Yardie Gorge - image courtesy Milo Barham

Western Australia

 

        

Read March 2023 WA Division Newsletter

Talks & Events
Monthly Meeting

Date: First Wednesday of each month (except December and January)
Location: Public House, 263 Adelaide Terrace, Perth WA 6004
Time: Drinks start 5.30pm, talks start at 6.00pm

Upcoming Events

3 April 2024 - GSA-WA
Details: Retrieving stresses from satellite data and stress orientation using physics-based machine learning with Thomas Poulet
Location: Public House, 263 Adelaide Tce, Perth
Time: 6.00pm


Previous Division Meetings and Event

7 March 2024 - GSA-WA
Details: Our guest speaker, Fin Rea, will present on the topic "Accessory mineral indicators of metallogenic fertility applied to intrusion-related gold systems: Insights from Mount Leyshon Au-(Bi-Ag) deposit". The event is open to all, and there is no entry fee for members and non-members.
Location: Public House, Perth
Time: 6:00pm

7 February 2024 - GSA WA Monthly Talk
Details: Dr Erin Martin, IGO & WOMEESA presents on Why we lose women from Geosciences: Evidence-based causes and solutions
Location: Public House, 263 Adelaide Terrace, Perth CBD
Time: Meet for drinks and networking 5:30pm, the talk starts at 6pm

1 December 2023 - GESSS WA
Details: The symposium is organised for Honours, Masters, and PhD students in geosciences. Participation in GESSS-WA 2023 gives you an opportunity to the results of your hard work in front of a friendly like-minded audience. This conference is a great chance to train your presentation skills. It is also a great platform for networking with your peers, industry, and research partners.
Location: Curtin University
Website: Click here

4 December 2023 - GSA WA - Careers Night: 2023 End of Year Meeting
Details: Join us for our big end-of-year, start-of-career celebration!Are you a new graduate looking to work in earthsciences? Or an industry, academia or government professional looking to recruit? All are welcome to come mingle, ask our panel a few questions, and wind up 2023 with us at The Shoe bar, Yagan Square on the 4th December. Huge thanks to our sponsors: Galt Mining Solutions and Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) for making this night possible!
Location: The Shoe bar, 367-420 Wellington St, Yagan Square
Time: 5pm-7pm

2 August 2023 - GSA WA Division Meeting
Speaker: Ellie Sansom (Curtin University)
Topic: Just look up: a multidisciplinary approach for planetary defence

5 July 2023 - GSA WA Division Meeting
Speaker: Axel Schmitt (Curtin University)
Topic: Zircon age spectroscopy, or how the duration of zircon crystallization can constrain pluton growth and hydrothermal longevity

7 June 2023 - GSA WA Division Meeting and Awards Night

Speaker: John Grigson (UWA)
Topic: Regional- to deposit- scale structural controls on lithium pegmatites in the northern Pilbara Craton
Location: The George Hotel, 216 George Tce, Perth
Time: 6.00p

Committee

Chair: Kailah Thorn (Western Australian Museum)

Vice Chair: Vickie Cousins (Curtin University)

Secretary: Sandra Villacorta Chambi (CSIRO Mineral Resources)

Treasurer: Erin Martin (IGO Ltd) & WOMEESA

General Committee Members:
Simon Crocetta (Gold Road Resource)

Ryan Manton (CSIRO Mineral Resources)
Fang Huang (CSIRO Mineral Resources)
Justin Rickfen (Rio Tinto)
Demitris (Curtin University)
Drew Lubiniecki (Fortescue)

Convenor (Awards Subcommittee):
Julian Chard (Rio Tinto)


Convenor (Geoeducation Subcommittee):
TBA
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Coordinator Student Bursaries
Julian Chard

Convenor (Geoheritage Subcommittee):
Margaret Brocx

Convenor (Stratigraphic Nomenclature Subcommittee):
Peter Haines (Geological Survey of WA)

Outreach and Education Champion
Martin Nguyen (Rio Tinto)

WA Division Diversity & Inclusion Champion
Eva Sirantoine

WA Division Instagram Champion
Raiza Quintero-Mendez

WA Division Instagram Coordinator
Morgan Cox

WA Division Facebook Champion
Cat Gill (UWA)

WA Division LinkedIn Champion
Mario Zelic

List of prospective sponsors for GSA-WA membership applications
BHP
Matthew Crowe

Roger McNaughton

CSIRO
Charles Butt

Ignacio Gonzalez-Alvarez

Bruce Hobbs

Sandra Occhipinti

Erick Ramanaidou

Curtin University
Milo Rory Barham

Edith Cowan University
Ross Dowling

Earth Science WA
Joanne Watkins

FMG
Stuart Robinson

Geological Survey of Western Australia
Heidi Allen

Trevor Beardsmore

Peter Haines

Simon Johnson

Michael Wingate

Private
Walter Witt

Rio Tinto
Bryan Bowden

University of Western Australia
Alison Ord