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| Jason Mundy ‘Australian Marine Parks: The world’s largest representative network’ | Thursday, 24 May 2018 - 12:30pm |
This talk will focus on recent developments in the creation of new management plans for 44 marine parks around Australia and steps to implement them |
| Library Information Week | Monday, 21 May 2018 - 9:30am to Friday, 25 May 2018 - 4:30pm |
What do Robert Brown, Ludwig Leichhardt and Nicolas Baudin have in common ? All will be revealed if you go into the library during Library Information Week (21st May to 25th May). Look out for the display of books about the early scientific expeditions in Australia, all of which are all books from the library collection which can be borrowed by Friends. See more...
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| Introduction to Photography Workshop - SOLD OUT | Saturday, 19 May 2018 - 9:00am to Sunday, 20 May 2018 - 3:45pm |
A new ‘Photographic Workshop’ to be held for all Friends of the ANBG. Get to know your Digital Camera better and take great photos. Run by the Friends of the ANBG Photographic Group - SOLD OUT. Venue: Crosbie Morrison building Details: Full day in two sessions: • Morning: classroom • Afternoon: practical application photographing around the Gardens. Cost: $150.00 and must be a member of Friends of the ANBG. Booking: Please download and complete this form and return it by email, to the Visitor Information Centre, or by post. Information: Contact us by email at photo@friendsanbg.org.au |
| Dr Lizzie Wandrag ‘The impact of bird loss on tropical forests: a case study from Guam’ | Thursday, 17 May 2018 - 12:30pm |
Lizzie will illustrate how the introduction of the brown tree snake has wiped out the entire avifauna of the Pacific island of Guam. The talk will explore what this means for forests on the island and will compare what is happening on Guam with adjacent islands. |
| Dr Brian Cooke ‘Effects of pastoralism and rabbits on the economy and culture of the Diyari People in north-east South Australia’ | Thursday, 10 May 2018 - 12:30pm |
European rabbits damaged not only agriculture and the environment but might have also destroyed the economy and culture of Aboriginal people so closely associated with the plants and animals that sustained them. Information from explorers’ journals and Lutheran missionaries in north-eastern South Australia provide new insights |
| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group - Technical Talk | Monday, 7 May 2018 - 10:30am |
Recent work on the ecology of seed dispersal and droughts Speaker: Dr Robert Godfree, CSIRO scientist with the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. |
| Black Mountain weeding working party | Saturday, 5 May 2018 - 9:00am to Sunday, 6 May 2018 - 11:45am |
The details are: Saturday, 5 May 2018, 9am to 12 noon. Date : Saturday , 5 May 2018 9am to 12 noon Meet: at the car park on the right about half or two-thirds the way up on Black Mountain Drive. It is near the start of the Forest Trail. Look for balloons. Bring: Enthusiasm, your family and friends, water (and a small digger, if you wish). Everyone is welcome. Wear: hat, sunscreen, long-sleeved shirt, long pants, gloves, stout shoes. |
| Associate Professor Mark Lintermans ‘Stairway to heaven or highway to hell: the road for threatened freshwater fish recovery in Australia’ | Thursday, 3 May 2018 - 12:30pm |
A major focus of the talk will be the Murrumbidgee and Cotter Catchments and the suite of threatened fish species that live there including Macquarie Perch, Trout Cod, Two-spined Blackfish and Murray River Crayfish. |
| ANBG Friends Photographic Group - field excursion to Jerrabomberra Wetlands | Saturday, 28 April 2018 - 7:30am to Sunday, 29 April 2018 - 9:45am |
Practical Telephoto Photography follow-up excursion to Jerrabomberra Wetlands. Bring your camera and telephoto lens/es and meet at the Jerrabomberra Wetlands main carpark on Dairy Rd at 7:30 am. See Google map |
| ANBG Friends Photographic Group - April meeting | Friday, 27 April 2018 - 10:30am to Saturday, 28 April 2018 - 11:45am |
Telephoto Photography Bill Hall and David Cox will present a detailed review of Telephoto Photography, the techniques and equipment required to take that special photo with a particular focus on bird photography. This meeting will be followed up by an early Saturday morning field excursion to Jerrabomberra Wetlands - meet at the main carpark on Dairy Rd at 7:30 am. |
