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15 May 2022
Historical accounts of the first European responses to Australian landscapes rarely mention the ways that their decisions were influenced by the terrain. Dr Webster, a Hobart-based consulting geologist, will talk about the role that geology…
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11 May 2022
Hear about how Adélie penguins forage in their native habitat, and how the frozen south might be going through some major changes! Javed Riaz, PhD candidate UTAS Adélie penguins are an important indicator species in…
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11 May 2022
Why do writers take nature as their topic? Can art change people’s attitudes to the environment? Can we make a better future for nature in Tasmania by writing about it? Melissa Manning, Zowie Douglas-Kinghorn and Keely Jobe all…
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9 May 2022
Hear about how plants have to overcome gravity in order to survive, and how the Eastern Australian Current forms a superhighway of water! Speakers: Beatrice Harrison Day, PhD candidate UTAS Plants dominate the natural world…
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3 May 2022 - 12 August 2022
The critically endangered Red Handfish is only found in Tasmania, in two small patches of rocky reef in Fredrick Henry Bay, southeast of Hobart. But there are only an estimated 100 individuals left in the…
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29 April 2022
Take inspiration from nature to create art using natural materials! This event is for children ages 5–12 years old and is fully supervised.
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29 April 2022
Go behind the scenes of a leading medical research institute! As part of the Day of Immunology 2022, the Menzies Institute for Medical Research is opening its doors to the public. Discovery tours provide a…
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28 April 2022
Special event for the International Day of Immunology! Free nibbles provided by the Day of Immunology and the Australian New Zealand Society for Immunology. Speakers: Dr Camila Espejo, Tasmanian School of Medicine and Menzies Institute…
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28 April 2022
Tamar NRM invites members of the QVMAG Friends to come on a journey of discovery along a very special waterway, the Kings Meadows Rivulet, as it winds its way towards the Tamar Estuary. Spend a day uncovering…
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26 April 2022
Find out how to blow up a balloon using a chemical reaction! Make balloon-powered cars and rockets! This event is for children ages 5–12 years and is fully supervised.
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26 April 2022
Kelp forests are the foundation of the Great Southern Reef – Australia’s vast but little-known temperate reef system that stretches 8000 km from Brisbane to Kalbarri via Tasmania. It’s a global hotspot of biodiversity but…
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26 April 2022 - 29 April 2022
Come along and join in the fun at TMAG these holidays! To celebrate mapiya lumi | around here’s first birthday, there are a variety of workshops as well as the toolkits and discovery backpacks available…