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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-02-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007615b.htm person Christie Maureen Heather AM AACR2 Bird observer Maureen Christie is widely acknowledged as an expert in shorebirds. Since her career as a bookkeeper ended with her retirement in 1994, Christie has devoted much of her time to bird organisations. These included the Australasian and Victorian Wader Study Groups, Friends of Shorebirds SE Inc. (FoSSE), and BirdLife Australia. Besides holding office on the committees of these organisations, Christie's involvement has ranged from field surveys and banding programs to organising and running expeditions and establishing long-term data projects. Much of her involvement covers the South Australian and Victorian coasts and in northwest Western Australia. In particular she is concerned with migratory shorebirds, notably the Ruddy Turnstone and Sanderling, along the East Asian-Australian Flyway from Siberia to Australia. The work she has done with colleagues has highlighted the importance of tidal flats in these migrations. Among the awards Christie has received are the Serventy Conservation Medal and the Australian Natural History Medallion. 1994 1994 Career event - Retired from career as bookkeeper 1995 Career position - Founding, Member, Friends of Mount Gambier Area Parks 1995 Career position - Member, Victorian Wader Study Group 1997 2001 Career position - Secretary, Friends of Mount Gambier Area Parks 2001 2011 Career position - Member, Birds South East South Australia, Birds Australia 2005 Career position - Editor, Friends of Shorebirds SE 2005 Career position - Founding Member and Secretary, Friends of Shorebirds SE (FoSSE) 2006 Career position - Committee Member, Australasian Wader Study Group 2007 2013 Career position - Expedition Co-Leader, Australasian Wader Study Group NWWA 2012 Career position - Member, Birdlife South East South Australia, BirdLife Australia 2021 2021 Award - Clive Minton Medallion, Victorian Wader Study Group 2021 2021 Award - Serventy Conservation Medal, Australian Wildlife Society 2021 2021 Award - Inducted into South Australian Women's Honour Roll 2023 2023 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for significant service to wildlife conservation 2023 2023 Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria Jessop, Rosalind (Roz) Gosbell, Ken Minton, Clive Dudley Thomas (1934 - 2019) Clive Minton Medallion, Victorian Wader Study Group (2019 - )

Awarded the Medallion 2021

 Serventy Conservation Award (1999 - )

Received the Medal 2021

 Victorian Wader Study Group (1978 - )

Member 1995 -

 BirdLife Australia (2012 - )

Member, Birds South East SA 2012 -

 Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 2023

 'Christie, Maureen Heather', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Christie, Maureen Heather Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Geolocator studies of Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres and Greater sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii in the East Asian-Australian flyway reveal widely different migration strategies Minton, C. [and others] Geolocator studies of Ruddy turnstone, <span style="font-style:italic">Arenaria interpres</span> and Greater sandplover <span style="font-style:italic">Charadrius leschenaultii</span> in the East Asian-Australian flyway reveal widely different migration strategies 2011 Wader Study Group bulletin 118:87-96 118 87-96 Journal Article: North-West Australia wader & tern expedition report 23rd February to 16th March 2013 Minton, C., Jessop, Rosalind, Hassell, Chris J. and Christie, Maureen North-West Australia wader & tern expedition report 23rd February to 16th March 2013 2013 Stilt 63/4 50-5 Journal Article: Jeff Campbell - awarded the Clive Minton Medallion AGM 2023 Marks, Ila and Christie, Maureen Jeff Campbell - awarded the Clive Minton Medallion AGM 2023 2024 VWGS bulletin 47 83-4 Journal Article: North-West wader and tern expedition 2007 (10th November to 1st December 2007) Minton, Clive, Jessop, Rosalind, Hassell, Chris and Christie, Maureen North-West wader and tern expedition 2007 (10th November to 1st December 2007) 2008 Stilt 53 31-6 Journal Article: Geolocator studies of Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres and Greater sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii in the East Asian-Australian flyway reveal widely different migration strategies Minton, C. [and others] Geolocator studies of Ruddy turnstone, <span style="font-style:italic">Arenaria interpres</span> and Greater sandplover <span style="font-style:italic">Charadrius leschenaultii</span> in the East Asian-Australian flyway reveal widely different migration strategies 2011 Wader Study Group bulletin 118:87-96 118 87-96 Journal Article: New insights from geolocators deployed on waders in Australia Minton, Clive [and others] New insights from geolocators deployed on waders in Australia 2013 Wader Study Group bulletin 120 1 37-46 Book: Report to the Wildlife Conservation Fund Research Grants Program: site faithfulness of Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres in south east of South Australia Christie, Maureen, Jessop, Rosalind and Gibbs, Heather Report to the Wildlife Conservation Fund Research Grants Program: site faithfulness of Ruddy Turnstone <span style="font-style:italic">Arenaria interpres</span> in south east of South Australia [Adelaide] Friends of Shorebirds SE 2009 Journal Article: Body size shapes inter-specific migratory behaviour: evidence from individual tracks of long-distance migratory shorebirds Zhao, Meijuan [and others] Body size shapes inter-specific migratory behaviour: evidence from individual tracks of long-distance migratory shorebirds 2017 Journal of avian biology 49 1 1-12 Journal Article: South Australian wader studies - an overview Christie, M. South Australian wader studies - an overview 2006 Stilt 50 249-76 Journal Article: Clive Minton Medallion citation 2021: Maureen Christie Hanks, Petra and Jessop, Roz Clive Minton Medallion citation 2021: Maureen Christie 2022 VWGS bulletin 45 87-8 Resource Section: Miss Maureen Heather Christie: Member of the Order of Australia Miss Maureen Heather Christie: Member of the Order of Australia Canberra Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet 2023 It's an Honour Journal Article: 2023 Australian Natural History Medallion: Maureen Christie Campbell, Maxwell 2023 Australian Natural History Medallion: Maureen Christie 2024 Victorian naturalist 141 3 91-2