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Month: January 2025

Le Souef Award 2024 Presented to Charles Porter

Posted on 31 January 202531 January 2025 Posted in NewsTagged DRB Nats

Le Souef Award 2024 for emerging talent presented to Charles Porter, DRB member, in recognition of his passion for Entomology.

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Conservation Corner

Posted on 31 January 202531 January 2025 Posted in Conservation MattersTagged All Branches

Further Funding for the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands In December 2024, the state government provided a further funding allocation of AU$1.5 million to the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands to employ an officer to work with community groups, oversee weed control and restoration, and improve knowledge about the site. Darling Range ...

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Yeedong Nature Reserve

Posted on 31 January 202531 January 2025 Posted in ReportsTagged Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch

KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH, 24 November 2024 The November field excursion was to Yeedong Nature Reserve in Falcon, Mandurah, and we had a good group of members attend on a nice, fine morning. Yeedong Nature Reserve is a coastal reserve in the dunes close to the beach. It was a new location ...

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Yanchep National Park Field Trip 29 September 2024

Posted on 31 January 202531 January 2025 Posted in ReportsTagged DRB Nats

Five members and four guests attended this excursion, led by local naturalists Shelley and Kendra Campbell. Shelley provided an identification sheet and explanation about the identifying features of the orchids to be seen at the park. The group completed the Woodlands Walk trail, a 2.6km loop. There were examples of ...

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Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch AGM 18 November 2024winan

Posted on 31 January 202531 January 2025 Posted in ReportsTagged Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch

The KRMB 2024 AGM was held on Monday, 18th November 2024. Chair Colin Prickett opened the meeting, listed apologies, and read the minutes of the 2023 AGM. Treasurer Norm Aitken then reported the financial details for the year. Colin then gave a brief rundown of the branch activities for the ...

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Northern Suburbs Branch AGM – 18 December 2024

Posted on 31 January 202531 January 2025 Posted in ReportsTagged Northern Suburbs Branch

The NSB held its AGM on 18th December, a week before Christmas. This made for a very quick meeting as attendees were anxious to compete for prizes in the Annual Christmas Quiz and to participate in the Photo Competition (and, of course, to try the numerous plates of Christmas-themed supper).  ...

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Darling Range Branch AGM 8 November 2024

Posted on 31 January 202531 January 2025 Posted in ReportsTagged DRB Nats

About 25 past and present Club members The Darling Range Branch held an AGM on the 8th of November 2024 under Section 17.3 of the WA Naturalists Club Constitution to elect a committee of management. Here is the list of all appointed unopposed: There were several vacant positions as follows: Efforts ...

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Our Centenary Year in Review

Posted on 31 January 202531 January 2025 Posted in ReportsTagged All Branches

Founded in 1924 by prominent scientists, our Club is the longest-running natural history organisation in Western Australia and one of the oldest in Australia. As a volunteer organisation, the Club has promoted natural history to the wider community. Over the past 100 years, many, many thousands of West Australians who ...

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Reports

  • Belinda Forbes’ Work on Field Fauna and Flora Surveys
  • Point Peron Walk
  • A Chance to complete your set of The Naturalist Journals
  • Editor wanted for the Western Australian Naturalist Journal
  • Unique Plant-Animal Relationships in Southwestern Australia¦LECTURE SERIES
  • Autumn in the Bush
  • Let’s Talk About Ants
  • Erskine Lakes
  • VALE Elva Letts (1934-2025)
  • NSB AGM and Annual Photo Competition

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