Geology Group

Meetings take place at 8pm at the FNCV Clubrooms at 1 Gardenia Street, Blackburn, 3130 (Melway 47 K10) Further information on the talks and excursions is available from Rob Hamson, Geology Group Secretary, on 9557 5215 AH, 9925 4924 BH, rob.hamson@rmit.edu.au, Clem Earp 9885 1548 AH or Noel Schleiger 9435 8408 AH.

Details of field trips appear in the issue of the Field Nat News published the month before the date of the excursion. As a voluntary organisation funded entirely by our members' subscriptions, we welcome visitors but there is a charge of $2 per non-member for each meeting and $5 per excursion attended to help cover our costs. Members of affiliated clubs pay $2.50 for excursions. For Membership information please click on the Membership tab on the left hand side of this page.

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Geology Calendar: Aug to Nov 08

Wednesday 27th August
Who Killed Australia's Giant Marsupials? Speaker: Dr Matt Cupper, Melbourne University. Contact: Rob Hamson

Wednesday 24th September
Tectonic Controls on Large-scale Landscape Processes in Australia. Sara Jakica of Melbourne University shows how her research in the Eucla Basin, Lake Eyre region and Darling Escarpment of WA relates to the tilting of the Australian continent. Contact: Rob Hamson

Wednesday 22nd October
Rethinking the heritage and historical landscapes of the Victorian goldfields Speaker: Dr Keir Reeves, Melbourne University School of Historical Studies. Contact: Rob Hamson

Friday 24th October – Geology Excursion
Anglesea Coalmine Dr Guy Holdgate of Melbourne University will lead us on this trip as a follow-up his talk on brown coal in April. Details in FNN. Contact: Rob Hamson

Sunday 16th November – Geology Excursion
Corio Bay Full-day trip to look at the geology, natural history and human impact on the landscape of the southern shore of Corio Bay from Geelong to Clifton Springs. Leaders: Graham Patterson & Rob Hamson (FNCV members). Details in FNN. Contact: Rob Hamson

Wednesday 26th November
Where worlds collide: a Permian analogue of the Wallace Line in East Asia Speaker Prof Guang Shi of Deakin University will talk about his recent work in Mongolia, China, Japan and the Russian Far East. Contact: Rob Hamson

Sunday 30th November - Geology Excursion
The White Elephant An opportunity to visit this classic example of erosion near Bacchus Marsh and see the various methods employed in rehabilitation with custodian Richard Hartland and Roger Pierson of Deakin University. Details in FNN. Contact: Rob Hamson

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Reports of Recent Geology Trips and Talks

Click here to download printable reports of recent events in PDF format

Fossil Insects in the Australian Mesozoic by Sarah Martin on 28 March 2007

WATERFALLS Report on talk by Associate Professor Ian Rutherfurd of Melbourne University

Oceans on the roof-top of the world. Travelling through Tibet. Liz Weldon and Dr Monica Campi from Deakin University

GENTLE GIANT AND VIOLENT KILLER: a tale of two volcanoes – Kilauea on Hawaii and Mont Pelee on Martinique.

SUPERVOLCANOES: TALK BY PROFESSOR RAY CAS OF MONSAH UNIVERSITY July, 2006

THE BASS CANYON SYSTEM - Talk by Jeremy Mitchell of Melbourne University June 2006

The Bass Canyon System

THE RESTORATION OF THE MAIN SPIRE OF ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL - Geology trip June 2006

METEORITES: THE VICTORIAN PERSPECTIVE - Talk by Dr Bill Birch, Museum Victoria, April 2006

THE HISTORY OF THE MURRAY RIVER OVER THE LAST 12 MILLION YEARS - Report on talk given by Dr Malcolm Wallace of Melbourne University July 2005

HAMILTON GEOLOGY EXCURSION REPORT - Weekend 27-29 May 2006 with leaders Ken Grimes and Chris Ah Yee

MICROFOSSILS AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN VICTORIA OVER THE LAST 100 MILLION YEARS - Report on talk to the Geology Group by Dr Stephen Gallagher of Melbourne University February 2006

Saline Giants - Talk by Prof. Patricia Vickers-Rich,22 March 2006

The Yea Goldfields - Talk by Clem Earp, 23 November 2005

The Evolution of the Yarra River - Report on excursion on Sun 23 April led by Lex Ferguson

How we make a geological map - Talk given by Dr Vince Morand of GeoScience Victoria on Wednesday 28 February

Dickinsonia, an Ediacaran fossil found in South Australia and at the White Sea locality in Russia.

Boucotia australis, a fossil brachiopod shell from near Yea.

Shaft of the Higinbotham Mine, Murrindindi.

Part of the Providence Mine at Yea, the oldest in the area.