P006543 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2019-08-20 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006543b.htm corporateBody Bird Observers' Club AACR2 Bird Observers Club of Australia 1905 2007 Start Place Nunawading, Victoria, Australia Ornithology Association Society or Membership Organisation The Bird Observers Club was formed in 1905 by a group of members of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union with the view of complementing the role of the Union by giving priority to field ornithology and holding regular meetings. The Club suffered a decline during WWI and was revived in 1927. Between 1991 and 2007 the Club was known as the Bird Observers Club of Australia. In 2007 the name of the Club was changed again to Bird Observation and Conservation Australia to reflect its greater involvement in conservation issues. The journal Australian bird watcher (later Australian field ornithology) was published by the Club from 1959. W. Roy Wheeler Medallion, Bird Observers' Club (2005)

The Club awarded ten Medallions in 2005

 Ross, John Alexander (1868 - 1957)

Founding Member 1905 - 1957

 Mattingley, Arthur Herbert Evelyn (1870 - 1950)

Founding Member 1905 - 1935; Life Member 1935 - 1950; President 1928

 Hanks, Ernest Silverton (1892 - 1973)

President 1939 - 1940; Honorary Life Member 1970 - 1973

 Chalk, Aubrey Stubbing (1883 - 1957)

President 1934 - 1936

 Campbell, Archibald James (1853 - 1929)

Foundation Member 1905 - 1929

 Belcher, Charles Frederic (1876 - 1970)

Foundation Member 1905

 Aston, Helen Isobel (1934 - 2020)

President 1971 - 1973

 Wigan, Margaret Louise (1876 - 1970)

President 1932 - 1934

 Wheeler, Wilson Roy (Roy) (1905 - 1988)

President 1951 - 1954; Secretary 1954 - 1971; Treasurer 1963 - 1971; Honorary Life Member 1975 - 1988

 Bird Observation and Conservation Australia (2007 - 2011) 'Bird Observers' Club', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bird Observers' Club Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation