Kingsley Dixon ‘A life in the service of plants’
Kingsley has spent a lifetime unlocking the mysteries of the Australian bush and now calls on us to help our plants, animals and landscapes to thrive and continue to define […]
Arian McVeigh ‘ANU Kitchen Garden – a third space for students to connect with each other and nature and enjoy good food’
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ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Georgia Reed: ‘Digging into the Australian National Soil Archive’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaGeorgia will introduce the Australian National Soil Archive of over one hundred thousand samples, outline its history and significance, and discuss how archived soil collections contribute to contemporary research. Abstract […]
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Arian McVeigh ‘ANU Kitchen Garden – a third space for students to connect with each other and nature and enjoy good food’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaThe ANU Kitchen Garden Program provides opportunities for students to connect with each other and nature while they tend an organic community garden and share the produce they grow. Abstract […]
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Professor Tim Entwisle ‘Three Worlds Oak: The First Memoir of a Genus’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaA dying hybrid oak in Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens sets off on a search for its parents, and in doing so reveals the extraordinary diversity of the genus Quercus. There […]
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Dr Bruno Ferronato ‘Cultural turtles: experiences from Peru and Australia’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaBruno will tell us about his work in a turtle project with Ashaninka Indigenous people in Peru. He’ll also share what he’s learned about Australian turtles, turtle rock art motifs and turtle remains. Abstract Bruno will give a talk on his experiences working in a turtle project with Ashaninka Indigenous people in Peru. He will […]
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Kushini Kalupahana ‘The mimic and the fool: A tiny bird’s use of vocal mimicry as an antipredation strategy’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaVocal mimicry occurs in nearly 20% of songbird species, yet the constraints on mimetic accuracy and its consequences for function remain poorly understood, particularly in alarm calling and predator deterrence contexts. Abstract Kushini’s research focuses on the brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla), a native Australian songbird that mimics the alarm calls of several other bird species […]