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EnglishAACR2Anglo-American Cataloguing RulesCorporate Bodycreated2019-10-29humanHelen Cohnupdated2025-03-31humanhttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006641b.htmcorporateBodyWestern Australian Natural History Society [I]AACR218911898Start PlacePerth, Western Australia, AustraliaThe Western Australian Natural History Society was founded in 1891, the first such society on Western Australia. Explorer and Premier of Western Australia, John Forrest was the foundation President. Early enthusiasm, which saw the establishment of a nature reserve of several thousand acres near Pinjarra, was not sustained and the Society lapsed.
Forrest, John (1847 - 1918)
President 1891
Woodward, Bernard Henry (1846 - 1916)
Foundation Member 1891
Renfree, Marilyn Bernice (1947 - )
Serventy Memorial Lecturer 2007
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