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List of Australian Field Naturalists' Clubs

This is a list of Australia's field naturalist clubs. These natural history and conservation societies are dedicated to the study, appreciation and conservation of the natural environment in their local regions. Australia has a long field naturalist club history, with the earliest club, the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, being founded in 1880.[1]

Victoria

Victoria holds the largest number of regional field naturalist clubs in Australia.

Name Year Location Notes External links
Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1880 Blackburn The oldest still running field naturalist club in Australia, being founded in 1880. The club has published a journal, The Victorian Naturalist bimonthly since 1884. The club is situated in Blackburn, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.[1] The club serves as a parent organisation to many field naturalist clubs across Victoria, hosting yearly events, assisting in conservation efforts and acting as a leading body for the movement in the state. The club has been awarding the Australian Natural History Medallion to individuals who have made the most meritorious contribution to Australian Natural History, since 1940.[2] Club website

The Victorian Naturalist

Ballarat Field Club and Science Society (defunct) 1882-1918 Ballarat Predecessor of the Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat, which now maintains the club's archives. It was the second founded field naturalist club in Victoria, behind the state club.
Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat 1952 Ballarat The club was founded as a continuation of the Ballarat Field Club and Science Society (1882-1918), acting as a repository for the society's records.[3] The club hosts face-to-face meetings, excursions, camps and conservation activities throughout the year.[4] The club has also published the monthly Ballarat Naturalist since 1974.[5] Club website

The Ballarat Naturalist

Bendigo Field Naturalists Club 1945 Bendigo The club has published the monthly field naturalist magazine, The Whirrakee since 1979.[6][7] The club has also previously published The Bendigo Naturalist from 10 September 1945 to the early 1950's.[8] Club website
Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club 1976 Castlemaine Alongside regular meetings and excursions, the club organises vegetation and bird surveys, as well as weed control and roadside clean up days in the local region.[9] The club has published the monthly newsletter the Castlemaine Naturalist since 1976.[10] Club website

The Castlemaine Naturalist

Geelong Field Naturalists Club (defunct) 1880-1932 Geelong The club published the The Wombat: Journal of the Geelong Field Naturalists' Club from 1895-1902[11] , as well as its successor, The Geelong Naturalist: The Journal of the Geelong Field Naturalists' Club until 1931.[12] The Wombat

The Geelong Naturalist

Geelong Field Naturalists Club 1961 Geelong Alongside regular meetings, excursion and camps, the club publishes the quarterly Geelong Naturalist: journal of the Geelong Field Naturalists Club[13][14]. The club has no official ties to its predecessor. Club Website

Geelong naturalist

Peninsula Field Naturalists' Club 1952 Frankston andMornington Peninsula Founded as a junior group of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, by members of the parent organisation.[15] Has undertaken extensive observations The club has published the Peninsula Field Naturalists' Club Newsletter on a quarterly basis since 2011.[16] The club's emblem is the rabbit's ears orchid (Thelymitra antennifera).[17] Club website

Peninsula Field Naturalists' Club Newsletter

Portland Field Naturalists Club 1945 Portland The club hosts monthly meetings and excursions around the local area, including Mount Richmond National Park, Lower Glenelg National Park and Cobboboonee National Parks.[18][19] They publish a monthly newsletter that discusses recent excursions and observations.[20] The club has published the Portland Field Naturalists Club Newsletter since 1968 and the Birds of the Portland District (2007 and 2019).[21] Club webpage

