The Art of Living Together
Plants and animals interact with each other in a variety of ways. When these interactions occur both participants may benefit, one may benefit while the other is not affected or […]
The Friends’ 38th Annual General Meeting
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Events
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Bronwyn Saunders ‘The Story behind the Story, & Diprotodon Herd Insights’
The Story behind the Story looks at how the book, Diprotodon: A megafauna journey, came about and the manuscript’s own journey through research to publication. The Diprotodon Herd Insights is […]
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Professor Adrienne Nicotra, Phillipa Alvarez, Lisa Danzey, Sabina Aitken ‘Living on the Edge: understanding the thermal ecology of plants from threatened ecological communities’
Adrienne, from ANU, and her co-speakers will talk about the latest advances in examining how plants from extreme environments (desert and alpine) respond to and tolerate extreme heat and cold. […]
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Black Mountain Weeding Work Party
Dear Friends, Our next weeding work party will be Saturday 2 September 2023. We plan to remove woody weeds and St Johns Wort. Friends of Black Mountain are planning to use a […]
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A Celebration of Wattles
The Golden Wattle is Australia’s floral emblem; the first plant to emerge after the bombing of Hiroshima was a wattle; wattle seeds were an important food source for Indigenous people […]
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Dr Suzette Searle ‘Wattle days are here again’
Abstract Beginning with the first wattle day celebrated 1 September 1910 and the rise in popularity of the day as a fundraiser during the First World War, Wattle Day went on to become a happy nature day that was celebrated in primary schools for decades. Its popularity declined over time, however, until advocates such as […]