Online CounsellingBest of 2016!
Hi everyone. Kellie and I were reflecting on the blog posts this year and thought it would be interesting to have a look at the stats and see what the most popular blog posts were for 2016. #3 – Results, […]
Posts for November 2016
Solutions in EngineeringAward for Excellence in Innovation
Our successful work on energy absorbing materials has attracted the Newcastle Innovation award. Further details can be found here.
Tectonics and Earth ResourcesUON students at HEDG meeting
Our Honours and MPhil students have presented their projects at the HEDG (Hunter Earth Sciences Discussion Group). Sean Melehan, Unravelling long-distance facies associations and sequence stratigraphy of the northern Sydney Basin Sebastian Wong, Provenance and structural evolution of the Yancannia […]
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Online CounsellingTechnical Difficulties!
Hi there. We have been having a few technical difficulties with the website this week although it appears to be working now. However, if there is no new activity (i.e. new blog posts) for a while then you can assume our […]
Online CounsellingSo what’s next?
I remember vividly that period of limbo after finishing the last exam of the semester (Yay) and waiting for final grades to be released (Eek). I would have one foot in holiday mode and the other stuck in an avalanche […]
Online CounsellingExam Hump Week
Well it’s Hump Week. The first week of Semester 2 exams are done and there is only one week to go after this Friday. Woo Hoo!! I am guessing most people are pretty tired by this time of the year […]
Geography, Environmental Studies, and Development StudiesFriction(s) in movement: decolonising urban anti-capitalist politics
Human Geography PhD candidate Lara Daley recently gave a progress seminar on her research into urban anti-capitalist politics. Lara is exploring the frictions between anti-capitalist protests at the G20 summit in Brisbane. An abstract of her research is below. “Global […]
Online CounsellingFear + anxiety = Panic!
Fear and anxiety are natural reactions to scary events, when the fear and anxiety become overwhelming, you experience panic. You might notice your heart pounding, sweating, trembling, difficulty breathing, chest pain, nausea, numbness, feeling detached from yourself, or fear you […]
Geography, Environmental Studies, and Development StudiesSustainable Development for Whom? EIA Practice in Laos
PhD candidate Aeng Phaengsuwan recently gave a progress seminar as part of his PhD research. Aeng’s research explores the efficacy of EIA as an assessment tool in the hydropower development processes in Laos. An abstract of his research is below. […]
ANZAC Her StoryOlive King: “the picnic gypsy life on the road”
In this blogpost, I’d like to introduce you to Ms Elicia Taylor. Elicia has been helping me prepare stories and images for the posts since I started this blog, and she is herself in the middle of researching a fascinating […]
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Jennifer Niebour Pott So I’m guessing no Aboriginal women were involved in WWI or Boer War. I know Kath Walker fought in WWII. Do you know of any? Thanks
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Victoria Haskins Hi Jen! There is one woman we know of, Marion Leanne Smith, who served as nurse in WWI but enlisted in Canada (where she was raised). I've thought about doing a blog about her, but there are some stories already online about her life - I recommend you go to... Read more...
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Elicia Taylor Thanks for your feedback Mirjana. I agree, Olive was quite exceptional and I too was surprised that I had never heard of her war service, or Kelso King's generosity in assisting Serbian soldiers and refugees. I am in the process of putting a podcast series together featuring some of these... Read more...
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Mirjana Vidojevic What an incredible women !! Thank you Olive for helping Serbian soldiers at such a difficult times. My grandfather was one of those soldier at Thessaloniki during WWI and may be Olive was taking care of him among other ! I only found out about her humanitarian work recently. I... Read more...
Tectonics and Earth ResourcesSlab breakoff: insights from 3D thermo-mechanical analogue modelling experiments
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195116304735 The detachment or breakoff of subducted lithosphere is investigated using scaled three-dimensional thermo-mechanical analogue experiments in which forces are measured and deformation is monitored using high-speed particle imaging velocimetry (PIV). The experiments demonstrate that the convergence rate in […]
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Stefan Nice blog post, David. Great way to teach structural geology to the next generation of geologists #thumbsup
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Shane Hi do I need get permission to go to Mullbring Quarry,if so who do I call etc Thanks
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Eleanor Hi David, My daughter is also interested in finding fossils. We've been to the Swansea Head one, it's great. But we are not sure about the address in Mulbring. Could you please pass the address to us? Can the public access Mulbring? Thanks heaps in advance. Eleanor
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David Boutelier Mulbring quarry is easily accessible. https://goo.gl/09p9X1 Swansea, is the rock platform, so even easier at low tide. You can see fossilized tree trunks... Have fun with the boys
VisComTypeface Design Project
TYPEFACE DESIGN PROJECT DESN1102 Second Semester Graphic Design in Practice GRAPHIC DESIGN IN PRACTICE A key to unlocking typographic expression is awareness of legibility, and one of the best ways to learn is to design your own typeface. The aim of […]
Great work! That is the kind of info that are meant to be shared around the net. Disgrace on search engines for not positioning this submit higher! Come on over and seek advice from my site . Thanks =) N/A
Nice blog post, David. Great way to teach structural geology to the next generation of geologists #thumbsup
Hi do I need get permission to go to Mullbring Quarry,if so who do I call etc Thanks
Hi David, My daughter is also interested in finding fossils. We've been to the Swansea Head one, it's great. But we are not sure about the address in Mulbring. Could you please pass the address to us? Can the public access Mulbring? Thanks heaps in advance. Eleanor
Mulbring quarry is easily accessible. https://goo.gl/09p9X1 Swansea, is the rock platform, so even easier at low tide. You can see fossilized tree trunks... Have fun with the boys