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Climate Change Matters: The Australian Context

South

1 March 2022

Join our Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Lead Authors and climate experts as they discuss their new ‘Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability’ report findings and what they mean for Australia. This is a free in-person and online…

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Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology

Online

1 March 2022

Join this free public lecture delivered by Dr Tobias Feakin, Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology. He leads Australia’s Whole of Government international engagement to advance and protect Australia’s national security, foreign policy, economic and…

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‘From Antarctica to Outer Space’ Public Lecture

North

27 February 2022

Antarctica is one of the most extreme and unusual environments on Earth. This presentation will explore the lessons we have learned about human psychological health and performance in Antarctica and how we can apply this…

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Launch of the Checklist of Tasmanian Beetles

South

23 February 2022

Come to the TMAG to celebrate the launch of The Checklist of Tasmanian Beetles. The book, by Dr Simon Grove, Senior Curator, Invertebrate Zoology at the TMAG and published by the Royal Society with financial…

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Birdlife Tasmania South-east Summer Wader Count

South

19 February 2022

The annual south-eastern Tasmanian summer wader count is an important, long-running survey of migratory and resident shorebirds across many waterways in the region. Newcomers to bird-counting are welcome. To be placed on the participants’ list,…

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‘Science in Antarctica’ Public Lecture

South

17 February 2022 - 18 February 2022

Learn more about the research conducted by Australian and French scientists in Antarctica. Presentations on 17 Feb: Biodiversity of the Antarctic – Prof. Steven Chown, Monash University The fertilising power of Antarctic ice – A/Prof.…

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Dorney House – Porter Hill Tour

South

12 February 2022

Join Megan Baynes (Cultural Heritage Officer) for an architectural tour of the heritage-listed Dorney House and reserved bushland of Porter Hill. Set atop the gun batteries of Fort Nelson and taking in the panoramic views…

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TED X Hobart – Of Land and Sea

South

12 February 2022

Storytelling at its finest with speakers and performers from all over Tassie.

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From Black-Hole Singularities to Cyclic Cosmology

Online

2 February 2022

The AIP Tasmanian Branch and the Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation invite everyone to a public lecture, “From Black-Hole Singularities to Cyclic Cosmology” by Professor Sir Roger Penrose (2020 Nobel Prize in Physics).…

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Full Metal Aquatic

Online

1 February 2022 - 2 February 2022

Join Future Seas, a collaboration of over 100 researchers from the University of Tasmania, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research organisation, other institutions and Indigenous representatives from around the world, for ‘Full Metal Aquatic’. Full Metal…

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Nestbox Workshop

South

29 January 2022

Come and discover who lives in tree hollows and why trees are so important, then create a nest box (artificial tree hollow) for local wildlife. Your nest box can be donated to be placed in…

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Boundaries Exhibition

South

29 January 2022 - 6 March 2022

Artists Tess Campbell and Sam Mountford have created a spatial installation to present their new film On the Shoreline, which has been influenced by the research of Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies scientist, Peter…

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