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Dear Royal Society Member
We appreciate your interest in the Royal Society of Tasmania during this difficult year.
If your membership expires at the end of 2020, we look forward to your renewal showing how much you value membership in our scientific community.
You can quickly renew in the online shop using your credit card. This method will also allow you to change your contact details (address or email) or name if either have changed.
New facility for automatic renewal
The Society now provides a brand new facility to allow your membership to be automatically renewed each year using credit card details you provide. You will need to download the renewal form to do this. You will find the Automatic Renewal box at the bottom of the form.
General Society email address change
The Society’s contact email address is now aligned with our web address. Please use admin@rst.org.au for all general email to the Society. For a simple message without attachments, you can use the Contact Us form in this website.
Australian Mineral Discoverers 1950-2010
Published 1st December 2020
Editors: John Hill, Tony Hope, Ross Large, David Royle
To order a copy for delivery in Australia, use our online store.
For all international orders, use the Contact Us page in this website to let the Society know your requirements.
Mineral discoveries in the 1950 to 2010 period have been the backbone of wealth creation for all Australians and helped to maintain Australia’s economic position as the “Lucky Country”. However, discovery of buried minerals is an extremely complex science that requires knowledge, innovation, disciplined application of geological principles, teamwork, persistence and an ounce of luck.
In this book you will read 65 exciting and sometimes unbelievable stories of the life and achievements of a cross-section of Australian mineral explorers and educators who have advanced the science of discovery and contributed to the wealth of Australia for all Australians. Without these mineral discoveries, most in remote and inhospitable parts of Australia, many of us would not enjoy the high standards of living achieved in this country.
The stories told in these pages include the discovery of 150 mineral deposits, from the very largest (Olympic Dam of over 6 billion tonnes of copper, gold and uranium ore) to the smallest (the gold-rich Juno deposit in Tennant Creek). Collectively these mineral discoveries amount to many hundreds of billions of in-ground value, that have supported many mines, towns and communities in outback Australia for 50 years and beyond.
That’s What I Call Science!
Want to learn something new while stuck at home?
Tune in to “That’s What I Call Science”, a weekly radio show and podcast featuring interesting and relevant science happening in Tasmania and across Australia.
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Niamh Chapman, one of our new Royal Society of Tasmania Council members, is the founding director and regular host of the show.
Led by an all-woman team of scientists from the University of Tasmania, the show chooses a topic each week and interviews a knowledgeable local guest in a conversational style interview.
The podcast can be found on major streaming services or at http://bit.ly/ThatsScienceTAS
Entomology GO by Bug Girl (aka Shasta Henry)
The Royal Society of Tasmania Entomology Go challenge – what will you spot?
With nearly ten quintillion insects on earth you can’t catch em all!! But you may have a photo of an unknown insect on your phone, a dead one on your windowsill or a live one in your backyard?
Royal Society Entomologist, Shasta Henry, wants you to GO and discover some of the unique insects in your world; don’t worry She will help. Submit photos (or drawings) of your catches for the opportunity to receive Entomology Go ID cards and learn some wonderful facts about your insects.
*Safe for scientists aged 1-100+
Submit insect ID enquiries to bugirl@mail.com or send a Facebook message to Shasta Henry aka Bug Girl https://www.facebook.com/TasBugGirl/
Submissions should include the: LOCATION, DATE, SIZE (try including a coin in your photo)
WARNING: Some insects bite and some sting! Search respectfully – look but do not touch.
Click on this link for ideas from Shasta speaking in an interview with the ABC about catching and identifying bugs at home.
