The Royal Society of Tasmania

The advancement of knowledge

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Royal Society 2020 Calendar

Penguins and sea birds of Antarctica,

the illustrations of Edward Adrian Wilson (1872–1912),
artist on the Robert Falcon Scott expeditions to the south

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The Royal Society of Tasmania 2020 Calendar is now available for purchase. A beautiful gift for any occasion, the calendar can be purchased at our on-line shop, by postal order or directly from the Royal Society Rooms

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Retail price: $19.95 – click here to go to our on-line shop

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If you purchase directly from the Royal Society Rooms the price is $18.00 – open Wednesday mornings, at 19 Davey St (opp. Constitution Dock).

Or order by post for $24.00 per copy (including handling and postage within Australia). Download the Order Form here: 2020 Calendar Order Form0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Student Bursaries 2019

Royal Society of Tasmania

BURSARIES

for TASMANIAN STUDENTS 2019

 

 

The Royal Society of Tasmania is offering bursaries for Tasmanian secondary/senior secondary students who have been selected through a competitive process to represent Australia at an international event. The amount of each bursary may be up to $1000.

 

 

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What is the Royal Society of Tasmania?

The Society has been in active existence since 1843 and we have continued to achieve our aim of ‘advancing knowledge’ in a wide variety of ways. The bursaries are one way in which we support the youth of Tasmania.

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Who can apply?

In 2018 bursaries were offered in the fields of science, mathematics and engineering. In 2019 the bursary program is being broadened to also support students selected through a competitive process for international events in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

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What is the closing date?

There is no closing date for applications, as applications are considered on a rolling basis throughout the year.

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How to apply:

Students need to send a written application including:

· a brief descriptor of the international summer school or event they have been selected to attend, including dates and costs

· a copy of the recommendation from the Australian selection event or activity they were selected to attend

· a concise statement, written by the student, about their goals and aspirations and a short CV (max 2 pages)

· the endorsement of a senior staff member of their school.

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Note: As the student/staff member may be contacted for interview/further information please provide contact phone numbers.

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Youth ANZAAS 2019: Students accepted for Youth ANZAAS 2019 are also eligible to apply for financial support.

 

Send applications to: deborah.beswick@education.tas.gov.au

 

Dr Deborah Beswick
Chair, Bursaries Committee
The Royal Society of Tasmania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Queens’s Birthday Honours – George Merridew & Bernard Pryor

The President, Council and Members of the Society offer warm congratulations to two Royal Society members who were awarded honours in the Queen’s Birthday List 2019.

 

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Dr Colin George Merridew, recently retired Royal Society Northern Committee member, has been awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), for significant service to surgical and obstetric anaesthesia.  

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Mr Bernard Pryor, Royal Society of Tasmania newsletter editor and member, has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to horticulture, and to the community.

Obituary – Professor Patrick Gerard Quilty AM  (1939-2018)

Professor Patrick Gerard Quilty AM   

Patrick Quilty had a long and distinguished career in Earth Science and Antarctic exploration. His many contributions to the Royal Society of Tasmania have been very significant and highly regarded by members and Council. In 1986 he was elected the senior vice-president of the Royal Society of Tasmania, when the Governor was president. He became president of the Society again in 2010 and was the Chair of the RST Foundation for several years besides being member of the Awards Committee. In 1996 he received The Royal Society of Tasmania Medal for his scientific achievements and service to the Society. In 2011 he convened the highly successful two-day Mawson Symposium for the Society.

Patrick obtained his BSc (Hons) from the University of Western Australia and PhD from the University of Tasmania. He spent six years in the oil industry as a palaeontologist with West Australian Petroleum (WAPET), followed by five years as a lecturer at Macquarie University. His first visit to Antarctica was in 1965/66 with the University of Wisconsin, followed by a field trip to Macquarie island in 1968, with a party that identified the island as a unique piece of uplifted oceanic crust. From 1981 to 1999 Pat was Chief Scientist for the Australian Antarctic Division and ANARE. He made a total of 14 working trips south, including three summers in the Vestfold Hills investigating fossil whales he had originally discovered in 1989, and participated in three ANARE marine science voyages.

During his period at the Australian Antarctic Division, Patrick was very active in international Antarctic leadership, serving as a vice-president of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for four years, and chairing the organisation of the 20thmeeting of SCAR in Hobart in 1988, as well as symposia on the Vestfold Hills (1984) and Macquarie Island (1987).

Patrick Quilty has published over 200 scientific papers, including six in the last three years with several more in the final stages of submission. He became an Honorary Professor in Earth Sciences and IMAS at the University of Tasmania in 2010 and has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor at California State University. His many awards include Member of the Order of Australia (AM), U.S. Antarctica Service medal, Inaugural Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Tasmania, and the Phillip Law Medal of the ANARE Club. Two Antarctic geographic features and five fossil species have been named in his honour.

Honorary Professor Patrick Quilty was a warm hearted and generous man, who epitomised the mission of our Society (the advancement of knowledge), and devoted much of his valuable time to Society matters. He will be greatly missed by our members.

 

Congratulations Professor Ross Large

The Royal Society of Tasmania congratulates President Prof. Ross Large on the award of the Society’s most prestigious medal, the Royal Society of Tasmania Medal, for his research in the field of geology.

You can hear Ross talking about his research on ABC Radio Hobart Breakfast with Ryk Goddard.
The medal was presented by Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner, AC, Governor of Tasmania at a ceremony at Government House on Thursday 30 August 2018.