Nominations for the annual RST Doctoral Awards open on 1 October 2024. Two awards are offered for recent PhD graduates who have made significant advances in the course of their doctoral research. The value of each award is $1,000 (AUD).

Professor David Green, a long-term member of the RST, died on 6 September 2024 in Hobart. Professor Green was one of Australia’s most eminent geologists. He was awarded the RST RM Johnston Memorial Medal in 2016. Open this post to read an obituary.

Congratulations to our RST member Lynne Uptin OAM who was awarded the 2024 Best Botanical Art Exhibit Award and a Gold Medal award for 2024 for her suite of works. Open this post for more details.

The Royal Society of Tasmania is pleased to acknowledge that former RST member the late Tony Hope was awarded a posthumous OAM in the Australia Day Honours for service to the mining industry, and to Australia China relations. Open this post for more details.

The Royal Society of Tasmania’s Council recently announced the winners of the 2023 MR Banks Medal and RM Johnston Memorial Medal. Open the post to learn more.