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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2024-04-18 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007368b.htm corporateBody South Australian Ornithological Association AACR2 Birds SA 1899 Start Place Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Ornithology Association Society or Membership Organisation Conservation The South Australian Ornithological Association was founded in 1899, the first specialist ornithological society in Australia to focus on native birds. There were seven original members. From its foundation, the Association has had as its main focus the conservation and study of indigenous birds and their habitats, and to encourage interest in South Australian birds. Early activities included advocating the release of Cape Barren Geese on Kangaroo Island and leasing islands in the Coorong, both deemed to be safe breeding grounds. The first issue of the Association's journal, the South Australian ornithologist was published in 1914. Dissention among members in the late 1950s caused a split in the Association over the issue of the promotion of legislative protection for rare and endangered fauna. Disaffected members formed their own organisation, the Adelaide Ornithologist's Club. The Association is connected with other conservation organisations: it participates in the Conservation Council of South Australia; was active in the formation of the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia in 1962; and in 2018 became affiliated with Birds Australia (later BirdLife Australia). The "common name" Birds SA was adopted in 2001.

The seven foundation members were: Edwin Ashby; John W. Mellor; Alexander M. Morgan; M. Symonds; S. A. White; A. H. C. Zietz; and F. R. Zietz.

Publications of the Association include:
South Australian ornithologist (0038-2973) vol. 1 (1914) -
South Australian Ornithological Association newsletter no. 1-263 (1959 - 2015)
Birds SA Newsletter "the Birder" no 264 (2016) -

 BirdLife Australia (2012 - ) Birds Australia (1997 - 2011) McGilp, John Neil (1881 - 1963)

President 1935 - 1936 and 1948 - 1949

 White, Samuel Albert (1870 - 1954)

President 1904 and 1911; Honorary member 1941 - 1954

 Black, Andrew Barham

President 1974 - 1976, 1985 - 1990 and 2004 - 2007; Life Member 1995 -

 Joseph, Leo George (1958 - )

Honorary Life Member 2015 -

 Ashby, Edwin (1861 - 1941)

Foundation Member 1899 -

 Cleland, John Burton (1878 - 1971)

President 1938 - 1939; Life member 1961 - 1971

 Blaylock, Brian James (1947 - 2022)

Secretary 2000 - 2018; Honorary member (posthumous) 2022

 Lendon, Alan Harding (1903 - 1973)

President 1940 - 1941 and 1947 - 1948

 Sutton, John (1866 - 1938)

Honorary Secretary 1922 - 1938

 McGill, Arnold Robert (1905 - 1988)

Honorary Member 1974 - 1988

 Mellor, John White (1868 - 1931)

Foundation member 1899

 Morgan, Alexander Matheson (1867 - 1934)

Founding Member 1899; President 1899-- 1901, 1907 - 1908, 1916 - 1917, 1925 - 1926 and 1931 - 1932

 Paton, David Cleland

President, 1990 - 1993; Life Member 2007 -

 Paton, Penelope Ann (Penny)

President 2001 - 2004

 Ragless, Gordon (1909 - 2002)

President 1957 - 1960, Honorary Member 1985 - 2002

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

Honorary Member 1970 - 1988

 South Australian ornithologist (1914 - )

Publisher 1914 -

 Condon, Herbert Thomas (1912 - 1978)

Honorary Member 1964 - 1978

 'South Australian Ornithological Association', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology South Australian Ornithological Association Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: History of ornithology in South Australia Crompton, R. History of ornithology in South Australia 1914 South Australian ornithologist 1 1 5-11 Edited Book: Birds, Birders and Birdwatching 1899-1999: celebrating one hundred years of the South Australian Ornithological Association Collier, Roger; Hatch, John; Matheson, Bill; Russell, Tony Birds, Birders and Birdwatching 1899-1999: celebrating one hundred years of the South Australian Ornithological Association Adelaide South Australian Ornithological Association 1999