and we will be shown some of the fantastic pit views, quarry exposures and mining setup for the site.
11 April 2019 - SA Division Annual General Meeting
Speaker: Wolfgang Preiss (Geological Survey of South Australia)
Topic: Retiring Chairs Address
14 March 2019 - SA Division joint BBQ with AusIMM
Details: Students will get a chance to listen to graduate geologists as they share their experiences as early careerists. Free BBQ and drinks will be offered at 7:00pm at the rear of the Mawson Building
21 February 20-19 - SA Division Meeting
Speaker: Marita Bradshaw
Topic: Australia in seven rocks
1 December 2018 – GeoFamily Picnic Day
Description: GSA, ASEG, AusIMM, GSSA members and their families are all invited to join in the Christmas themed day. It’s free for all and no registration is required, just bring along a child-friendly (nut-free) plate of food to share, along with drinks, hats and sturdy shoes
Location: Marshmallow Park in the Adelaide South Parklands
5 December 2018 – GESSS SA
Description: The Geological Society of Australia Earth Sciences Student Symposium in South Australia (GESSS-SA) is a conference designed to allow Honours, Masters and PhD students from three South Australian universities (The University of Adelaide, Flinders University and University of South Australia) to come together and present their Earth sciences related research to the local scientific community
Location: University of Adelaide Health & Medical Sciences Building, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000
16 November 2018 – GSA SA Division/GSSA Lunchtime Meeting
Speakers: Georgie Virgo (Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide) and Jarred Lloyd (University of Adelaide)
Topic: Investigating the Neoproterozoic of the Adelaide Rift Complex: Insights from Sedimentology, Geochronology and Geochemistry
13 September 2018 – SA Division Meeting
Topic: Networking and Speed Mentoring night for undergraduate, Masters or PhD students
16 August 2018 - SA Division Annual Dinner and Medal Presentations
Details: dinner, talk and presentation of the Bruce Webb and Walter Howchin Medals
Speaker: Kathryn Amos, Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide
Topic: Rivers on continents on the sea floor
19 July 2018 - SA Division Lunch Time Gathering
Location: Museum of Discovery (MOD)
7 June 2018 - Ralph Tate Memorial Lecture (joint GSA-SA Division, Field Geology Club of South Australia and Royal Society of South Australia)
Speaker: Professor Gavin Prideaux,
Flinders University
Topic: How has Australian mammal
evolution been shaped by environmental change, over the past 25 million years?
17 May 2018 - Joint GSA-SA Division / AusIMM Technical Meeting
Speaker: Anthony Reid, Senior Principal Geoscientist, GSSA
Topic: Stick to your books: geoscience contributions to the minerals value chain
12 May 2018 - GeoFamily Picnic (joint GSA-SA Division, AusIMM Adelaide Branch, ASEG and DPC event)
Location: Enchanted Playground, Prospect Memorial Gardens
19 April 2018
SA Division AGM
15 March 2018
Speakers: Mr Ed Lynch, Zach McLeay, Irraisha Soriano and Tamara Chambers
Details: Students get a chance to listen to graduate geologists, metallurgists and mining engineers.
15 February 2018
Speaker: Dr David Love
Topic: Earthquakes and Faults in Australia
Student Group Sponsorship
Do you belong to an earth and environmental science-focused student group at one of South Australia’s universities? Are you looking for support for activities, excursions and events (up to $500)? The GSA SA Division would like to provide support for student activities and all is required is filling out an application form, provide a budget and commit to writing a short article for GSA’s quarterly magazine, The Australian Geologist (TAG). Want to know more? Please contact our Secretary, morgan.blades@adelaide.edu.au for an application form. Past sponsorship has been provided to the Adelaide University GeologicalSociety (AUGS) and the Flinders University Palaeontology Society (FUPS).