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The Royal Society of Tasmania (South)
2022 Lecture Series

Lectures will be face-to-face in the RST Lecture Room at TMAG and/or delivered online using Zoom. Venues will be confirmed closer to the date of the lecture.

Lectures will be on Sunday afternoon at 3 pm, except where indicated otherwise*.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM – CHECK REGULARLY FOR UPDATES.

We hope that you will all find this a convenient and an enlightening way to spend a Sunday afternoon.  As usual, there is something for everyone and everything of value and interest to inquiring minds of all persuasions.


*Wed 23 February, 10.30 am
Dr Simon Groves
‘An Illustrated Checklist of Tasmanian Beetles’– A Floor Talk’ at Central Gallery of TMAG. A joint event hosted by the Friends of TMAG and the Royal Society of Tasmania.

** ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING **

*Mon 7 March, 4–6 pm
Prof Kate Warner AC and David Owen
‘Government House Tasmania – a remarkable story’ at Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, Sandy Bay. The Lecture follows the AGM of the Society.

*Wed 30 March, 6 pm
Dr Eric Ratcliff OAM
‘The Peril of Naming Things: Taxonomy, Nosology, and the Identification of Style’. RST Medal presentation and address. Medal presentation by Her Excellency, the Hon Barbara Baker AC, Governor of Tasmania, at Government House.

Sun 3 April
Dr Lisa Gershwin
“Jellyfish blooms and the future of the ocean”

** PROPOSED JOINT MEETING WITH THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA **

Sun 15 May
Dr Tony Webster
“Geology, landscape and European settlement: small things meant a lot”

Sun 19 June
Dr Sally Bryant
“Little bird of lutruwita: Saving Tasmania’s forty-spotted pardalote”

** PROPOSED JOINT MEETING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING **

*Thu 7 July, 7 pm
Blue Biotechnology Revolution
Forum at the Stanley Burbury Theatre. Please check back for details.

** MID-WINTER DINNER **

*Thu 14 July, 6 pm
Anita Hansen and Marley Large
“A picture is worth a thousand words”. Celebrating the Royal Society of Tasmania’s Art Collection. Dinner at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania.

** DOCTORAL AWARD WINNER – PRESENTATION AND LECTURE **

Sun 7 August
Dr Rhondda Waterworth and Dr Pratiksha Srivastava
TBA

** JOINT BEER AQUATIC EVENT FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK **

*Thu 25 August
TBA
TBA

** DOCTORAL AWARD WINNER – PRESENTATION AND LECTURE **

Sun 4 September
TBA
TBA

** MR BANKS MEDAL LECTURE **

Sun 16 October
Dr Rebecca Carey
TBA

Sun 13 November
Rodney Gibbins
‘Truth telling and treaty as it relates to Tasmania now‘

** CHRISTMAS DINNER AND LECTURE **

*Thu 8 December, 6 pm
TBA
TBA at Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania

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