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2008 news & achievements
23 July 2009
The University of New South Wales has recently been awarded an ARC Linkage grant of $900,000 over 3 years with collaborating partners:
The grant will enable research to document and date the evolution of Australia< ’s biota through three cycles of climate change over the last 25 million years with most research undertaken at the Riversleigh site.
2008 has been a major year for PhD theses. Anna Gillespie, Vera Weisbecker, Kenny Travouillon, Julien Louys and Karen Black have been awarded their doctorates together with Karen Roberts and Robin Beck who were both helped with funding from CREATE.
The 12th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS 2009) will be held at the University of New South Wales from 22 to 25 June 2009 and will consist of 3 days of general sessions followed by a 1 day symposium with a focus on Darwinian Evolution. Further information is available from kennytravouillon@hotmail.com. |
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Research showcased at CAVEPS 2015
20 September 2015
The 15th biennial Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) was held in Alice Springs on 1-5 September 2015. |
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Main research program: Cape York amber
Fragments of precious amber found on the remote beaches of Cape York contain the remains of plants and tiny animals millions of years old.
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Main research program: Riversleigh
The rocks at Riversleigh are rich in well-preserved fossil remains of the ancestors of the modern Australian fauna and entirely new kinds of animals previously unknown to science.
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Main research program: Lightning Ridge
Deposits at Lightning Ridge in northern New South Wales yield some of the rarest, most beautiful and valuable fossils in the world.
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Help support Australian palaeontological research
The CREATE fund has been established to facilitate and conduct research into our past. Individuals can help through donations.
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