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Navigating the Internal Landscape: An artistic interpretation of disease

North West

6 May 2016 - 2 June 2016

This exhibition combines art and science to explore the impact of cancer on our contemporary lives. Through artistic visualisation this event aims to contribute to greater discussion and understanding about cancer, increasing the awareness and importance of preventative…

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Understanding Diseases of the Ageing Brain

South

5 May 2016

This public talk will be relevant to anyone interested in the neurodegenerative diseases that, tragically, are common in Tasmania’s ageing population –Alzheimer’s disease, fronto-temporal dementia, Parkinson’s disease and motor neuron disease. This public talk will…

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The Oceans in a High CO2 World: public forum

South

4 May 2016

How will the oceans change with rising carbon dioxide? Next month Hobart will host the 4th Ocean in a High CO2 World symposium. Held every four years, this will be the first to be held…

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The Acidification Story: Connecting Science to Outreach

South

4 May 2016

Tasmanian educators and science communicators are invited to participate in this special outreach session as part of the Ocean Acidification Conference being held in Hobart for the very first time. Target audience: science educators and communicators,…

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Ocean Acidification Education Share-a-Thon

South

4 May 2016

Tasmanian educators and science communicators are invited to participate in this special outreach session as part of the Ocean Acidification Conference being held in Hobart for the very first time. Target audience: science educators and communicators…

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Ag Careers Evening: Your invitation to a future full of opportunities- Launceston

North

4 May 2016

Did you know that agriculture might just tick all the boxes on your must-have career list? The University of Tasmania, New Zealand’s Lincoln University, and the Tasmanian Government are running an evening for Tasmanian Year…

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The Geology of Tasmanian riverbeds

South

3 May 2016

Dr Dan Gregory, winner of the Society’s Doctoral Award for his research into pyrite geochemistry at the University of Tasmania, will speak on the accumulation of trace elements in diagenetic pyrite with examples from the…

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Ag Careers Evening: Your invitation to a future full of opportunities-Hobart

South

3 May 2016

Did you know that agriculture might just tick all the boxes on your must-have career list? The University of Tasmania, New Zealand’s Lincoln University, and the Tasmanian Government are running an evening for Tasmanian Year…

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On Albatross Island

South

28 April 2016 - 21 May 2016

In 2014 Richard Wastell and Matthew Newton, two of Tasmania’s leading young artists, accompanied a team of scientists lead by Dr Rachael Alderman on expeditions to remote Albatross Island, Bass Strait, home to over 5000…

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Mt Field Fagus Festival

South

23 April 2016 - 24 April 2016

Join this special weekend celebration at one of Tasmania’s oldest and most popular national parks. Entertainment: Aboriginal dancing (pakana kanaplila), folk and blues (Dave Steel and Tiffany Eckhardt), country (Devils Own Bush Band), concert band,…

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Sixteen Legs: Enter the Cave Exhibition

North

8 April 2016 - 19 June 2016

Australia’s deepest caves hide animals surviving from the first age of the dinosaurs and the splitting of the continents. Enter a world full of weird animals and unusual rock formations, overseen by still-living, giant prehistoric…

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The Power of Parks – Hobart

South

7 April 2016

One hundred years of national parks in Tasmania will be celebrated in 2016. This year marks the centenary of the state’s first national parks, Mount Field and Freycinet, reserved for the first time on 29…

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