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| Doug Laing ‘Canberra Birds: A Century of Change’ [Late program change] | Thursday, 11 September 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
As Australia’s capital and its people have changed over the last century, so too have its birds. This presentation explores the ways in which Canberra’s birds can be seen as emblematic of the ways nature adapts to humanised landscapes. It is largely a story of winners and losers in an avian Olympics that is still being run. Doug Laing is a retired public servant and diplomat with a long interest in birds and natural history in general. He has been a Friend and volunteer guide at the ANBG since 2008 and also works as an Education Ranger at the Gardens. |
| Terry Fewtrell and Suzette Searle ‘National Wattle Day: its Relevance as a Day of Australian Celebration’ | Thursday, 4 September 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Terry and Suzette will present a brief history of the celebration of wattle days in Australia, covering the pre-colonial period and since 1910 and discuss how National Wattle Day is a unifying focus for all Australians to celebrate this land and being Australian. Bring your memories of wattle days past to share. Terry Fewtrell is President of the Wattle Day Association and Suzette Searle is the Association’s website and communication manager.
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| Wattle Walks - First week in September | Monday, 1 September 2014 - 11:00am to Monday, 8 September 2014 - 10:45am |
Every morning at 11: 00 am during the first week of September, you will be able to join a volunteer guide to celebrate Australia’s glorious wattles. Discover the amazing diversity and specific adaptations of Acacias during the peak wattle blooming season. The humble wattles create such a wonderful splash of colour around Canberra and all over Australia in Spring. They manage to survive in Australia's harsh climates and have played a rich part in Australia's cultural history. From its place on the Australian coat of arms and as the Australian floral emblem to references in music, art and literature, the humble wattle lays claim to some interesting social history in Australia. The wattle has many uses, from reclaiming land to use in the bush food industry. Now let's see how much you know about Wattles ..... |
| Plant Science Group Technical Talk: The chemistry of sexual deception in orchids | Monday, 1 September 2014 - 10:30am |
Sexual deception, the attraction of male pollinators by the false promise of sex, is perhaps the most intriguing of all orchid pollination strategies. Professor Rod Peakall, Environmental Biology, Research School of Biology, ANU, will talk about his research on the unique biology and chemistry of sex in these orchids, and their pollinators, which has led to exciting discoveries in biology and chemistry. |
| Lesley Pattinson ‘Fetherston Gardens – a project in restoration, regeneration and renewal’ | Thursday, 28 August 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Fetherston Gardens is located within the grounds of the old Weston CIT School of Horticulture which was established from 1973 and named after the Head of Horticulture, Tony Fetherston. The extensive woodland gardens and Arboretum have had a reprieve from a housing development in north Weston and are now being restored and maintained by a community volunteer group, the Fetherston Gardens Friends, formed in 2010. Fetherston Gardens are a unique garden space where people and plants can thrive. |
| Professor Elizabeth Minchin ‘Exploring Ancient Gardens of the Roman World’ | Thursday, 21 August 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
The external view of most, if not all, of the townhouses of Pompeii and Herculaneum is unpromising and unrelieved. It is the interior of the house which reveals the individuality of the owner - and which would have been a source of delight to the visitor. In this talk Elizabeth looks at the garden area within the freestanding, atrium houses of Pompeii, to reconstruct the appearance - the layout, the plantings and the ornamentation - of gardens in this world and to assess, if we can, the importance which a garden assumed in the Roman world. |
| Dr John Turnbull: Dr Lindsay Pryor and His Walk | Thursday, 14 August 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Professor Lindsay Pryor (1915-1998) was an internationally respected forest scientist, botanist and landscape architect. John will discuss his achievements and how he is remembered in Canberra especially in the commemorative Lindsay Pryor Walk at the Australian National University. |
| Dr Mike Gore: The Genesis of Questacon | Thursday, 7 August 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Dr Mike Gore, foundation director of Questacon, will talk about the genesis of Questacon, Australia’s first interactive science centre. Professor Mike Gore obtained his PhD at Leeds University in electrical engineering. He came to Australia from Lancashire in 1962, joining the academic staff of the Australian National University where he was to teach Physics for the next 25 years. In 1980 his great love of teaching - both students and the general public - was the spur that led to him to establish, under the auspices of ANU, Questacon. |
| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group Technical Talk | Monday, 4 August 2014 - 10:30am to 11:30am |
Date & Time: Monday 4th August 2014 at 10.30 am Speaker: Dr Brendan Lepschi (Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research and Curator of the Australian National Herbarium). Talk summary: Christmas Island is often in the news, but frequently not for the best of reasons. Join Brendan Lepschi for an overview of the 2012 Christmas Island flora survey, and learn about the unusual flora of this isolated island. |
| Weeding Black Mountain | Saturday, 2 August 2014 - 9:00am to Sunday, 3 August 2014 - 11:45am |
The Friends of Black Mountain and Friends of the ANBG are removing woody weeds from ANBG Northern Extension. Please email your name and phone number to friendsofblackmountain@gmail.com or phone Linda (0437 298 711) or Carol (0439 031 162), so there is enough morning tea. Please note the CHANGE to our meeting place - meet next to the ACTEW Substation on Frith Road, Acton. Drive along Frith Road behind the CSIRO, turn to the right at the corner then park next to the ACTEW Substation. |
