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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Breakfast with the Birds | Saturday, 24 September 2016 - 7:45am |
A wonderful opportunity to observe some of Canberra's amazing bird life in the beautiful surrounds of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, followed by a delicious breakfast at Floresco in the Gardens. In a small group, experience the Gardens early on a spring morning when the birds are nesting and at their most active. Walk starts at 7.45am (gates open at 7.30). Meet at the Visitor Centre. |
| Peter Marsack ‘Painting birds for field guides: why not photos?’ | Thursday, 22 September 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Peter, one of three artists providing illustrations for the forthcoming CSIRO volume, the Australia Bird Guide, will outline the step-by-step process that results in an illustration for a field guide. |
| Brett McNamara ‘The natural appeal of the Bush Capital: Surveyors, catchments and the kitchen sink.” | Thursday, 15 September 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
In the 4th Annual Alison McKenzie Lecture Brett will explore the foundations of the Bush Capital linking the natural and cultural values of our vast conservation estate to people and park, in a thought- provoking way. Brett McNamara is Regional Manager, Parks and Conservation Services, TAMS, ACT Government. |
| Dr Greg Johnson ‘Quill and Spade: Pioneer garden writing in Australia 1788-1888.’ | Thursday, 8 September 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Garden making wasn’t easy for the women and men who settled in Australia between 1788 and 1888. In addition to upside-down seasons, the colonists faced droughts, floods and fires, with the challenges in garden making even greater west of the Great Divide, where the summers were hotter, and the winters were freezing! |
| Plant Science Group: Technical Talk | Monday, 5 September 2016 - 10:30am |
Topic: Evolutionary ecology of plants: Understanding the evolution of plant mating systems. Speaker: Dr Francisco Encinas Viso, OCE Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), CSIRO National Facilities and Collections |
| Black Mountain Weeding Work Party | Saturday, 3 September 2016 - 9:00am to Sunday, 4 September 2016 - 11:45am |
Removing woody weeds from Black Mountain and ANBG annexes Meet: Caswell Drive Car Park, Black Mountain. The car park is on the south west side of Black Mountain Nature Reserve. Drive southward from Belconnen Way towards the Glenloch Interchange, Woden or Tuggeranong. Look out for the balloons. |
| Dr Emma Kindred ‘Spring’s Golden Plumes: Wattle in Australian art of the twentieth century.’ | Thursday, 1 September 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Dr Emma Kindred will discuss the significance of wattle in Australian landscape and still-life paintings and prints by celebrated artists such as Frederick McCubbin, Elioth Gruner, Penleigh Boyd, Dorrit Black and Grace Cossington Smith. |
| Professor Graham Farquhar ‘Plant growth in a changing climate particularly related to eCO2, precipitation and crop demand for water.’ | Thursday, 25 August 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
After a quick look at what drives climate change, we examine what should be happening to precipitation and evaporation, and then what has actually happened so far, including effects on vegetation around the world. |
| Dr Susan Serjeantson ‘John Gould’s shooter: the unsung hero, John Gilbert’ | Thursday, 18 August 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Sue, Chair of the Friends’ Thursday Talks committee,will celebrate the contribution of John Gould’s collector in Australia, John Gilbert. Dr Sue Serjeantson AO was Professor in Human Genetics at the John Curtin School of Medical Research before serving as ANU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies from 1994-1997. She was Executive Director of the Australian Academy of Science until 2008. |
| Dr Janine Deakin ‘Transmissible tumours threatening survival of Tasmanian devils’ | Thursday, 11 August 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Janine Deakin is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Applied Ecology at the University of Canberra. In 2010 she was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship to track the evolution of devil facial tumours. With the Fellowship she established her own research group, initially at the ANU and, from 2013, at the University of Canberra. Janine’s passion for Australian wildlife has also led her to explore aspects of genetics and genomics of platypus, wallabies and central bearded dragons. |
