Corporate Body

Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland (1906 - 1922)

From
1906
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
To
1922
Functions
Natural history and Society or Membership Organisation

Summary

The Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland was founded in 1906 at the instigation of Josiah Skertchly, Henry Tryon and J. Johnston. Earlier attempts to establish a naturalists' club in Queensland failed to thrive: the Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of Queensland (founded 1886), and the Natural History Society of Queensland (1892). The Club's aims were the encouragement of the study of all branches of natural history and the protection and conservation of native fauna and flora. There was a strong emphasis on field studies and fostering education in natural history. From 1908 the Club published its journal, the Queensland naturalist. The Club amalgamated with the Queensland Gould League of Bird Lovers in July 1921. In 1922 the Club's name was changed to the Queensland Naturalists' Club and Nature Lovers' League

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 1892 - 1896 Natural History Society of Queensland
       1906 - 1922 Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland
             1922 - Queensland Naturalists' Club

Related Journals

Related People

Published resources

Journals

  • Cribb, Alan B.; Cribb, Joan W.; and Woodall, Peter F., eds., 'Queensland Naturalists', The Queensland Naturalist, 44 (1-3), 2006, 2-72 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Cribb, J. W., 'The contributions of the Queensland Naturalists' Club to natural history on Queensland', Queensland naturalist, 34 (1/2) (1996), 28-31. Details
  • Holland, C. W., 'Origin and early years of the Queensland Naturalists' Club', Queensland naturalist, 13 (1946), 26-34. Details
  • Marks, Elizabeth N., 'Seventy-five years of natural history', Queensland naturalist, 24 (1/4) (1983), 6-28. Details
  • Smith, J. Cossar, 'Our first fifty years', Queensland naturalist, 15 (1956), 72-6. Details
  • White, C. T., 'A brief history of the naturalists' club movement in Queensland', Queensland naturalist, 5 (1926), 73-5. Details

Helen Cohn

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