Australian Antarctic expeditioners recently paid tribute to two pioneers (Phil and Nel Law) with a ceremony to inter their ashes at at Mawson Station. Dr Phillip Law was know as ‘Mr Antarctica’ for his numerous expeditions to the region. When his wife Nel visited him at Mawson Station in 1961 she became the first Australian woman to step onto the Antarctic continent – 62 years after Australia’s first man…

Tasmanian business woman, conservationist and philanthropist Jan Cameron donated a large parcel of land for use as a free-range Tasmanian Devil sanctuary. It is hoped the 60 acre fenced enclosure (called Devil Island) will protect the threatened animals from the fatal facial tumour disease while allowing them to roam free and breed. It is already home to 18 Tasmanian Devils…

Australian harp soloist Alice Giles will take a unique journey to Antarctica to perform and record special harp compositions 100 years after her grandfather accompanied Douglas Mawson’s first Australasian Antarctic Expedition…

Indian physicist, environmental activist and author Dr Vandana Shiva is this year’s winner of the Sydney Peace Foundation’s Peace Prize…

August was a busy month for science awards with Eureka Prizes to Drs Rowena Martin, Amanda Barnard & K-lynn Smith, Science Fellowships for Dr Martin, Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat & Deanna D’Allesandro, & Prof. Leann Tilley receiving the Bancroft-Mackerras Medal…