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Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography documentary available online from libraries
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Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography documentary available online from libraries

  • By National Office
  • 1 August, 2022

Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography, directed by Daniella Ortega and Niobe Thompson, is a spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox documentary that reveals the paradoxical story of the element that ...

Australia’s Favourite Tree
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Australia’s Favourite Tree

  • By National Office
  • 29 July, 2022

Wattle vs woollybutt: what is Australia’s favourite tree? – online Do you love the water-bulging boab or the towering mountain ash, the world’s tallest flowering tree? Are you intrigued by the ...

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival Community Screenings
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SCINEMA International Science Film Festival Community Screenings

  • By National Office
  • 18 July, 2022

SCINEMA is a celebration of the power of the moving image to inspire the young, satisfy the curious, explain the baffling and ask the impossible. Register to host your own free SCINEMA screening ...

NT Community Event Funding 2022
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NT Community Event Funding 2022

  • By National Office
  • 18 July, 2022

The National Science Week NT Coordination Committee receives funding from the Northern Territory and the Australian governments to coordinate National Science Week in the NT. The Committee ...

Tasmanian Event Program 2022
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Tasmanian Event Program 2022

  • By National Office
  • 12 July, 2022

Get Curious This August The Patron of National Science Week in Tasmania is Dr Jess Melbourne-Thomas, and she has penned this poem for the foreword of this year's Tasmanian National Science Week ...

NT Science Week Awards 2022
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NT Science Week Awards 2022

  • By National Office
  • 27 June, 2022

We are looking for NT STEAM stars. Nominations for the 2022 Northern Territory Science Week Awards are now open. It is time to recognise our champions who have been promoting Science and ...

SA Community Grant Recipients 2022
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SA Community Grant Recipients 2022

  • By National Office
  • 20 June, 2022

Congratulations to all of the successful applicants. Bug Week Campbelltown Library “Bug Week” will be a weeklong series of events and free activities for people of all ages. It will encourage ...

Tasmanian National Science Week Engagement Grant Winners 2022
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Tasmanian National Science Week Engagement Grant Winners 2022

  • By National Office
  • 8 June, 2022

The Tasmanian National Science Week Coordinating Committee and Inspiring Australia (Tasmania) awarded 12 Engagement Grants for a total of $38,000 to support individuals and organisations who will ...

Queensland Seed Grant Recipients 2022
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Queensland Seed Grant Recipients 2022

  • By National Office
  • 27 May, 2022

Congratulations to these 11 recipients of grants for their National Science Week events in Queensland. Start Codon Alan Alan Alan's Guide to Life (Science) A series of light-hearted, animated ...

Seeking Event Proposals for Special Audiences in Canberra
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Seeking Event Proposals for Special Audiences in Canberra

  • By National Office
  • 20 May, 2022

The ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee is looking for applications for people to run an event for the LGBTIQA+ community and an event for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...