Portland Field Naturalists Club Newsletter

Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club 1960 Latrobe Valley The club hosts monthly meetings, excursions and field camps and a bimonthly magazine, the Latrobe Valley Naturalist.[22][23] The club emblem is the flying duck-orchid (Caleana major).[24] Club website
Maryborough Field Naturalists Club 1951 Maryborough The club hosts monthly meetings and excursions.[25][26] The club has published the naturalist history guide and trail-book Exploring Maryborough & district (1988).[27] The club has a close working relationship with the Bendigo and Castlemaine field naturalist clubs, with the three clubs jointly publishing several naturalist guidebooks and CDs. The club has been instrumental to expanding protected reserves in the area, including the founding of the Winifred Waddel Wildflower Sanctuary (1960), Bell's Swamp (1975), Clune's Swamp (1976) and Paddys Ranges State Park (1989).[28] Club webpage
Ringwood Field Naturalists Club 1961 Ringwood The club hosts monthly meetings, excursions and field camps and a biyearly magazine, The Whistler.[29] Previously, the club published The Ringwood Field Naturalist, which ran from 1995 to 2015.[30] Club website
Upper Goulburn Field Naturalists Club 1978 Alexandra The club hosts monthly meetings and field trips.[31] Club webpage
Anglesea Aireys Inlet Society for the Protection of Flora & Fauna (Angair) 1969 Anglesea The club is dedicated to protecting our indigenous flora and fauna, hosting monthly committee meetings, excursions and various conservation activities.[32] Since 1969, the society has hosted the Angair Nature Show, a wildflower and art show weekend, which celebrates indigenous flora and fauna and funds conservations efforts in the Inlet.[33] The society has previously provided conservation advice to government and community bodies who are developing in the area, including working with Parks Victoria and the Surf Coast Mountain Bike Club to develop non-invasive biking paths throughout the protected land.[34] They also host revegetation days with local school groups to propagate native plants in the area.[35] Club website
Bairnsdale & District Field Naturalists Club 1960 Bairnsdale The club hosts monthly general meetings, field excursions and bushwalks. The club publishes the quarterly newsletter, The Clematis.[36] They have also published the Orchids of East Gippsland — A Field Guide (2014), which includes much of the club's survey work and observations of rare native orchids in the East Gippsland area from the foundation of the club, including across Wilsons Promontory, Licola and Mallacoota.[37] Club website
Donald History & Natural History Group 1962 Donald The club is a history and natural history organisation that manages the Donald Court House Museum which contains a wide-ranging collection of local and regional artefacts. In 2009 the museum also became a 'Keeping Place' for Indigenous Cultural Heritage Artefacts working alongside the Barengi Gadjin Land Council and the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation.[38] The group is also a registered Place of Deposit for the Public Record Office Victoria.[39] Club website

Buloke Bulletin

Hamilton Field Naturalists Club 1958 Hamilton The club's logo is the endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Perameles gunnii), which was adopted in 1976. The club has been integral to the conservation efforts for the bandicoot, which they started in 1980.[40] The bandicoot can now only be found in the Victorian wild in the Hamilton Parkland wildlife enclosure, in which the club works alongside Parks Victoria and other government and non-government organisations to continue the conservation efforts.[41][42] Club website
Sale & District Field Naturalists Sale The club holds monthly meetings and excursions. It has previous hosted camps for the South East Australian Naturalist Association, in collaboration with the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club.[43][44] Club webpage
St Arnaud Field Naturalists Club 1984 St. Arnaud The club holds monthly meetings and excursions. It also works closely with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and Parks Victoria to undertake conservation efforts in the region including nesting boxes and pest removal.[45][46] Club website
Warrnambool Field Naturalists Club 1958 Warrnambool The club holds monthly meetings and excursions, as well as excursions and camp trips around the local area.[47][48][49] The club publishes the monthly Warrnambool Field Naturalists Club Newsletter and has previously published The Nature of Warrnambool authored by J.G. Douglas.[50] The club acts has continually undertaken conservation efforts on protected nature reserves in the area, including Tower Hill, Goose Lagoon, Lake Pertobe, Deen Maar at Yambuk and the Framlingham forest.[51] Club webpage

