Biotic Interactions – The Essence of Nature Conservation 16 April 2025 There was a good turnout for this year’s Serventy Memorial Lecture (SML), including many non-members. Don Poynton began by talking about the WA Naturalists’ Club, its origins in 1924 with the Serventy family, our branches, our major projects and ...
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Long-term active Member and Honorary Life Member Otto Mueller passed away peacefully on March 17, 2025, at the age of 95. Otto Mueller(left) with Gordon Elliott (right) Image by Nadia Elliott Otto arrived in Perth from Germany with his young family in May 1971, and within a year, he and ...
Read more →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 ...
Read more →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 ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch – 25 September 2024 GOLLY, how did we get lost so quickly?Soon after starting along the 10th Lighthorse Heritage Trail, we took a wrong turn, so we had to cut through the bush to find the path leading to the Yaberoo-Budjara Heritage Trail. Thank goodness for mobile ...
Read more →CENTENARY EXCURSION All Branches & Main Club, 9 – 11TH October 2024 Between Wednesday the 9th and Friday the 11th of October 2024, seventeen members and two visitors enjoyed some fine weather at Dryandra Woodland: a favourite Club destination. Some stayed at the Lions Village cottages, some in camping areas ...
Read more →On Sunday, a beautiful clear day dawned with a light wind, making it a slightly chilly morning. Thirteen club members (from all our branches) and five visitors met at 10 am at the carpark on Old Plains Road where our eyes were immediately drawn to the Common White Spider Orchid ...
Read more →We continued our Centenary celebrations on Sunday 4 August, when around seventy past and present members and visitors re-enacted the Club’s first excursion, which was held at Leighton Beach on 26 July 1924 – after a storm washed lots of items onto the shore a few days before. The venue ...
Read more →Whole Club, 13 July 2024 100 members and guests gathered to share in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Club. Displays of the 50th anniversary of Tomato Lake clearing, and pictures of club history were shown as guests enjoyed pre-lunch drinks. Mike and Mandy Bamford were tasked with keeping everything on track as ...
Read more →… a story by Dom Serventy Dr Dom Serventy (1904-1988) was a founding member of the WA Naturalists’ Club. The following article is a story by Dr Dom Serventy that first appeared in the Naturalist News, June 1974, for the 50th anniversary celebrations and titled “Field Trips 50 Years Ago”. ...
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