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The Geographical Society of New South Wales initiates, promotes and runs several events throughout the year. These events include occasional major conferences, annual conferences as well as a popular travel lecture series called the Travellers Club.
Council meeting, Tuesday 27th July, 2010. 6pm
Public lecture (Griffith Taylor lecture), AGM & Council meeting, Tuesday 24th August, 2010. 6pm & 7pm
Planning Day, Friday 1st October, 9am to 4pm
Honours Conference, Friday 26th November, 2010, 9am to 5pm
Council meeting and Prize night, Tuesday 7th December, 2010 4pm & 6pm
EMERGENT GEOGRAPHIES
The Emergent Geographies Conference, the inaugural postgraduate student conference of The Geographical Society of New South Wales, held on 15 November 2007 at the University of New South Wales, showcased current geographical research from emergent scholars.
The progam is available here in PDF format.
HONOURS STUDENT CONFERENCES
In 1997, the Society initiated the “Inaugural Fourth Year Student Project Conference” for the Geographical Society of New South Wales. It has been conducted annually since then.
The aim of the conference is to showcase honours research undertaken in university geography (and cognate areas) across the State of NSW. A history of these conferences is available in PDF format here.
2009 HONOURS STUDENT CONFERENCE
The 13th Annual GSNSW Honours Student Conference was held at the University of Wollongong on 30 November 2009. The program is available in PDF format here.
2008 HONOURS STUDENT CONFERENCE
The 12th Annual GSNSW Honours Student Conference was held at the University of Sydney on 14 November 2008. The program and abstracts are available in PDF format here.
2007 HONOURS STUDENT CONFERENCE
The 11th Annual GSNSW Honours Student Conference was held at the University of New South Wales on 16 November 2007. The program and abstracts are available in PDF format here.
2006 HONOURS STUDENT CONFERENCE
The 10th Annual GSNSW Honours Student Conference was held at the University of Newcastle on 17 November 2006. The program and abstracts of all presentations are available in PDF format.
2005 HONOURS STUDENT CONFERENCE
The 9th Annual GSNSW Honours Student Conference was held at Macquarie University on November 18, 2005. The program and abstracts of all presentations are available in PDF format here.
The Jim Rose Geography Award for the best presentation went to Emma Calgaro of Macquarie University. Presentations by Sophia Alison of the University of Sydney and Samantha Phillips of the University of New South Wales were highly commended.
GEOGRAPHY'S NEW FRONTIERS
March 21st and 22nd 2003
The University of New South Wales, Sydney
The two-day conference was an outstanding success and provided overviews on cutting edge thinking within Geography and the cognate disciplines. The Conference was for teachers, professional geographers and academics.
Download a copy of the conference brochure here.
Download a brochure outlining the relationship between the conference papers and NSW Stage 6 Geography Syllabus here.
Download an order form for the Conference Proceedings here.
The Travellers Club is a pleasant Sunday afternoon get-together at Lane Cove from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. Travellers past, present, future and armchair are welcome. The $10 entry charge covers a short presentation by our guest speaker preceded by wine/juice/nibbles/ conversation and followed by tea/coffee/cake/conversation/lucky door prize. There is plenty of free parking but if you lack wheels ask for a lift - you could be lucky. Phone the Society's Office (9786 7405) for a leaflet in the mail. You do not need to be a member of the Society to come to any Travellers' Club Meeting, however, we do like to know beforehand if you are coming to a meeting - for catering purposes.
Next Meeting July 25 Stephen Codrington - Guardians of the Red Sea
September 12 - Graeme Marshall - Namibia
November 7 - Douglas Raupach - The Highlands of New Guinea
TRAVELLERS CLUB REPORTS
Accounts of presentations at the meetings of the travellers Club are available in PDF format.
March 2007 - Colin Sale - Highlights of Tunisia and Morocco
May 2007 - Douglas Raupach - Volcanoes and Volcanic Landscapes
July 2007 - Stephen Codrington - Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
September 2007 - Eileen Kennedy - The Galapagos Islands
November 2007 - Steven Riley - Uganda - Water, Waste & Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
March 2008 - Colin Sale - Central America - Panama to Guatemala
May 2008 - Lindsay Vowels- Antarctica and the Falkland Islands
July 2008 - Stephen Codrington - China's Ancient Tea-Horse Route
November 2008 - Bruce Ryan - Highway into Spain
March 2009 - Colin Sale - The Best of the Balkans - From Bulgaria to Slovenia
May 2009 - Dr Bob Solomon - The Old Man of Lake Baikal: Beijing to Moscow by Train
June 2009 - Dr Stephen Codrington - Ethiopia
September 2009 - Dr Raimund Pohl - Scotland
November 2009 - Maria Barrett - The Republic of Maldives
March 2010 - Colin Sale - Adventuring around Iberia
May 2010 - Sandy Smith - Bhutan