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29 May 2018

NEWS OF COMING EVENTS

Walks in the Rainforest with Toby Golson

Thursday, 7 June 2018 and 21 June 2018 – 10:00am
 
Join Toby Golson, ANBG Senior Horticulturalist, on a walk in the Rainforest to see and hear about the new plantings from material collected on his field trip to northern NSW and Queensland in 2014.
 
Toby is keen to share the results of both that trip and one to the Atherton Tablelands in north Queensland in November 2017, to secure-EPBC listed and climate-change-threatened high-altitude rainforest taxa currently unrepresented in the ANBG collection. (See Toby's article in the latest edition of Fronds, on page 12). Both trips were supported by the Friends.

The walks are free but numbers are limited, so bookings are essential: go to the Eventarc website.
 

ANBG Friends Plant Science Group Technical Talk

Dr Alexander Schmidt-Lebuhn, CSIRO
Polyploidy in Australian Pomaderris and why it matters for conservation management
 
Currently a cross-institutional working group coordinated by ANBG's living collections manager David Taylor and supported by a NSW Environmental Trust grant is working to improve propagation methods and conservation management options for rare species of the native shrub genus Pomaderris (Rhamnaceae).
 
As part of this work, a CSIRO vacation student has studied differences in genome size and the number of genome copies within and between these species, providing the very first insights into these patterns in native Pomaderris. Alexander will summarise the results of this research and discuss how they fit into and matter for conservation management.
 
When: Monday, 4 June – 10:30am
Where: ANBG Theatrette
 

ANBG Friends Photographic Group

June meeting – Joe Cali
Astrophotography
 
Joe Cali will share his passion for astrophotography, including many different eclipse events. Joe, a long-term employee of the Research School of Earth Sciences at the ANU, follows a private passion for astrophotography including chasing and photographing eclipses at home and around the world. See www.joe-cali.com/
 
When: Friday, 29 June – 10:30am to 12:00pm
Where: ANBG Theatrette
 

Talks at 12.30pm each Thursday in the Theatrette

Details of the talks for the next few weeks are below, and information on talks through to 30 August is on the Friends website at https://www.friendsanbg.org.au/calendar_talks

31 May – Professor Robert Magrath
Alarm calls and eavesdropping in wild bird populations

 
Robert will discuss how many birds give alarm calls to warn members of their own species about danger, but other species often listen in on these calls.
 
7 June – Dr Ann Moyal
Robert Brown in Australia

 
Ann, an historian, will talk on Robert Brown who spent nearly four years in ‘New Holland’ from 1801-04. He gathered an immense collection of plants that laid the foundation of Australian botanical knowledge, and revitalised botanical science internationally.

14 June – Max Bourke
Kipos or paradeisos?

 
Max will illustrate how dry gardens of Greek Islands have given us a legacy of valuable foods but also some invasive species.

21 June – Dr Ceridwen (Crid) Fraser
Dispersal and disturbance shape global patterns of biodiversity

 
Crid will give an overview of how dispersal and disturbance interact to structure spatial patterns of biodiversity and will focus on research on diverse Southern Hemisphere systems, including shallow-water marine communities in the sub-Antarctic.

28 June – Honorary Professor Penny Olsen
Indigenous Australians early contributions to zoology

 
It is well known that indigenous Australians often acted as guides to European expeditions. Much less recognized is that they also played a vital role in the scientific discovery and description of the continent’s unusual flora and fauna and understanding of its biology and ecology.

5 July – Brett McNamara
The art of community engagement in our parks

 
Join Brett, Manager of Namadgi National Park, in looking at more than ten years of artists and craft practitioners immersing themselves in the heart of the Park, drawing inspiration from their surroundings. The talk will focus on their professional and personal journeys.

Entrance: A small donation to the Friends at the entrance is appreciated. Such funds support the Gardens.

Limited numbers: Thursday Talks have become so popular that, for safety reasons, we have to ensure that we don't exceed the limit of 90 in the Theatrette. Please arrive early to ensure a seat.

Friends website update

The Friends website was restored after the hacking episode in late April and early May, and has been up and running satisfactorily since.
 
Our security consultants have been monitoring the website server since the breach, but there have been no signs of further problems.
 
We have taken several steps to safeguard the website and our other IT systems (such as the membership database, and records used by the Volunteer Guides and the Growing Friends). This includes moving all personal data to a separate server, and increasing other security measures, to significantly reduce the risk of any security or privacy incidents in the future.
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