Tag: science

Ewe mortality focus

Merino producers are working with researchers, vets and consultants on a four-year MLA/Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) project to determine the roots of ewe mortality...

Australia Day honour awarded

Millicent resident David Botting has made an invaluable contribution to his adopted home town for almost six decades and has been awarded the Medal...

Rotary Global scholarship boosts international study

Former Mount Gambier student Evangelia Wichmann (pictured) is currently undertaking a Masters Degree at the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE), thanks to help...

Leaping lion back at World Heritage-listed fossil cave

Anew model of Thylacoleo, Australia’s once-fearsome carnivorous marsupial lion, will be unveiled at the Victoria Cave visitor complex at the World Heritage-listed Naracoorte Caves.
The...

STEM challenge inspires

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics were the focus for seven local schools who competed in the Science and Engineering Challenge at the Wulanda Recreation...

Hands-on library sessions bring science and technology to life

The Mount Gambier Library will participate in National Science Week from August 10-18 August 2024 providing a program of events to promote STEAM (Science,...

Digging up new species of giant fossil kangaroos

Palaeontologists from Flinders University have described three unusual new species of giant fossil kangaroo from Australia and New Guinea, finding them more diverse in...

Researcher spots whale of time off Port MacDonnell coast

Aveteran whale researcher observed a rare blue whale mating ritual off the coast of Port MacDonnell late last month. Blue Whale Study chief executive and...

Environment research investment

Two local groups are among recipients to receive $1.31m in State Government Citizen Science Fund grants.
The grants have been awarded to help fund 10...

Coastal erosion rate alarm raised

Coastal transgressive dunefields are on the march in South Australia - retreating inland from an angry ocean at an alarming rate.
 Strategic Professor of Coastal...

High school honour STEMs from learning

Two Mount Gambier high schools have stamped their authority on the national STEM scene, taking home the top honours in Adelaide last week. Mount Gambier...

Snapper program launched

Adedicated information hub providing a one-stop source of information relating to the Snapper Science Program and Snapper recovery was launched last week. The webpage, located...

Bike SA BMX program to empower youngsters

Throughout term three, select middle and senior school students from Mount Gambier High School have been participating in the Team BSA program run by...

Scientific creations concocted in city

Local children were given the opportunity to see the wonders of science on Sunday August the 27th with the Science Collectives bringing its Science...

‘STEM’sational event tests young minds

More than 150 students from seven Limestone Coast high schools went head-to-head in a series of science and engineering challenges at Wulanda Recreation and...