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| Event title | Date | Details |
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| Glenys Bishop and Guides: Guiding at the ANBG – keeping them interested ? | Thursday, 31 July 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Glenys Bishop, convenor of the volunteer guides since December 2011, will set the scene by giving a brief overview of guiding at ANBG; a number of Guides will then provide snapshots of their experiences and share the strategies and anecdotes that they use to engage their visitors. The Guides are drawn from the training courses held from 1999 to the most recent one in 2013. Click for a snapshot of their backgrounds |
| ANBG Friends Photographic Group monthly meeting | Friday, 25 July 2014 - 8:00am to 11:30am |
An early morning walk in the gardens with hopefully some fog & frost to photograph, then breakfast in the cafe followed by then our usual meeting at 10.30am at the Theatrette. For ANBG Friends only. See the Membership page if you would like to join the Friends. For more information about the Photographic Group, please click here. |
| Dr John Dargavel: Yearning for Sylvan Futures | Thursday, 24 July 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
The talk will trace how generations of botanists and foresters have yearned for a better future for their countries’ forests, and have directed their science to that end. Their dreams have varied but their dedication to science has not. Some of the themes that run through forest science from the eighteenth century to the present will be illustrated in the lives of some notable botanists and foresters, including David Douglas, Dietrich Brandis, Mark Anderson, Bill Stoate, Carl Syrach-Larsen, Josef Ressel and Hans Leibundgut. |
| Duncan McCaskill: Birds in Canberra Gardens and Birds in The Gardens | Thursday, 17 July 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Duncan will provide a meandering exploration of the bird life in Canberra suburban gardens and the ANBG using the extensive records of the Canberra Garden Bird Survey and other records from Canberra Ornithologists Group. |
| Dr Liz Triswell: Oceans Apart? Reflections on the History of the Floras of South Africa and Australia | Thursday, 10 July 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
In exploring the history of plant groups shared between these two continents information from both DNA and the fossil record needs to be considered. DNA information suggests when particular ancestral groups of plants might have differentiated; the fossil record provides a check on these dates. We now have a reasonable understanding of the geology of the Indian Ocean seafloor, giving a measure of control on possible routes of plant migration.
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| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group Technical Talk | Monday, 7 July 2014 - 10:30am |
Place: ANBG Theatrette (changed from Crosbie Morrison Building) Topic: Filling gaps in botanical collections: ACT and NSW Alps Bush Blitz Speakers: Bronwyn Collins (Curation Co-ordinator, Australian National Herbarium) and Emma Clifton (Australian National Herbarium) |
| Weeding Black Mountain | Saturday, 5 July 2014 - 9:00am to Sunday, 6 July 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 at the corner of Dryandra Street and Frith Road, O'Connor, (look for the balloons). |
| Dr Karen Williams: Changing Landscape since Ancient Times | Thursday, 3 July 2014 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Karen discusses what happens to our perception of connectivity when we experience the landscape as a juxtaposition of present day, historical and ancient environments. Dr Karen Williams is an independent scholar (PhD in Education from the University of Canberra (2012)), author and artist, interpreting the landscape as a creative space of social, cultural and environmental interaction. Karen’s focus on the Canberra/Queanbeyan region is influenced by research based on her longstanding working relationship with the Ngunawal Aboriginal community |
| ANBG Friends Photographic Group monthly meeting | Friday, 27 June 2014 - 10:30am to 11:30am |
A talk by Roger Williams, who will be telling us how he takes his amazing bird photographs & about the birds we may find in the ANBG in winter. He will show some photos & show us the equipment he uses & his technique. For ANBG Friends only. See the Membership page if you would like to join the Friends. For more information about the Photographic Group, please click here. |
| Bill Handke ‘Making Mynas less common: returning the balance to native birds’ | Thursday, 26 June 2014 - 12:30pm |
Our natural environment and our gardens are at serious risk from the introduced Indian Myna (or Common Myna). Bill will talk about the award-winning action Canberra Indian Myna Action Group (CIMAG) has taken to reduce the risk in Canberra and elsewhere. Bill Handke is President of CIMAG. He is a keen birdwatcher and nature lover who has been aware of the issues around feral animals for a long time, as a retired senior public servant who worked in the area of natural resource management. |
