Earth Sciences History Group
Newsletter No. 41 December 2010 A newsletter for members of the ESHG that unearths the history of the Earth’s historians ISSN 0815-7235
ISBN 978-1-74168-356-1
THEMATIC ISSUE Snapshots of the geological mapping program covering the whole of Australia
CONTENTS From the Editor
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A note from the Chairman
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List of Committee members
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ESHG session at AESC 2010: List of Abstracts
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Keynote address: The past is the key to the present: Australian geological mapping from the 1830s to World War II 4 Book launch speech: The Forgotten Explorers
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Book review: A mirage in the desert?
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Edgeworth David’s geological map of Australia (minus Tasmania), 1914
Commentary: Edgeworth David and the Sunny Corner mines, 1890
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Abstract: Science and mapping by the Burke and Wills expeditions
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ESHG Minutes of last business meeting, July 2010 38 ESHG Chairman’s report (incl. list of publications by members)
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ESHG Financial statements
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Tom Vallance Medal
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Enclosure: CD of ESHG session at AESC 2010