Friends 2025 Annual General Meeting
2025-10-16 15:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | ANBG Theatrette, Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
The 37th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the ANBG will be held on Thursday 16 October at 3pm in the Gardens Theatrette followed by light refreshments in the Dickson Room.
On the agenda will be the election for Secretary, Treasurer and four ordinary members of Council. If a current member of Council nominates for and is elected to another vacant position, there will be an additional vacancy for an Ordinary Member.
The agenda will also include reports from Dr Matthew Parker, Director ANBG, Science and ANBG, Parks Australia, Linda Beveridge, President and Rod King, Treasurer.
The AGM documents and information about how to nominate for the vacant positions:

Provisional Agenda for the 37th AGM (PDF, 171 KB)
Draft Minutes for the 36th Annual General Meeting (PDF, 208 KB)
Nomination Form (Word format) (DOCX, 2.9 MB)
Nomination Form (PDF format) (PDF, 79 KB)
Signed FANBG Financial Statements (PDF format) (PDF, 3.5 MB)

If you have any questions, please email secretary@friendsanbg.org.au
Apologies for the AGM
Please send apologies for the AGM to secretary@friendsanbg.org.au

Photographic Group Monthly Meeting
2025-11-28 10:00 - 12:00
The last monthly meeting for 2025 will take place on Friday 28 November 2025 at 10 am in the Theatrette.
Graham Gall will be the speaker. His topic will be the Birdlife Photography Biennial Conference which takes place in Canberra on 7 and 8 March 2026. Hear about who will be speaking, associated birding outings and what else is on the program from Graham, who is Chair of the organising committee.
The meeting will include a regular show-and-tell segment in which participants share images and the inspiration behind them.

Friends of ANBG Photographic Group Monthly Meeting
2026-02-27 10:00 - 12:00
The first regular Photographic Group meeting of the new year takes place on Friday 27 February at 10.00am in the Theatrette.
The meeting will kick off 2026 with an expansive ‘show and tell’ session.
Bring up to 12 images on a thumb drive to share with fellow members. Your favourite images of nature and wildlife taken over the past year or so are encouraged. The subject does not have to be in the Gardens. It’s a chance to show off your development as a photographer.
The meeting will also be an opportunity to hear about forthcoming Photographic Group activities.

Friends Photographic Group Monthly Meeting
2026-03-27 10:00 - 11:00
The next regular meeting takes place on Friday 27 March at 10am in the Theatrette.
The guest presenter will be Cormac Farrell. Cormac is an environmental scientist and beekeeper, best known as the Head Beekeeper for the Australian Parliament. He also manages several apiaries throughout Canberra, including training apiaries, organic orchards, and tall rooftop apiaries.
Cormac will talk about his experiences as the head beekeeper of the Australian Parliament, and how photographs, video and other media have played a critical role in outreach and communication.
He will also touch on how the increasing popularity of native bee photography has helped move the public’s understanding of bees to move beyond honey and towards the role of pollinators in food security and the wider environment.
