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| Wally Bell ‘Today’s Aboriginal culture: A Ngunnawal Perspective’ | Thursday, 7 July 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Wally Bell is a Ngunnawal man. He is the Chair of their NFPO, Buru Ngunnawal Aboriginal Corporation. Wally is actively participating in all aspects of Aboriginal cultural heritage management for the area that lies within the Ngunawal tribal boundary. He also engages with the wider community to develop a better understanding of Ngunawal culture. Wally will describe the development and content of the “Ngunnawal Plant Use”guide, and the establishment of the Mulanggang Aboriginal Landcare Group and its work on rehabilitating cultural sites in the Ginninderra Catchment. |
| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Dr Nigel England, 'Domestication and breeding of Eucalyptus benthamii (Camden White Gum) and E. dorrigoensis (Dorrigo White Gum)' | Monday, 4 July 2016 - 10:30am |
The Camden White Gum is a ‘vulnerable’ tree species from the Nepean River and tributaries near Sydney. The Dorrigo White Gum is a very closely related species from the Dorrigo plateau in Northern NSW. The Camden White Gum has however proved very adaptable and is now planted in commercial plantations in both North and South America. This presentation describes some of the work that the CSIRO Australian Tree Seed Centre, with the help of some citizen scientists, has been doing to understand the genetics and conserve both species. Venue: Theatrette at the ANBG |
| Dr Chris Cargill ‘Why you shouldn’t eat your crusts: adaptation and diversity in a remarkable liverwort’ | Thursday, 30 June 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Chris graduated from Monash University in 1978 and, after some years engrossed in liverworts as a research assistant, went on to complete her PhD at the University of Southern Illinois in 2000. Returning to Australia, she became curator of the cryptogam collection at the Australian National Herbarium in 2001. |
| Photographic Group: Murray Foote, 'Landscape Photography' | Friday, 24 June 2016 - 10:30am |
Murray is a well-travelled photographer and will inspire you with his photos of amazing places – often wild and remote. This talk on Landscape Photography includes finding an image, light, equipment, exposure, RAW and other techniques. Murray was Former President and Competition Director at the Canberra Photographic Society. He has won various photographic awards including first place in the Australian Photographic Society (APS) National Competition and overall best image in an APS Interstate Competition. Murray is an official photographer at music festivals. |
| David Young ‘Fascinating flowers of Tongass National Forest, Alaska’ | Thursday, 23 June 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
David, well-known garden advisor, will explore the flora of Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. After King’s Park in Perth, David took his horticultural expertise to Canberra, including the Canberra Botanic Gardens (now the ANBG), and then Nepal. There he was involved in community forestry work and construction of the National Seed Store. He is a well -known Garden Advisor in many ways; including giving countless talks to interested groups and on radio and television.
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| Lori Gould ‘Jerrabomberra Wetlands: Little known jewel in the heart of Canberra’ | Thursday, 16 June 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Lori Gould is the new Program Manager at Jerrabomberra Wetlands recently employed by the Woodlands and Wetlands Trust to engage the broader community to experience all the Wetlands has to offer. Prior to this Lori was a Senior Project Manager for 15 years with Greening Australia (another NGO), specialising in riparian and catchment management programs to improve water quality and biodiversity in rural Australia, as well as a Ranger with ACT Parks and Conservation Service for 6 years. |
| Mark Butz ‘The best system of trenches in Australia: World War I training trenches at the Jerrabomberra Wetlands’ | Thursday, 9 June 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Mark is a science graduate and cultural historian. He has lived in Canberra since 1980, and maintains a strong interest in biodiversity and cultural heritage of the Canberra region. His occasional work with the Jerrabomberra Wetlands Board of Management began in 2012 and sparked his interest in the poorly understood cultural heritage of the Reserve and its environs. Mark has previously documented little-known stories about the ‘lost’ limestone of the Limestone Plains, and about the Blundells Flat area. |
| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: Prof Barry Osborne, 'Measuring Photosynthesis from a Distance' | Monday, 6 June 2016 - 10:30am |
Photosynthesis, the miracle in which plants turn sunlight, air and water into bread and wine, fuel and fibre, is the most energetic of all biological processes. Barry has spent an academic lifetime studying this process, and has continued his research in semi-retirement. Remote sensing of photosynthetic activities in leaves from inaccessible plants and within canopies has long been a key element in the ‘Holy Grail’ of plant physiological ecology. |
| Dr Liz Dennis ‘Hybrid vigour in plants; how does it work?’ | Thursday, 2 June 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Liz Dennis is an eminent plant molecular biologist and a CSIRO Fellow in the Division of Agriculture, CSIRO in Canberra. She is also a Distinguished Professor at University of Technology, Sydney. She leads a team of research workers studying the molecular basis of hybrid vigour. She holds a BSc (Hons I) and a PhD from the University of Sydney, Australia, and is author or editor of more than 300 distinguished publications. Liz was elected to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in1987 and to the Australian Academy of Science in 1995. |
| National Botanic Gardens Open Day | Sunday, 29 May 2016 - 10:00am to Monday, 30 May 2016 - 3:45pm |
Enjoy art workshops and free Flora Explorer tours as part of the inaugural National Botanic Gardens Open Day held across Australia and New Zealand.
Details of events in the ANBG are on the What's On page of the ANBG website.
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