The Western Australian Naturalist

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The Western Australian Naturalist (also known as The Naturalist), is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Western Australian Naturalists' Club. It publishes original research on topics related to the natural history of Western Australia.

It was established in 1947. [1] [2]

Similar publications emanated from groups that were established in other Australian states, the South Australian being a part of the Royal Society in that state [3] and the Victorian publication was established as early as the 1880s. [4]

The editor from 1947 to 1980 was Dom Serventy.

At times the publication and contents of the issues of The Naturalist were noted in the local newspaper The West Australian. [5]

The history of the club was first published in The Naturalist in 1964 [6] and subsequently expanded and published separately at a later date. [7]

George Seddon in his work Sense of Place wrote: "there are three good local inexpensive journals that should be in every school and public library The Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia , the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society and The Western Australian Naturalist". [8]

The Naturalist was the location of:

At various stages offprints have been made of articles on subjects that had not had publication elsewhere, [9] [10] [11] or items from The Naturalist have been included in compiled volumes. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Western Australian Naturalists' Club (1947), The Western Australian naturalist, Western Australian Naturalists' Club, ISSN   0508-4865
  2. ↑ "NATURE STUDY". The West Australian . Vol. 63, no. 19, 036. Western Australia. 19 July 1947. p. 6 (SECOND EDITION.). Retrieved 5 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Field Naturalists Society of South Australia; Royal Society of South Australia. Field Naturalists' Section; South Australian Aquarium Society (1900), "South Australian Naturalist : journal of the Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of South Australia. Vol.14 no.1 - vol.24 no. 4, Nov. 1932 - 1st April 1948", South Australian Naturalist, Adelaide, ISSN   0038-2965
  4. ↑ Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria; American Museum of Natural History Library (1884), The Victorian naturalist, [Melbourne] Field Naturalists Club of Victoria , retrieved 2 January 2017
  5. ↑ "W.A. Naturalist". The West Australian . Vol. 66, no. 19, 829. Western Australia. 4 February 1950. p. 19. Retrieved 2 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ Western Australian Naturalist, 9 (6), 1964 : 121 to 152
  7. ↑ Erickson, Rica; Kingston, Dorothy. Record of club activities from 1975 to 1984 (1984), History of the Western Australian Naturalists' Club 1924-1984, s.n, retrieved 5 January 2017
  8. ↑ Seddon, George (1988), Sense of place ([New ed.] ed.), s.n, retrieved 9 January 2017
  9. ↑ De Graaf, M. (Mark) (1967), The manufacture of spinifex gum by desert Aborigines, Western Australian Naturalists' Club?], (General Printing Division of West Australian Newspapers), retrieved 5 January 2017 - "Reprinted from the Western Australian naturalist, v. 10, no. 5, May 16, 1967".
  10. ↑ Lindgren, Eric (1966), Natural history notes from Jigalong, Northwestern Australia , retrieved 5 January 2017 - West Australian Naturalist, v.7, no.5, 1960; 122128; no.8, 1961; 195-201 -- illus.
  11. ↑ Aldrich, Fred; Chittleborough, R. G., 1927-; Western Australian Naturalists' Club (1967), Observations by the late F. Aldrich on Australian marine crayfish in captivity, Western Australian Naturalists' Club, retrieved 5 January 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Reprinted from "The Western Australian naturalist," Vol. 10, No. 7, November 7, 1967; pp. 162-168"
  12. ↑ Coppleson, V. M. (Victor M.); Campbell, G.D; Davies, David H; Gilbert, Perry W; Hutton, Robert F; McCulloch, Allan R. (Allan Riverstone), 1885-1925; Australasian Medical Congress (British Medical Association) ((7th : 1950 : Brisbane, Qld.)); Pacific Science Congress ((10th : 1961 : Honolulu, Hawaii)); Pan-Pacific Surgical Congress ((9th : 1963 : Honolulu, Hawaii)) (1927), [Collection relating to shark attacks in Australian and international waters , retrieved 5 January 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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