[Aqualist] Peter Kershaw Retirement Symposium 1st November 2010 at the Royal Society of Victoria

[Simon Haberle]

  Dear all,

We are very pleased to invite you to the Peter Kershaw Retirement 
Symposium to be held on the 1st November 2010 at the Royal Society of 
Victoria, Melbourne. Please download the Invitation and Program for the 
Symposium and a lunchtime event at Monash University on the 2nd November 
2010.

http://palaeoworks.anu.edu.au/pubs/Kershaw_Symposium_Invitation.pdf

Please pass this on to colleagues and friends who may not be on this list.

Cheers, Simon

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The Peter Kershaw Retirement Symposium, 1st November 2010 at the Royal 
Society of Victoria
and Celebrating Professor Peter Kershaw’s Career at the School of 
Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, 2nd November 2010

After 40 years of academic endeavour, Prof Peter Kershaw retired in 
October this year. So please join Peter’s many colleagues and friends at 
the Royal Society of Victoria in Melbourne on Monday 1st November for a 
day of presentations honouring his contribution to palaeoecology, 
biogeography and archaeology in the Australian region.

Venue: Royal Society of Victoria, 9 Victoria St, Melbourne VIC 3000. 
ph(03) 9663 5259
Date: 1st November 2010
Time: 9.00 am to 5.15pm

On 2nd November 2010 the celebrations continue with an informal 
lunch/drinks (please bring a plate) to be held within Monash 
University's School of Geography and Environmental Science, beginning 
from 12.30pm onwards.

Please RSVP Cassandra Rowe: ph. 03 9905-2939/2918 or email 
Cassandra.Rowe at monash.edu by 18th October 2010 if you would like to 
attend one or both of these events. Let us know if you have any special 
dietary requirements for catering purposes.

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PROGRAM - 1st November 2010 at the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne

9.00-9.30 WELCOME TEA AND COFFEE
9.30-10.30 Matt McGlone, Keynote: “Separated at birth: physical, 
biological and social aspects of the trans-Tasman relationship”
10.30-11.00 David Mercer & Homer Le Grand, “Peter Kershaw’s career at 
Monash”
11.00-11.20 MORNING TEA
11.20-11.45 Martin Williams, "Did the 73 ka Toba super-eruption have an 
enduring effect? Insights from archaeology, genetics, palynology, stable 
isotope geochemistry and climate models"
11.45-12.10 Jim Bowler, “Fishing at the LGM: A day in the life of early 
boat people”
12.10-12.35 Patrick De Deckker, “Multidisciplinary studies applied to 
core Fr10/95-GC17 offshore Northwest Cape, Western Australia”
12.35-1.30 LUNCH
1.30-1.55 John Dodson, “Paradise Lost: tools and lessons on how 
human-kind shaped the world”
1.55-2.20 Richard Cosgrove, “The Archaeologists Palynologist: the 
connection between archaeology and palaeoecology in Australia”
2.20-2.45 Lesley Head, “Tomorrow is a long time: palaeoecology and 
contested landscapes in Sweden and Australia”
3.10-3.30 AFTERNOON TEA
3.30-3.55 Peter Gell, "Palaeoecology as a Means of Auditing Wetland 
Condition"
3.55-4.20 Patrick Moss, “Holocene Landscape Change in the Humid Tropics 
of Northeastern Australia”
4.20-4.45 John Tibby, “Palaeolimnological evidence for European impact 
in Australia”
4.45-5.10 Kale Sniderman, “New insights from the fossil record into the 
history of Australia's sclerophyllous vegetation”
5.10-5.15 FINAL THANKS

ONWARDS TO PUB FOR DRINKS: COOPERS INN
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