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Lecture Program of the RGS

Please note that all lecture meetings are to be held in Goodman Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Goodman Building, Hackney Road, (large brick building) within the Botanic Gardens (enter and park in Hackney Road car parks).   All meetings are generally on a Thursday at  5.30 pm.

Meetings may be followed by an optional light dinner at a venue on the nearby Norwood Parade. Details will be advised at meetings and in the bi-monthly members newsletter GeoNews

Supper will be available after most lectures and student cameo presentations may precede some lectures during the year.



26th August
Bushfires - The Victorian Government report and the relevance to South Australia.
Euan Fergusson
Chief Fife Officer, C.F.S. of S.A.


23rd of September
Square Peg in a Round Hole - Why tourism innovations are difficult in remote S.A.
Doris Schmallegger
Ph.D Candidate, James Cook University


28th of October
A NASA Project - Analysis of rocks recovered from the moon.
Prof. Brian J O'Brien
Principal, Brian O'Brien & Partners, Perth, W.A.


25th of November
The Robotic Plant Accelerator
Prof. Steve Tyerman
Visit and Lecture
- Waite Campus, Urrbrae
University of Adelaide