Previous Division Meetings
20 February 2020 - SA Division Lunchtime Meeting and Drill Core Viewing
Details: This month's meeting will be a special lunchtime event - in order to view core from the experimental drilling program in 2001 which was both an engineering survey as well as training for hopeful petroleum industry students. The Uni of Adelaide and SANTOS, as part of their planning and construction of the Australian School of Petroleum, had a professional rig to drill a 150-metredeep experimental well on the University's North Terrace campus. The well will be an important teaching tool and a feature of the Santos School of Petroleum Engineering and Management. The drilling operation marked the very start of construction on the school's new building, near Frome Road and the well had to be in place before work on the new building could start. A first for an Australian university and one of only a few purpose-built teaching wells anywhere in the world the data collected and results of the drilling have provided ample experience for students over the years. Also the drill core is an invaluable teaching tool, and has been used for teaching at the ASP as well as the Department of Geology and Geophysics
Speakers: Dr Wolfgang Preiss, Dr. Ric Daniels & Prof John Kaldi
20 January 2020 - SA Division New Year's Drinks
Location: Parliament Steps, 5.00pm for short walkthrough Building Stones of North Terrace, before heading to 2KW for 530pm drinks and socialising
8 December 2019 - SA Division GeoFamily Xmas in the Park Picnic
Description: All are welcome, families, friends and guests (no need to be a member, all are welcome!) Don’t have kids? Come and enjoy the park and the social networking anyway. GeoFamily picnics are held to promote a healthy work/life balance, professional networking activities, and allow everyone a chance to be involved in our professional organisations. It’s also a great way to foster a love of outdoors, adventure and nature play with the next generation of geoscience, engineering and metallurgy students…! We will have a Xmas party and other activities and games so it would be great to see everyone in their Christmas spirit. There is easy parking nearby, mix of activities for young and older kids and lots of grass areas, BBQ spaces and areas for picnics. This event is brought to you by the AusIMM Adelaide Branch, ASEG and the GSA - SA Division
Location: Point Malcolm Reserve, 343 Military Road, Semaphore Park
Time: 10am - 12pm
Flier: Please click here
Cost: Free, please bring a plate to share (nut free), rug, chairs and a drink (for the kids and something for the adults too).
Please RSVP to annapetts@gmail.com
17 October 2019 - SA Division Lunchtime Meeting with Professor Ken McClay
Speaker: Ken McClay (University of Adelaide)
Topic: Gulf of Suez - Northern Red Sea - a model for intra-continental rift systems
Details: The meeting will also feature invited PhD speakers, including Mitchell Bockmann from University of Adelaide, will present a short, 5 minute summary of their research highlights
19 September 2019 - GSA SA Division/AUGS 'SMI' networking night
Topic: Are you an undergraduate, honours, masters or PhD student? Would you like the opportunity to network with professional geoscientists who can help you shape your career? Do you have questions you would like to ask professional geoscientists about working in industry, government or academia and learn about their experiences? Come along to the GSA/AUGS 'Careers in Geoscience' networking night, a fun casual evening where you can practice networking and get your questions answered! Pizza and drinks provided.
15 August 2019 - SA Division Annual Dinner
Speaker: Liz Reed (University of Adelaide)
Topic: Naracoorte palaeontology
Note: The evening will include a three course meal and the presentation of the Bruce Webb Medal to Barry Cooper. There will also be a celebration of Reg Sprigg’s 100th Birthday
Location: The Norwood Hotel
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 2019 - SA Division Meeting
Speaker: Marita Bradshaw
Topic: Australia in seven rocks
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).