Warrnambool Field Naturalists Club Newsletter

New South Wales

Name Year founded Location Notes External links
Goulburn Field Naturalists Society 1965 Goulburn The club actively participates in local conservation projects in the Goulburn area.[52] The club has published the Birds of Goulburn & District, which covers all rare and uncommon species of birds native to the area.[53] Club website
Albury-Wodonga Field Naturalists Club 1965 Albury-Wodonga The club hosts monthly meetings and field trips in and around the Albury-Wodonga area.[54] Works closely and is hosted by the Friends of Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park.[55] Club website
Barrier Field Naturalists Club 1920 Broken Hill The club hosts monthly meetings and field trips in and around the Broken Hill area.[56] The was co-founded by acclaimed botanist Albert Morris, recently celebrating its centenary with the Broken Hill Historical Society.[57] [58]
Dubbo Field Naturalist & Conservation Society 1977 Dubbo The club hosts monthly meetings and field trips in the Dubbo area.[59] This has included self-guided bush walks and ecological revitalisation activities along the Macquarie-Wambul River.[60] [61] Club website
Murrumbidgee Field Naturalists 1994 Nerranda, Griffith and Wagga Wagga The club was originally based in Nerranda, but has expanded to include branches in Griffith and Wagga Wagga.[62] The club's conservation work covers their local area, primarily focusing on the Murrumbidgee River Valley.[63] They are a member of the Murrumbidgee Environmental Water Advisory Group, working with Curtin University to monitor the biodiversity of the Gayini wetlands.[64] They have received community grants to continue this work by Griffith City Council.[65] Club website
Orange Field Naturalist & Conservation Society 1974 Orange The club hosts monthly meetings and field trips in the Orange area, and continues to produce field guides for native orchids.[66][67] Club website

Queensland

Name Year founded Location Notes External links
Queensland Naturalists Club 1906 West End The club can trace its history back to 1859, as a subsidiary of the Queensland Philosophical Society, however its inaugural meeting was held in 1906. It was originally called the Queensland Field Naturalists Club, changing to its current name in 1922.[68] [69]. The club is the largest naturalist group in the state and acts as a parent organisation to the regional clubs across Queensland. Club website
Chinchilla Field Naturalists Club 1967 Chinchilla The club has published a compendium of observations titled Going bush with Chinchilla Nats: thirty years of field observations (1997).[70][71] Club webpage
South Burnett Field Naturalists Club Murgon Club information webpage
Tamborine Mountain Natural History Association Tamborine Published A Natural history of Tamborine Mountain (1988) by Joy Guyatt.[72] The club funded a plaque commemorating Ian Stuart MacDonald, and field naturalist and founder of the club.[73]
Stanthorpe Field Naturalist Club 1969 Stanthorpe The club publishes a monthly newsletter since 1969.[74] Club website
Toowoomba Field Naturalists 1951 Toowoomba The club has published Flora, Fauna and Fellowship 70 Years of the Toowoomba Field Naturalist Club (2021) by Francis Mangubhai with Diane Pagel and Glenda Walter, as well as a field guide on frogs in the Toowoomba area.[75] Club website

South Australia

Name Year founded Location Notes External links
Field Naturalists Society of South Australia 1883 Adelaide Originally founded in 1883 as a section of the Royal Society of South Australia, inspired by the success of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria three years earlier.[76] Originally called the 'Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of South Australia', the club was incorporated in 1959.[77] The club has published The South Australian Naturalist since 1919.[78] Club website
Kangaroo Island Flora & Fauna Club
Riverland Field Naturalists

Northern Territory

Name Year founded Location Notes External links
Alice Springs Field Naturalists Club

Western Australia

Name Year founded Location Notes External links
Western Australian Naturalists Club
Busselton Naturalists Club
Goldfields Naturalists Club
Toodyay Naturalists Club

Tasmania

Name Year founded Location Notes External links
Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club
North East Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club
Launceston Field Naturalists Club
Burnie Field Naturalists Club
King Island Field Naturalists Club
Central North Field Naturalists

Australian Capital Territory

Name Year founded Location Notes External links
Field Naturalists Association of Canberra

Other Australian natural science and conservation organisations

Name Year founded Location Notes External links
Australian Naturalists' Network
South East Australian Naturalist Association

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