LaTrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club

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The LaTrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club (LVFNC) is an Australian regional scientific natural history and conservation society. It is based in the LaTrobe Valley in Victoria and draws members from across western, central and southern Gippsland.

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The LVFNC was created in 1960 to encourage the enjoyment of nature and to help preserve the region's flora, fauna and natural habitat. Its motto is "to protect and enjoy". [1]

The LVFNC supports a wide range of conservation and environmental projects throughout the region, including monitoring threatened species and conducting plant and animal surveys in areas of high conservation value. [2]

The current emblem of the LVFNC was designed by artist Beatrice Rowles and features the flying duck-orchid ( Caleana major ). The Australian grass tree ( Xanthorrhoea australis ) has also been used in the club's branding, including a 1965 car sticker that was sold at field naturalist camps across Australia. [3]

Current activities

The LVFNC holds monthly meetings from January to November, usually on the fourth Friday of the month. Meetings usually include a guest speaker presenting on a natural history or conservation topic. Members and visitors are welcome to attend both the meetings and the monthly excursions, which are usually held the day after the monthly meetings. [4] The club also organises spring and summer field camps and has two special interest groups, a Botany Group and a Bird Group, which hold their own meetings, field trips and surveys. [5]

The LVFNC works closely with other field naturalist clubs in the region, hosting camps, excursions and guest lectures for the Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club, Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat and Peninsula Field Naturalists' Club. [6] [7]

History

The LVFNC was formed in February 1960 at a public meeting in Morwell sponsored by the Morwell and District Horticultural Society. [8] The concept of a regional field naturalist club in the LaTrobe Valley was proposed by members of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (FNCV) who has visited the 1959 Morwell Horticultural Show. FNCV members assisted in the club formation and have continued to support and work closely with the LVFNC since then. [3] Originally called the Gippsland Field Naturalists Club, the name was changed to the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club in early 1961. Notable founding members of the LVFNC include botanist and Australian Natural History Medallion recipient Jean Galbraith, Don Lyndon and Medal of the Order of Australia recipient Ellen Lyndon, who received the award in recognition for her work with both the LVFNC and the FNCV. [9] [3] [10]

The club has worked actively throughout its history to establish nature reserves in the region. These include the Morwell National Park, which was established by an Act of Parliament in 1967, and the Holey Plains State Park, which was declared in 1973. [11] [12] [13]

Publications

The LVFNC publishes a bimonthly magazine, the LaTrobe Valley Naturalist, which has been published continuously since 1963. Issues include short articles, details of upcoming events, and reports of excursions, camps, meetings and presentations. [14] in 1986 the club received official thanks from the General Manager of the Victorian Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands, complementing the quality and significance of the magazine. [3]

The club and its members have published a number of books, nature guides and leaflets, discussing the natural history and ecological of the region. [15] These publications include:

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References

  1. ↑ "Our Mission". Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  2. ↑ "Project Involvement". Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Rayment, Philip; Thompson, Bon; Long, Lorna; Roberts, Beatrice; Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club (2010), To protect and enjoy : the first fifty years of the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club : 1960-2010 / [authored and edited by Philip Rayment ; with contributions from Bon Thompson and Lorna Long ; drawings by Beatrice Roberts], Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club, ISBN   9780980419719
  4. ↑ "Our activities". Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  5. ↑ "Special interest groups". Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  6. ↑ "Camps 2023 – Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club". Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
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  8. ↑ "Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club - Environment Victoria". environmentvictoria.org.au. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  9. ↑ "SEANA - South East Australian Naturalist Association" . Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  10. ↑ "Prominent Naturalists – Ellen Lyndon". South East Australian Naturalist Association. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  11. ↑ "History". Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  12. ↑ Rayment, Philip; Thompson, Bon; Long, Lorna; Roberts, Beatrice; Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club (2010), To protect and enjoy : the first fifty years of the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club : 1960-2010 / [authored and edited by Philip Rayment ; with contributions from Bon Thompson and Lorna Long ; drawings by Beatrice Roberts], Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club, ISBN   9780980419719
  13. ↑ Parks Victoria (1998), Holey Plains State Park management plan / Parks Victoria, Parks Victoria, ISBN   0730662578
  14. ↑ [first co-author here], Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club Monthly newsletter, Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club{{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help); Missing |author1= (help)
  15. ↑ "Publications". Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  16. ↑ Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria.; Victoria, Field Naturalists' Club of; Barnard, F. G. A.; Lucas, A. H. S.; Victoria, Field Naturalists' Club of; Victoria, Field Naturalists' Club of (2009). The Victorian Naturalist. Vol. v.126:no.2 (2009:Jun.). [Melbourne]: Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.
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