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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Field Naturalists Society of South Australia]]
* [[Field Naturalists Society of South Australia]]
* [[Western Australian Naturalists' Club]]
* [[Queensland Naturalists Club]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 06:08, 29 May 2024

"FNCV" redirects here. For the Angolan airport with that ICAO code, see Cuito Cuanavale Airport.
a historic photograph of a group of men posing in long grass
Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria Expedition Group, King Island, 1887

The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (FNCV) is an Australian natural history and conservation organisation,[1] the oldest of its kind in Australia.[2]

It was founded in May 1880 by a group of nature enthusiasts that included Thomas Pennington Lucas.[3] Johann George Luehmann, Charles French, and Dudley Best.[4]

Since 1884 it has published a journal, The Victorian Naturalist, which is issued six times a year. Ferdinand von Mueller published many of his first descriptions in this journal, including Agapetes meiniana,[5] Oldenlandia psychotrioides,[6] Morinda hypotephra,[6] Phyllanthus hypospodius[7] and Wendlandia basistaminea.[7]

Currently there are eight special interest groups within the FNCV, these are Botany, Fauna Survey, Fungi, Geology, Juniors, Marine Research, Microscopy and Terrestrial Invertebrates. The club also has a Day Group.

The FNCV is situated at 1 Gardenia St, Blackburn, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. A range of services is available for members including a bookshop.

Since 1940 the FNCV has awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion to the person judged to have made the most meritorious contribution to the understanding of Australian Natural History.[8] Past winners include: Alex Chisholm (1940), Helen Aston (1979), Jack Hyett (1985), and Richard Shine (2009).[9]

Presidents

Past presidents include:

Regional groups

The FNCV has informal links to a number of regional field naturalist groups across Victoria, including:

See also

References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia of Australian Science - Corporate entry, Field Naturalist Club of Victoria
  2. ^ Presland, Gary (2010). "The role of naturalists in environmental conservation". Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria. 122 (2): xci–xcv – via CSIRO Publishing.
  3. ^ a b Sophie C. Ducker, 'Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakespeare (1853 - 1936)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, MUP, 1986, pp 163-164. Retrieved 2009-09-19
  4. ^ a b Gary Presland (2016) Understanding our natural world: the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1880-2015. Melbourne: Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
  5. ^ Ferdinand von Mueller (1887). "Descriptions of new Australian plants (continued)". The Victorian Naturalist. 3 (11): 157-160 [158]. ISSN 0042-5184. Wikidata Q124841229.
  6. ^ a b Ferdinand von Mueller (1889). "Descriptions of some new Australian plants". The Victorian Naturalist. 6: 54–55. ISSN 0042-5184. Wikidata Q124825709.
  7. ^ a b Ferdinand von Mueller (1892). "Descriptions of new Australian plants, with occasional other annotations (Continued)". The Victorian Naturalist. 8: 177–180. ISSN 0042-5184. Wikidata Q124826895.
  8. ^ Sheila Houghton (1987) The Australian Natural History Medallion Melbourne: Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
  9. ^ "Australian Natural History Medallionists" (PDF). Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  10. ^ Barrow, Elizabeth. "Dobson, Frank Stanley (1835–1895)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
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