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• Welcome Night 2026

  • When
    Tuesday, February 03, 2026
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    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Gregory Place, Spring Hill, Qld 4004
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  Welcome Night 2026

  Please join us for the first social evening of the year when the Society’s 2026 program of activities and events will be presented

  This is a social function with drinks and light supper served, and plenty of time for conversation, commencing at 7.30pm. It is a good opportunity to catch up  with members and friends in the Society and learn about the plans and activities for RGSQ in 2026. Everyone is welcome and entry is free to everyone, members and non-members. We would appreciate a small donation on the night to help cover the cost of the food and drinks.

  Attendance by Zoom will be available.
  

  Location: Gregory Place, Level 1/28 Fortescue St, Spring Hill

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• Voices from the Murray–Darling Basin

  • When
    Tuesday, February 10, 2026
  •  
    7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom only
  • Spaces left
    94

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  Geography Matters

  Speaker: Dr Margaret Cook

  
  

  Australians have many different attitudes to rivers. First Nations people respect water as kin. Many people love rivers as a vital source of life that must be nurtured and respected. Rivers provide sustenance, solace, and recreation for many but they are also a resource that sustain communities and agriculture, and in a country prone to drought and floods with “unreliable” flows, rivers were re-engineered in pursuit of nation-building. These schemes created an illusion that water was limitless and free which led to overallocation and excessive use. Many now fear for the health of the rivers and all that they sustain. I draw on oral histories from the Murray-Darling Basin to explore the ways in which these attitudes have shaped riverine histories.

  Dr Margaret Cook is a Research Fellow at the Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, and holds an honorary research position at La Trobe University. She is an environmental historian who has published on water histories and climate-related disasters, with a particular focus on rivers, floods, culture and climate. Margaret is the author of the celebrated book A River with a City Problem: A History of Brisbane Floods (2022). She has recently completed two research projects for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.

  Photo of the Lachlan River; credit Dr Margaret Cook

  Please note: The ZOOM link for this event is included in the confirmation email which you will receive once you have registered. You will find it at the bottom of the notice Please keep this in a place where you can find it when needed. A reminder email will be sent with the link on the day of the event close to Close of Business hours.

  
  

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• Observations and History along the road to Green Mountains, Lamington National Park.

  • When
    Wednesday, February 11, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Gregory Place, Level 1/28 Fortescue St, Spring Hill, Qld
  • Spaces left
    23

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  Map Group Presentation
  

  Presenter:  Neville McManimm, Map Group and RGSQ Member

  

  Neville is an amateur historian. Come travel with him along the road from Canungra to Lamington National Park and find out that there is more to the journey than just the destination.

  Register and pay via the website.

  Coordinator: Neville McMannim

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• Map Projections

  • When
    Wednesday, March 11, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Gregory Place, Level 1/28 Fortescue St, Spring Hill, Qld
  • Spaces left
    25

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  Map Group Presentation
  

  Presenter: Keith Treschman, Map Group and RGSQ Member

  
  It is impossible to transfer a spherical globe to a 2-dimensional surface without some distortion. The choice of a projection depends on what the map maker wants in terms of accuracy of area, shape, distance, or direction. Some major projections are covered along with their advantages and disadvantages.

  AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

  Keith has taught Science for over 40 years in Queensland secondary schools. He holds a PhD in Astronomy, an area in which he is passionate. He has lectured on this topic onboard Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth.

  He has visited the 7 continents and enjoys geographical places, for example, Hawaii, Great Rift Valley of Africa, Galápagos Islands, Jordan River and Antarctica.

  His previous presentations to the Map Group were: Mapping the Night Sky, Areography (Geography of Mars), Life on Europa? An Application of Geography, Struve Geodetic Arc, Plate Tectonics, Seabed 2030 and How the USA States Got Their Shapes.

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  Coordinator: Kay Rees

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