The Society

The Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) was formed in 1966 as the organisation of professional astronomers in Australia. It was incorporated in the ACT in 1993. The operation of the Society is governed by its Constitution and By-laws and administered by its Council.

Association Number : A2224

Australian Business Number (ABN) : 37 660 297 848


THE ASA CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS    |    PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT    |    THE ASA COUNCIL    |    COUNCIL OFFICER ADDRESSES

The Society has adopted a structure in which topical interest groups may be formed, known as Chapters. Currently there are two Chapters:


The Society provides a representative on:

The ASA is Trustee of the Foundation for the Advancement of Astronomy (FAA). The FAA is a tax-deductible Foundation intended to enhance the ASA's efforts to promote Astronomy and related fields in Australia, and to recognise and support excellence in those fields. The purposes of the FAA are very broadly defined to allow the support of prizes, scholarships, research and facilities.

The Society is a member of:

The ASA web pages are primarily intended to provide information for the professional astronomy community. The ASA also provides the Australian Astronomy web site which provides information on astronomy in Australia for the amateur astronomy community and the general public. The ASA also 'owns' the Australian International year of Astronomy 2009 web site although it is managed by the Australian IYA organisers.

Information is distributed to members primarily via an Email Exploder, with recent emails archived.

The ASA publishes an on-line refereed journal, the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA). Immediate on-line access is a privilege of most classes of ASA membership, or may be purchased by libraries and other organisations. All papers are archived at the NASA ADS archive. There are no pages charges. PASA is published by CSIRO Publishing.


IAU_GA

IAU 2003 - XXVth General Assembly (GA) of the IAU

Through the NCA and ASA, Australian astronomers accepted an invitation by the IAU to host the XXVth General Assembly (GA) of the IAU between July 13 and 26, 2003. Many ASA members participated in all aspects of the organisation of the General Assembly which was extremely succesful, presenting Australian astronomy to the visiting astronomers and the public.

The Final Report (pdf 43 pages/480kB) on the General Assembly is available, along with Report Annexes (pdf 116 pages/3.8MB) giving more details and associated documents.

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President's Annual Report

Prior to this, written President's reports were distributed at the Annual General Meeting, but Society activity was also summarised in the Activity Report published in PASA.

Activity Reports

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The ASA Council

The business of the Society is conducted by a Council elected by a ballot (if necessary) of the members each year.

The current Council members are:

President

     Prof. Warrick Couch (wcouch -@- astro.swin.edu.au / Swinburne University)

Vice-President

     Prof. Lister Staveley-Smith (lister.staveley-smith -@- uwa.edu.au / University of Western Australia)

Immediate Past President

     Prof. Gary Da Costa (gdc -@- mso.anu.edu.au / ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics)

Secretaries

     Dr Marc Duldig (marc.duldig -@- aad.gov.au / Australian Antarctic Division)
     Dr John O'Byrne (j.obyrne -@- physics.usyd.edu.au / University of Sydney)

Treasurer

     Dr Diana Londish (Diana.Londish -@- csiro.au / ATNF)

Councillors

     Dr Kate Brooks (kate.brooks -@- csiro.au / ATNF)
     Dr Simon Ellingsen (Simon.Ellingsen -@- utas.edu.au / University of Tasmania)
     Dr Stephen Hughes (sw.hughes -@- qut.edu.au / Queensland University of Technology)
     Assoc.Prof. Geraint Lewis (g.lewis -@- physics.usyd.edu.au / University of Sydney)
     Dr Stuart Ryder (sdr -@- aaoepp.aao.gov.au / Anglo-Australian Observatory)

Chair, PASA Editorial Board

     Prof. John Lattanzio (j.lattanzio -@- sci.monash.edu.au / Monash University)

Prizes and Awards Coordinator

     Dr Tanya Hill (thill -@- museum.vic.gov.au / Melbourne Planetarium, Scienceworks)

The Council also invites one student member to attend meetings as an observer, to represent the interests Australian postgraduate students at the meeting and report back to the student members.

Student Representative

     Mr Max Spolaor (mspolaor -@- astro.swin.edu.au / Swinburne University)


Past Council members (prior to July 2007) are listed in the following files:

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Council Officer Addresses

PRESIDENT
Prof. Warrick Couch
Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing
Swinburne University
Mail 31, P.O. Box 218
Hawthorn
Victoria Australia 3122
Ph : 61-3-9214-4712
Fax: 61-3-9214-8797
Email: wcouch -@- astro.swin.edu.au
Web: http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/wcouch.html

VICE PRESIDENT
Prof. Lister Staveley-Smith
School of Physics
University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley
WA Australia 6009
Ph : 61-8-6488-4550
Fax: 61-8-6488-7364
Email: lister.staveley-smith -@- uwa.edu.au
Web: http://internal.physics.uwa.edu.au/~lss/Site/Home.html

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Prof. Gary Da Costa
ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Mount Stromlo Observatory
via Cotter Rd
Weston Creek
ACT Australia 2611
Ph : 61-2-6125-8913
Fax: 61-2-6125-0233
Email: gdc -@- mso.anu.edu.au
Web: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~gdc/

SECRETARY
Dr Marc Duldig
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston, TAS 7050
Australia
Ph: 61-3-6232-3333
Fax: 61-3-6232-3496
Mobile: 0418-347-603
Email: marc.duldig -@- aad.gov.au
Web: http://www.aad.gov.au/

SECRETARY
Dr John O'Byrne
School of Physics
University of Sydney
NSW Australia 2006
Ph : 61-2-9351-3184
Fax: 61-2-9351-7726
Email: j.obyrne -@- physics.usyd.edu.au
Web: http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~obyrne

TREASURER
Dr Diana Londish
CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility
PO Box 76
Epping
NSW Australia 1710
Ph : 61-2-9372-4263
Fax: 61-2-9372-4310
E-mail: Diana.Londish -@- csiro.au
Web: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Diana.Londish

CHAIR, Editorial Board for PASA
Prof. John Lattanzio
School of Mathematical Sciences
Monash University
Victoria Australia 3800
Ph: 61-3-9905-4428
Fax: 61-3-9905-3867
Email: j.lattanzio -@- sci.monash.edu.au
Web: http://www.cspa.monash.edu.au/staff_john.html

PRIZES & AWARDS COORDINATOR
Dr Tanya Hill
Museum Victoria
GPO Box 666
Melbourne Vic 3001
Ph: 61-3-9392-4503
Fax: 61-3-9391-0100
Email: thill -@- museum.vic.gov.au
Web: http://museumvictoria.com.au/Planetarium/

 

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