JOHN SKEMP MEMORIAL LECTURE
The John Skemp Memorial Lecture series on ornithology was commenced in 1967 as a tribute to John Skemp. The lecture was to be given by an invited speaker near the anniversary of his death. In 1977 the lectures were broadened to cover all natural history subjects.
Year |
Speaker |
Topic |
2024
|
Geoff Shannon | From observation to conservation : How can we use our hobby to protect the things we love without spoiling our time with nature |
2023
|
Tabatha Badger | Florence Perrin(1884-1952): Wilderness to seaweeds |
2022
|
Andrew Darby | The long distance journey of migratory shorebirds |
2021
|
Todd Dudley | The decade of ecosystems restoration |
2020 |
Not held - Covid | |
2019
|
Sarah Lloyd | Slime Moulds |
2018
|
Clare Hawkins | Citizen Science |
2017
|
Dr Eric Woehler | Resident shorebirds |
2016
|
Dr Jennifer Lavers | Trashing Paradise the Natural (and unnatural) history of remote islands |
2015 |
Michael Douglas | The Riddle of the Sands |
2014 |
Dr Genevieve Gates | Fungi: the orphan in biodiversity |
2013 |
John Tongue | Birdline Tasmania and non Tasmanian bird species |
2012 |
Dr James Haddy | Biodiversity and the Challenges of Living in the Intertidal Zone |
2011 |
Mark Holdsworth | Orange Bellied Parrot Recovery Program |
2010 |
Peter Manchester | Geology and Structure of the Tamar Valley |
2009 |
Dr Lisa-Ann Gershwin | Jellyfish |
2008 |
Gintaras Kantvilas | Lichens |
2007 |
Not held | |
2006 |
Jim Nelson | Freshwater Crayfish |
2005 |
Dr Brian Smith | Snails |
2004 |
Sarah Lloyd | Fungi |
2003 |
Stephen Harris | Bass Strait Islands Flora |
2002 |
Dr Jean Jackson | Tasmanian Freshwater Fish |
2001 |
Dr Peter McQuillan | Insects on Mountains |
2000 |
Prof Andrew Osborn | Limnology of Lake Pedder |
1999 |
Chris Tassell | QVMAG into the next Millennium |
1998 |
Martin George | A Brief Tour of the Universe |
1997 |
Dr Nigel Forteath | Dragons & Damsels |
1996 |
Bob Mesibov | Velvet Worms & Other Creatures |
1995 |
Dr Paul Swiatkowski | Frogs |
1994 |
Mary Page | Eucalypts in Tasmania |
1993 |
Ivan Ebdon | Shells |
1992 |
Mary Cameron | A Field Naturalist Club 1910-1922 |
1991 |
Jeff Campbell | Orchids |
1990 |
Dennis Morris | What's in a Name |
1989 |
Dr Geoffrey Sharman | All You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex |
1988 |
Norton Harvey | Photography |
1987 |
Bob Mesibov | Centipedes |
1986 |
Ron Kershaw | Conservation and Snails |
1985 |
John Simmons | Spiders |
1984 |
Dr Gordon Lyne | Reproduction, Growth & Physiology of Bandicoots |
1983 |
Peter Duckworth | Birds and the Forest |
1982 |
Dr Winifred Curtis | Monocotyledons |
1981 |
Ken Harris | The Amateur's Contribution to the Advancement of Biological Science |
1980 |
Cecil Bird | Birds - Design for Living |
1979 |
D Rounsevell | Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Biology |
1978 |
R H Green | Maggs Mountain: It's Forest, Fauna and Future |
1977 |
Eric Guiler | Tasmanian Devil |
1976 |
Albert Rettke | Tasmanian Birds |
1975 |
Michael Sharland | Living with Birds |
1974 |
Trevor Waite | Birds of Rocky Cape |
1973 |
Ray Good | Islands of Bass Strait |
1972 |
David Thomas | The Many Facets Concerning Birds in Tasmania |
1971 |
J R Napier | The Two Lesser Terns of Tasmania's East Coast |
1970 |
L E Wall | Wading Birds |
1969 |
R H Green | The Avifauna of Bass Strait |
1968 |
Les Hill | Birds |
1967 |
Herbert King | John Skemp's life and the birds, animals and plants they studied together |
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