WPSQ Brisbane Branch AGM 2026
Description
WPSQ BNE 2026 AGM and talk
Saturday 31st October 2026
When: 12.30-3.00pm
Where: THECA Environment Hut, 47 Fleming Road, Chapel Hill, 4069
Lunch 12.30 pm
AGM 1:00 pm
Talk 2:00 pm
Geoff Thompson: Adventures in Science, Illustration and Photography
Geoff Thompson’s love of drawing, insects and photography led to a long career combining all these interests. He scored a job as a research assistant at University of Queensland and was sent off for two one-hour lessons in scientific insect illustration. Later this skill led to a job at the Queensland Museum, where he participated in adventurous rainforest mountain field trips, helped curate the collection, prepare displays, research historical publications and illustrate many new species. He also explored the museum’s fabulous library and developed a special interest in historical illustrations, further informed by his hobby printmaking. Later, advancing technology and a Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship led to a new career in deep-focus photography, allowing him to produce astounding, full-colour images of tiny invertebrate structures that he couldn’t have imagined at the start of his career.
Top Image: Scales surrounding the eye of a giant mosquito, Toxorhynchites speciosus
© Queensland Museum, Geoff Thompson
All Wildlife Queensland members, THECA members and friends are welcome
Any questions, please contact brisbane@wildlife.org.au
Free, but please register for catering purposes.
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