Library Luminaries with Dr Gavin Prideaux

Library Luminaries with Dr Gavin Prideaux

Cove Civic CentreHallett Cove, SA
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2026 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm ACDT
Overview

Join Dr Gavin Prideaux, for an engaging evening about Marsupial Evolution and Extinction on the Australian Continent

Join Dr Gavin Prideaux, Director of Palaeontology at Flinders University, for an engaging talk on the evolution and extinction of Australia’s remarkable mammals. Discover how climate shifts shaped ecosystems and led to the disappearance of over 70 megafauna species around 50,000 years ago. Dr Prideaux will share the latest research uncovering Australia’s unique evolutionary story. While you’re here, don’t miss the diprotodon bone on display from the SA Museum, available for the public to view alongside the talk.

Free! Bookings essential

Join Dr Gavin Prideaux, for an engaging evening about Marsupial Evolution and Extinction on the Australian Continent

Join Dr Gavin Prideaux, Director of Palaeontology at Flinders University, for an engaging talk on the evolution and extinction of Australia’s remarkable mammals. Discover how climate shifts shaped ecosystems and led to the disappearance of over 70 megafauna species around 50,000 years ago. Dr Prideaux will share the latest research uncovering Australia’s unique evolutionary story. While you’re here, don’t miss the diprotodon bone on display from the SA Museum, available for the public to view alongside the talk.

Free! Bookings essential

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Highlights

  • 1 hour
  • In person

Location

Cove Civic Centre

1 Ragamuffin Drive

Hallett Cove, SA 5158

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