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Global Technology Keeping Talent Local

North

28 October 2015

A presentation by James Rigall, for the QVMAG Morning Coffee lecture Series. Admission (including refreshments): $7.50 (members); $11 (non-members) As these functions are popular RSVP essential by Monday October 26: Ph. 63 233 798 /Email…

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Alan Burn Memorial Lecture: Liquefaction- Solid Ground Becoming Like Liquid?

North

26 October 2015

The Alan Burn Memorial Lecture aims to promote engineering and science to the Tasmanian public, and recognise the contributions of an eminent Tasmanian engineer; Professor Alan Burn. This years’ lecture will be delivered by Professor…

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Bug Day Out! BIOLUMINESCENCE

North

23 August 2015

Come and explore with us plants, animals and minerals that GLOW. Explore bioluminescence, fluorescence and iridescence. There is serious science and fun educational craft for the kids. Don’t forget to bring your own bug!   FREE event For…

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Is fruit good or bad for you?

North

20 August 2015

Sugar in the diet can be associated with causing inflammation and leads to obesity, heart disease and many other modern lifestyle diseases.  We are extolled to eat our daily serving of fruit and vegetables but…

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Beneath Hill 60 Film Screening – Tailrace Centre, Launceston

North

19 August 2015

Join us for a movie screening of this extraordinary true story about ‘The Underground War’ fought during World War I on the Western Front. A secret team of Australian tunnellers fought to defend a leaking…

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Joint Replacement, Past, Present and Future

North

26 July 2015

A lecture presented by Mr John Batten. Admission: $6 General Public, $4 Friends of the Museum and Students. Free for members of The Royal Society of Tasmania. To assist us with the organization of this event RSVP by…

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TIA Roadshow – Deloraine: Advancing Agri-Food Productivity through New Technology

North

7 July 2015

You are invited to the TIA Roadshow – an evening showcasing TIA’s latest research innovation that is helping boost the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the state’s agricultural industries.   The event will feature presentations…

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TIA Roadshow – Bridport/Scottsdale: Advancing Agri-Food Productivity through New Technology

North

30 June 2015

You are invited to the TIA Roadshow – an evening showcasing TIA’s latest research innovation that is helping boost the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the state’s agricultural industries.   The event will feature presentations…

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Human-Centred Design and Maritime Simulation

North

28 June 2015

A lecture presented by Professor Margareta Lutzhoft. Admission: $6 General Public, $4 Friends of the Museum and Students. Free for members of The Royal Society of Tasmania. To assist us with the organization of this event RSVP…

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From Spiny Ant-Eater to Promiscuous Spiky Baby Killer: An Incomplete Natural History of Echidnas

North

24 May 2015

A lecture presented by Associate Professor Stewart Nicol. Assoc. Prof. Nicol will discuss the controversies provoked by the arrival of the first specimens of echidnas and platypuses in Europe at the end of the 18th century,…

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Dusting off the BIG specimens

North

24 May 2015

QV Museum staff are gearing up for the first Bug Day Out! session of the year and the theme is BIG. Come along and see some of the Museum’s biggest objects. There will be giant…

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Ecological Restoration Community Symposium “Recovering landscapes and a sense of place”

North

23 May 2015

The Northeast Bioregional Network invites you to this community symposium that aims to promote ecological restoration as a key conservation strategy in Tasmania, to articulate the enormous scope for landscape scale ecological restoration in Tasmania and…

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