[Aqualist] Megafauna symposium

[Matt Cupper]

The Geological Society of Australia Victoria Division
Invites you to the
SELWYN SYMPOSIUM 2007
27 September 2007
The University of Melbourne

Climate change or human impact? Australia's megafaunal extinction

Ever since farmers began pulling bones of what they thought were 
rhinos, hippos and elephants from wells and creek banks during the 
earliest days of European settlement of Australia, we've been 
intrigued by the question of what caused the extinction of the 
megafauna. Some blame humans, suggesting that the first Aboriginal 
hunters swept across the continent killing off all the giant animals 
or that bushfires started by these hunters destroyed the habitats of 
the megafauna. Others contend that climate change of the last Ice Age 
was responsible. Indeed, the cause of this extinction is subject to 
much debate in the current scientific literature. This Symposium 
brings together many of the researchers in this field from around 
Australia to present their views on what caused the megafaunal 
extinction. Talks will be presented covering all aspects of the 
debate, including: palaeontology, palaeoclimate, dating techniques, 
bone taphonomy, sedimentological and archaeological evidence.

Presenters:

Prof. Tim Flannery, Macquarie University (2007 Selwyn Lecture)
Dr John Long, Museum of Victoria (Plenary Address)
Dr Judith Field, The University of Sydney
Prof. Peter Kershaw, Monash University
Julien Louys, The University of New South Wales
Dr John Magee, The Australian National University
Prof. Gifford Miller, University of Colorado
Dr Gilbert Price, The University of Queensland
Dr Gavin Prideaux, Flinders University
Dr Stephen Wroe, The University of New South Wales

Symposium Conveners: Dr Stephen Gallagher and Dr Matt Cupper, The 
University of Melbourne

Cost:	Full delegates $100.00
	Retired delegates $50.00
	Student delegates FREE	(Cost includes: Lunch, 
morning/afternoon tea, abstract volume)

Contact:

Dr Stephen Gallagher
Chairman, Geological Society of Australia, Victoria Division

GPO Box 2355V
Melbourne
Victoria 3001

School of Earth Sciences
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Australia

( Ph: +61 3 8344 6513	( Fax: +61 3 8344 7761
: Email: sjgall at unimelb.edu.au

http://www.vic.gsa.org.au/
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Matthew Cupper
School of Earth Sciences
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010 Australia

Tel: 61 3 8344 6521
Fax: 61 3 8344 7761
Mob: 61 408 006 690

http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~mlcupper
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