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  • Photographic Group June meeting

    The Photographic Group will meet on Friday 24 June at 10.00 in the Theatrette. The meeting will feature a presentation on bird photography by Graham Gall. All Friends are welcome, so if you wish to attend just turn up or contact a committee member at photo@friendsanbg.org.au.   The Photographic Group currently meets on the last […]

  • Dr Liz Truswell ‘Banksia: the fossil history of an iconic genus’

    Liz, formerly a Chief Research Scientist with Geoscience Australia, will reflect on the long fossil history of Banksia, showing they are of greater antiquity than formerly imagined, and their suite of features in increasingly challenging climatic environments. Abstract With the ANBG’s Banksia Garden now well established, it seems timely to reflect on the long fossil […]

  • Special talk – Dr Judith Field ‘Last of Megafauna? Unravelling the debates around the Late Pleistocene Faunal Extinctions’

    Associate Professor Judith Field, from University of NSW, will look at some of these animals individually to better understand their behaviour, diets and their place in the Australian environment and discuss why they may have been susceptible to a changing landscape climate - and possibly a new predator. Location: ANBG Theatrette Bookings: Reserve your place […]

  • Black Mountain Weeding Work Party

    Thank you to the wonderful people who weeded out many hundreds of creepers and other weed, during our last work party. Our next weeding work party is planning to remove more creepers from the areas close to the Frith Road entrance to the reserve, on Saturday 2 July 2022.    Details of the next weeding […]

  • Con Boekel ‘Local extinctions of birds from Canberra’s inner north nature reserves’

    Con, formerly of the environment department and now a citizen scientist since retirement, studied the patterns of occurrence of six woodland species in 16 inner north natural and semi-natural fragments. He will present the study findings and discuss some implications for the urbanization of the Lower Molonglo. Biography Con Boekel used to work in the […]

  • Plant Science Group – July Talk – Ex situ conservation of a critically endangered fern

    There will be a Plant Science Group talk on Monday 11th July, 10.30-11.30am in the Theatrette at the ANBG.  The details are: Speaker:              Joe McAuliffe (ANBG Nursery Manager) Topic:                   Ex situ conservation of a critically endangered fern Outline:                This presentation will discuss the ex situ conservation of the critically […]