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Award for Outstanding Writing on Social Change

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New Life Member, Em. Prof. Angela Arthington

Seismology

Call for papers and thesis abstracts, 2022 Proceedings

Boomerangs and stone tools – Eva Martellotta

Early Career Researchers: Showcasing their work to an encouraging audience

Research Fund grantees

Green Vouchers

Proceedings Volume 129 now online

Governor grants patronage

Initiatives & special interests

INITIATIVES OF THE SOCIETY

Research Fund: Donors can perpetuate their interest in science.

Preventative health: Preconditions of chronic disease and conversely of well-being.

Stewardship of pastoral lands: Green vouchers - paying graziers incentives.

Electricity: Inexpensive, reliable and clean – Queensland can have it all.

Mine remediation: Unfunded liabilities are piling up.

Infrastructure: Not just concrete and cranes.

Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths: Link to STAR Portal and QSEN.

DRAFT ARTICLES - CRITICAL REVIEW INVITED

Gravestones: Worthy science initiatives abolished despite success.

Spanish exploration: Searching for knowledge of voyages 1640-1650.

SPECIAL INTERESTS OF THE SOCIETY'S EXPERT MEMBERS

Boomerangs and stone tools: Aboriginal communities modifying stone tools with boomerangs ?

Human bone modelling: Does a modern sedentary lifestyle affect this?

Carbon stocks and flows: A model for managing carbon, ‘must read’ for pastoralists and those hoping that carbon trading will re-invigorate the rangelands.

Brisbane Knowledge Corridor - Route 66: A corridor that connects most of Brisbane’s science, arts and cultural precincts.

Origins science: Is scientific method really adequate to explain the origins of the universe?

Welsh well-being legislation: Could it work in Queensland?

Other subjects on Society Initiatives pages and the Members' collections and interests pages.

RECENT AWARDS TO MEMBERS

Justyna Miszkiewicz - Martin & Temminck Fellowship, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands, in Sep. 2022 to research bone physiology in dwarfed insular mammals.

Harry Van Der Ark - Accepted to study at Columbia University, USA, with Prof. Brian Greene. Dec. 2021.

Dr Heather Douglas - Outstanding Reviewer Certificate from Emerald Publishing. Dec. 2021.

Prof. Emeritus Angela Arthington - Specialty Chief Editor in Freshwater Science for the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021.

Dr John Jell AM - honoured in the Queen's Birthday awards 2021.

Dr Russell Reichelt AO - honoured in the Australia Day awards 2021.

Dr Geoff Monteith - named as one of the top 10 most commemorated scientists in history, the only one still alive.

Em. Prof. Ray Specht - awarded an Order of Australia in the January 2020 Australia Day awards.

Em. Prof Ian Lowe - awarded Doctor of Science on 5 Dec. 2019 by the University of NSW.

Prof Sean Ulm - elected 23 Nov. 2019 to Council of the Australian Academy of the Humanities for two-year term.

Prof Angela Arthington - 2018 recipient of the Australian Society for Limnology Medal.

Prof Sean Ulm - Nov. 2018 Distinguished Professor, James Cook University; 2017 Rhys Jones Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Archaeology by the Australian Archaeological Association; 2015 Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Corinne Unger - 2018 AusIMM Award for Professional Excellence.

Revel Pointon - 2018 Australian Young Environmental Lawyer of the Year.

Prof Peter Leggat - 2016 Fulbright Ambassador.

Paul Sattler - 2015 Gatton Gold Medal, University of Queensland.