Main Club, 5 June 2026 Our speaker was Kailah Thorn, Collections Manager for Herpetology at the WA Museum. Kailah’s interest, first in vertebrate zoology and then in palaeontology, stemmed from being a “dinosaur nerd” as a child. She now crawls through caves looking for the bony remains of skinks and other ...
Read more →Events
Main Club, 6 February 2026 Entomologist Dr Brian Heterick was our speaker. Brian is officially retired but still actively involved in research at the WA Museum. He talked to us about what an ant is and its role in ecosystems. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are closely related to bees. They are ...
Read more →Whole Club, 17- 19 October 2025 For this excursion, we had a goal to do a bat survey on the island, as I don’t think we had ever done one of these before. Ry Beaver volunteered to come to the island with his bat detector equipment: one Echo Meter Touch ...
Read more →Main Club, 7 November 2025 Two speakers, Drs. Andrew Burbidge and Ian Abbott gave the talk at this meeting. Both have been research scientists in WA Government departments, and held administrative positions there. Dr Burbidge is Chair of the WA Threatened Species Scientific Committee and of the Barrow Island Gorgon Gas Development ...
Read more →Main Club, 3 October 2025 Our speaker was Jasper Dean. Jasper is the current secretary of the Perth Insect Study Society, and is studying an unusual combination at UWA: Conservation Biology and English. During his gap year, he worked at Kings Park as an Education Assistant. He enjoys making models of ...
Read more →Bush Block Guardian’s Property at 372 Morrison Road, Westonia Main Club, All Branches, 23 – 29 August 2025 Warralakin Farm was purchased by the Bush Blocks Guardians (BBG) in 2021. BBG is an incorporated non-profit conservation group presently revegetating this property. Previous owners had attempted cropping, which had failed. We ...
Read more →JAMES POLLARD, MAN OF LETTERS 1, 2 1 Hughes-d’Aeth, T. 2011. ‘Denizens of the Bush’ (1923-1937): James Pollard and Popular Nature Study. Studies in Western Australian History 27: 45-61. 2 L.A and F. Smith. 2015. James Pollard – Western Australia’s first Freelance Nature Writer, with particular reference to his Nom ...
Read more →Main Club, 5 September 2025 The Main Club’s meeting at the Hew Roberts Lecture Theatre on September 5th, 2025, Keep Carnaby’s Flying – Ngoolarks Forever, was presented by Professor Kris Warren from the School of Veterinary Medicine at Murdoch University, who has worked in the field of wildlife, zoological, and ...
Read more →Australia’s first marine park co-designed with Traditional Owners has been finalised – marking a huge achievement by the Bardi and Jawi Traditional Owners, working with the WA government. The Kimberley – Like Nowhere Else and its 17,000 passionate supporters helped get this ground-breaking marine park over the line by sending ...
Read more →This photo was taken in the 1950s and shows Harry Butler (left) pointing at a kangaroo paw. But who is the man on the right? Our history committee would love to find out. If you know, please contact the office at info@wanaturalists.org.au or 9228 2495.
Read more →