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CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Auditorium Hobart, Tasmania
26–28 February 2007
Monday 26 February 2007
Self-funded Cruise
Hobart Cruises catamaran to Recherche Bay and return via Bruny Island; followed by an optional visit to Rossbank Observatory, Government House (near Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens)
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
Welcome to country
Debra Hocking
Descendant of the Mouhenneer people
Introduction
Dr Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, FAA
Symposium convenor, Australian Academy of Science
Session One: Historical perspectives on Recherche Bay
Chair: Professor Graeme Turner, FAHA
President, Australian Academy of the Humanities
Professor Alan Frost, FAHA, FRHistS
La Trobe University, School of Historical and European Studies
Historical archaeology of d’Entrecasteaux’s expedition in Recherche Bay: What are the issues?
Dr Jean-Christophe Galipaud
French archaeologist, Head of the Archaeology Department, Research Institute for Development in Noumea, New Caledonia
Archaeology since the French visits: Whales, coal, and timber
Mr Parry Kostoglou
Consultant archaeologist in Tasmania
Meeting the Tasmanians
Emeritus Professor John Mulvaney, AO, FAHA, CMG
Australian National University, Humanities
Tasmanian archaeology and language origins
Professor Iain Davidson, FAHA
University of New England, Armidale, Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology
Session Two: Botanical history and research
Chair: Professor Kurt Lambeck, FAA, FRS
President, Australian Academy of Science
Dr Gintaras Kantvilas
Tasmanian Herbarium; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Eucalypt taxonomy: from L’Héritier to DNA
Professor Pauline Ladiges, FAA
University of Melbourne, School of Botany
Magnetic measurements in Van Diemen's Land
Emeritus Professor Roderick Home, FAHA
University of Melbourne, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
The science underpinning the conservation and management of ecological communities
Professor David Lindenmayer
Australian National University, CRES
'J’étais convaincu qu’il dormait': European views of a unique Australian mammal
Associate Professor Stewart Nicol
School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Hobart
Conference dinner, Hotel Grand Chancellor
Special guest speaker: Sir Guy Green, AC, KBE, CVO
Chairman of Trustees of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Voyaging through strange seas of thought
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Session Three: Science of magnetism, navigation and astronomy
Chair: Professor Robin Batterham, AO, FREng, FAA, FTSE
President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Dr Charles Barton
Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences
Heaven's clocks: The first chronometers
Professor Michael Dopita, FAA
Australian National University, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
'Nothing left undone': The hydrographic charts of Beautemps-Beaupré
Dr Michael Pearson
Consultant archaeologist, and Adjunct Professor, University of Canberra, Cultural Heritage Management
Whaling in the eighteenth and nineteenth century: The technology of how they did it, and why
Professor Ian Rae, FTSE
University of Melbourne; Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Session Four: Sociology
Chair: Professor Stuart Macintyre, FAHA, FASSA
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Dr Peter Hay
University of Tasmania, Hobart, School of Geography and Environmental Studies
A land mapped by stories
Ms Joan Domicelj, AM
A heritage practitioner and planner and former Vice President of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
Legal lessons from the recent history of Recherche Bay
Mr Tom Baxter
University of Tasmania, Hobart, School of Accounting and Corporate Governance
Right deeds and wrong reasons: Nature, history and the preservation of Recherche Bay
Professor Aynsley Kellow
University of Tasmania, Hobart, School of Government
Recherche Bay Management Plan: How science can help
Mr Max Kitchell
Planning Manager, Tasmanian Land Conservancy
A celebration of Recherche Bay: Conclusions
Dr Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, FAA
Closing remarks
Professor Kurt Lambeck, FAA, FRS