Addressing Australia’s Geoscience Challenges

In late 2018, we gathered Australia’s geoscience community across academia, government and industry to develop ideas about tools, services, data and analytics needed to enable purposeful innovation in our sector. We asked: how can we better address Australia’s minerals, energy, water and geohazards questions as our population grows and the environment rapidly changes? Now, we…

UWA Albany Info Day 2020 – on campus

Info Day is the perfect opportunity to learn more about what life as a UWA student in Albany has to offer. Staff and students will share course advice, general information and their experiences of studying and working in Albany. You can find out about entry requirements, study options and scholarships for UWA courses in Albany.

Around YOUR World in Eight Days | A STEAMpunk Exploration

Imagine a mini version of Jules Verne’s “Around the world in eighty days”. You have eight days to explore the world around you. Don’t worry about time or space. Verne’s novels are often called the earliest versions of STEAMpunk literature. They imagine different pasts and futures than the ones we have experienced. They contain a spirit…

Curator Talk: The changing nature of the NT

The Australian Miocence epoch saw Bullockornis planei, the giant flightless goose and other megafauna, roaming the forests of the Top End 22 to 5 million years ago. So much has changed since then; the climate and the landscape, as well as the flora and fauna that inhabit it. Explore fossils with Dr Richard Willan and…

STEM Alive for Kids

The Peter Underwood Centre is delivering 5 STEM based broadcasts during National Science Week. The broadcasts are tailored to suit children from Years 3 through to 6 however children and adults of all ages will find things of interest in these presentations. Broadcasts will be via Zoom Webinar. As a precaution and ensuring a safe,…

Did you know? Community Talk – Reducing Food Waste

Dr Polly Burey, Senior Lecturer (Food Science) at the University of Southern Queensland, will share her tips and experience on how to get the most out of your household food budget. She has practical ideas on how to create less food waste and also, how to make the most of any food scraps and vegetables…

Diego’s Foraging Guide

Learn all about wild edible plants growing in your backyard. In this 15 minute video, foraging expert Diego Bonetto demonstrates how to identify some of the common edible plants that grow in backyards and parks in the local Liverpool area, and explains some of their uses. Diego Bonetto is an artist, forager and wild food…

Green Team Presents – The Science Quiz

Grab your lab coat, mad scientist outfit and a beaker of your favourite drink and get ready for the Green Team National Science Week Quiz: Featuring four sections:  Living Science  Earth Science  Prehistoric Science  Adults Only Science

MIFF TALKS | Stories from The Leadership: Women in STEM (2020)

An in-depth conversation featuring three of the remarkable scientists featured in Australian documentary The Leadership (Samantha Grover, Fern Hames and Songqiao Yao) about their experiences on the 2016 Homeward Bound voyage, and a discussion of their groundbreaking work in the STEM field. Moderated by Natasha Mitchell (ABC Radio National’s Science Friction). Presented in partnership with…