Make a note in your diary for the lively and interesting 2008 Queensland Connections Series. This year there will be 20 fascinating talks covering aspects of cultural heritage and our natural environment. Please note that the talks will be at 12.15pm and 1pm.
Wednesday 6 February |
12.15pm
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 | Queensland Historical Atlas: histories, cultures, landscapes
Speakers: Dr Geoff Ginn and Dr Marion Stell, History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics Department, University of Queensland
Exploring diverse cultural and environmental histories of Queensland. |
1pm
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 | Parasites and people
Speaker: Dr Mal Jones, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Love them or loathe them, parasites and people stick together. |
Wednesday 5 March |
12.15pm
|
 | Remembering Goodna: stories from a Queensland mental hospital
Speaker: Jo Besley, Museum of Brisbane
Exploring the extraordinary and secret history of Goodna's mental hospital. |
1pm
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 | Biodiversity surveys: the Maningrida experience
Speaker: Dr Robert Raven, Queensland Museum
Indigenous high school students make valuable contibutions to spider research. |
Wednesday 2 April |
12.15pm
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 | Just a walk in the park: a century of National Parks in Queensland
Speaker: Peter Ogilvie, Parks Division, Environmental Protection Agency
A hundred years of Queensland's treasures. |
1pm
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 | Fantastic flies
Speaker: Dr Christine Lambkin, Queensland Museum
From pests to pollinators, bizarre to beautiful, there's lots to learn about Australia's 10 000+ species of fascinating flies. |
Wednesday 7 May |
12.15pm
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 | Timber and iron in the smart colony: innovation in the Queensland lighthouse
Speaker: Peter Marquis-Kyle, conservation architect
A tour of Queensland lighthouses built between 1873 and 1912. |
1pm
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 | Dinosaurs and lost dreams: Heber Longman and Queensland's first dinosaurs
Speaker: Dr Sue Turner, Queensland Museum
Discovering dinosaurs in Australia has never been easy but one 'museum man' excelled. |
Wednesday 4 June |
12.15pm
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 | Dirty sweetness: coal and sugar in Queensland's history
Speaker: Luke Keogh, PhD student, University of Queensland
Stories from the coal and sugar industries and their impact on art and life. |
1pm
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 | Ants in the mist and global warming
Speaker: Dr Chris Burwell, Queensland Museum
How the humble ant can monitor the effects of global warming on the rainforests of Lamington National Park. |
Wednesday 2 July |
12.15pm
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 | Slates to cyberspace: the history of school buildings in Queensland
Speaker: Jinx Miles, conservation architect
An engaging history of school buildings in Queensland. |
1pm
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 | Sea shells: mysteries of forms and colours
Speaker: Dr John Healy, Queensland Museum
The mysterious silent lives of molluscs, marine shells and their role in art, history and museum research. |
Wednesday 6 August |
12.15pm
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 | Colonialism and landscape: a recent environmental history of the Mulga Lands
Speaker:Owen Powell, PhD student, University of Queensland
Colonialism in the Mulga Lands of South West Queensland. |
1pm
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 | Insect illustration
Speaker: Geoff Thompson, Queensland Museum
A tour through scientific illustration from 16th century engravings to digital illustration. |
Wednesday 3 September |
12.15pm
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 | Australian South Sea Islanders: recognition, acknowledgement, commitment and understanding
Speaker: Imelda Miller, Queensland Museum
The story of Australian South Sea Islanders, now formally recognised as a distinct cultural group. |
1pm
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 | Crabs of Moreton Bay
Speaker: Peter Davie, Queensland Museum
Soldier crabs form spectacular armies, fiddler crabs are like jewels in the mud - a close look at the incredible crab. |
Wednesday 1 October |
12.15pm
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 | Archaeology in the urban environment: a Brisbane City partnership
Speakers: Cameron Harvey, Environmental Protection Agency and Brian Rough, Brisbane City Council
Collaborative investigations into the historical archaeology of the Brisbane central business district. |
1pm
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 | Marine biodiscovery surveys
Speaker: Dr John Hooper, Queensland Museum
How pharmaceutical funding has contributed to our knowledge of the marine invertebrate faunas of Queensland, with thousands of new species discovered. |
Wednesday 5 November |
12.15pm
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 | Iron for Stone: artefact hunting and Aboriginal trade patterns in colonial Queensland
Speaker: Shawn Rowlands, PhD student, University of New England
Indigenous artefact collection: for science, sport or trade? |
1pm
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 | Grotesque spiders: the Australian Goblin Spider family
Speaker: Dr Barbara Baehr, Queensland Museum
Mega-diverse and micro-distributed, an unknown spider family in discovery. |
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