Recent News
The President has announced that Society member John Brisbin had won the David Marlow Prize for an essay entitled Planning for purpose: How Queenslanders might flourish in the challenging times ahead. The author picks up a theme that in an […]
Read More >>The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland and The Royal Society of Queensland have organised a public forum on the fire management in the Australian landscape with an excellent panel of speakers to present some critical perspectives. We hope you can […]
Read More >>The paper submitted by Dr Wendy Laupu and awarded the Geraldine Hall Memorial Prize has been edited and is now available as the first article in Volume 133 of the Proceedings of The Royal Society of Queensland. Dr Laupu delivered […]
Read More >>The first paper in its series of Occasional Papers has now been published online in preprint form. As explained on the landing page for Occasional Papers, establishment of this line of documents was approved by the Council of the Society […]
Read More >>Snippets about Members and their activities
Vale Dr Alan Bartholomai AM (1938-2015)
Alan was Director of the Queensland Museum from 1969-1999, the longest serving Director in its history. Dr Bartholomai oversaw the relocation of the Queensland Museum from Fortitude Valley to South Bank Cultural Centre.
A renowned authority on Cretaceous era fish and Cenozoic marsupials, Dr Bartholomai is well-known by the public for his work in describing the Australian dinosaur Muttaburrasaurus with Ralph Molnar.
Dr Bartholomai was a member of the Royal Society of Queensland and served as President. An obituary will be published in the 2017 issue of the Society’s Proceedings.
Forthcoming Events
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Recent Awards and Congratulations
Prof Sean Ulm honoured
Professor Sean Ulm honoured again
Fellow of the National Academy
Assoc. Professor Sean Ulm
On 1 December 2015 the Australian Academy of the Humanities announced that Member Associate Professor Sean Ulm has been elected a Fellow. Prof. Ulm is a Cairns-based ARC Future Fellow in the College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University. The Academy describes him thus: “A specialist at the forefront of human-environmental studies in Aboriginal archaeology, particularly from coastal contexts in northern Australia and the Pacific, Ulm’s work is credited for recasting the nature of coastal occupation models from the Holocene period by integrating accurate climate models with forensic analysis of coastal sites. He is highly regarded for his coordination of multidisciplinary expertise in the investigation of the prehistoric coastal record.”
We congratulate Sean on this important recognition of the scholarly influence and quality of his work.UQ Gatton Gold Medal
PP Paul Sattler
Past President Paul Sattler OAM was awarded the University of Queensland Gatton Gold Medal at a ceremony on the campus on 15 December 2015. Among a career lifetime of other achievements, Paul’s pioneering work in identifying regional ecosystems and applying this science in the 1990s as a tool for augmenting the National Park estate was a primary basis for the award. In his acceptance address, Paul – himself a graduate of Gatton College – highlighted the need for a multidisciplinary approach in managing contemporary issues such as rangeland management, climate change, salinisation of soils and food security. Congratulations, Paul!