The Joint Mineralogical Societies of Australasia 47th Annual Seminar
Hahndorf, South Australia
Sat 4th October - Sunday 19th October 2025

In 2025 the event will be hosted by South Australia
at Handorf in the Adelaide Hills in October.

Hahndorf, South Australia, seminar venue

The theme of the conference is 
Radioactive and Rare-earth Minerals
REGISTER NOW!


Field Trips are planned both before and after the Seminar. This event is currently being planned and further details will be advertised more widely as they become available.

Seminar Venue is Discovery Parks the ADELAIDE HILLS CONFERENCE CENTRE
(located on the Adelaide side of Hahndorf, 145a Mt Barker Road)
Phone: (08) 8388 7921
www.discoverholidayparks.com.au/hahndorf

(They offer a range of accommodation cabins)


VENUE EVENTS: At the Lakeview Conference Room

Pre-conference field trips:    
Sun 5th Oct   Visit to TATE Geoscience Museum at the Adelaide University and the collection at the S.A. Museum, North Tce, Adelaide.
Mon 6th Oct   Field trip to the “Wild Dog Uranium Mine”, the Carrickalinga Alunite and the Talisker Silver-Lead Mines.
Tues 7th Oct   Collecting NE of Adelaide for garnets
Seminar and Events at Lakeview Conference Room    
Wed 8th Oct   Presentation of papers by a range of speakers from around Australia
Thur 9th Oct  
Thur 9th Oct   Annual dinner in Hahndorf venue
Fri 10th Oct   Micromount workshop and mineral sale
Post-conference activities:    
Sat 11th Oct   Visit the Adelaide Gem and Mineral Club show
Post-conference field trips:    
Mon 13th Oct to   Field trips are subject to confirmation
(and now put back one day from the 12th to the 13th for logistical reasons)
Sun 19th Oct  

SEE: Bulletin from Minsoc SA 31/03/2025

SEE: Information Regarding the Venue at Lakeview and Venue accommodation

SEE: Offsite accommodation for the October Seminar

SEE: Seminar Registration Form 2025 13/04/25

 

Contact details and more information can be obtained from :-

President Harold Gallasch: gallasch@bukartilla.com.au
Secretary Lyndon Symons: secretaryminsoc@gmail.com

V 02/04/25