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The following information and activity pages will be of interest to teachers, students and interested community members.

All are available free of charge for download and printing except where otherwise indicated.

The Mercury newspaper’s News In Education

The following items are no longer available online on the website of the Mercury newspaper. Click on the links below to view copies kept on this website.

  • “Darwin Downunder“; 25 February 2009 p29.
  • “Macquarie Island“; 26 May 2010 p34.
  • “Douglas Mawson“;  25 May 2011 p37.
  • “The Library at the end of the World book”; 27 August 2014 p25.
  • “Curious Creatures, Louise Meredith“; 31 May 2017 p22.

“Working on Water: Celebrating women in marine science” – The Royal Society of Tasmania contribution to National Science Week 2020

Full details of this event can be seen here.

  • Activity Pack for students
  • Answers to puzzles in activity pack

 

 

 

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