| Name
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Year
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Location
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Notes
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Official Webpages
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| Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
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1880
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Blackburn
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Oldest still running field naturalist club in Australia, being founded in 1880. The club has published a journal, The Victorian Naturalist bimonthly since 1884. The club is situated in Blackburn, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.[1] The club serves as a parent organisation to many field naturalist clubs across Victoria, hosting yearly events, assisting in conservation efforts and acting as a leading body for the movement in the state. The club has been awarding the Australian Natural History Medallion to individuals who have made the most meritorious contribution to Australian Natural History, since 1940.[46]
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Club website
The Victorian Naturalist
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| Ballarat Field Club and Science Society (defunct)
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1882-1918
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Ballarat
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Predecessor of the Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat, which now maintains the club's archives. It was the second founded field naturalist club in Victoria, behind the state club.
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| Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat
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1952
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Ballarat
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Founded as a continuation of the Ballarat Field Club and Science Society (1882-1918), acting as a repository for the society's records.[47] The club hosts face-to-face meetings, excursions, camps and conservation activities throughout the year.[48] The club has also published the monthly Ballarat Naturalist since 1974.[49]
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Club website
The Ballarat Naturalist
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| Bendigo Field Naturalists Club
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1945
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Bendigo
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Has published the monthly field naturalist magazine, The Whirrakee since 1979.[50][51] The club has also previously published The Bendigo Naturalist from 10 September 1945 to the early 1950's.[52]
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Club website
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| Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club
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1976
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Castlemaine
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Alongside regular meetings and excursions, the club organises vegetation and bird surveys, as well as weed control and roadside clean up days in the local region.[53] The club has published the monthly newsletter the Castlemaine Naturalist since 1976.[54]
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Club website
The Castlemaine Naturalist
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| Geelong Field Naturalists Club (defunct)
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1880-1932
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Geelong
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Published The Wombat: Journal of the Geelong Field Naturalists' Club from 1895-1902,[55] as well as its successor, The Geelong Naturalist: The Journal of the Geelong Field Naturalists' Club until 1931.[56]
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The Wombat
The Geelong Naturalist
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| Geelong Field Naturalists Club
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1961
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Geelong
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Alongside regular meetings, excursion and camps, the club publishes the quarterly Geelong Naturalist: journal of the Geelong Field Naturalists Club.[57][58] The club has no official ties to its predecessor.
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Club Website
Geelong naturalist
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| Peninsula Field Naturalists' Club
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1952
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Frankston and Mornington Peninsula
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Founded as a junior group of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, by members of the parent organisation.[59] Has undertaken extensive observations The club has published the Peninsula Field Naturalists' Club Newsletter on a quarterly basis since 2011.[60] The club's emblem is the rabbit's ears orchid (Thelymitra antennifera).[61]
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Club website
Peninsula Field Naturalists' Club Newsletter
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| Portland Field Naturalists Club
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1945
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Portland
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Hosts monthly meetings and excursions around the local area, including Mount Richmond National Park, Lower Glenelg National Park and Cobboboonee National Parks.[62][63] They publish a monthly newsletter that discusses recent excursions and observations.[64] The club has published the Portland Field Naturalists Club Newsletter since 1968 and the Birds of the Portland District (2007 and 2019).[65]
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Club webpage
Portland Field Naturalists Club Newsletter
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| Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club
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1960
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Latrobe Valley
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Hosts monthly meetings, excursions and field camps and a bimonthly magazine, the Latrobe Valley Naturalist.[66][67] The club emblem is the flying duck-orchid (Caleana major).[68]
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Club website
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| Maryborough Field Naturalists Club
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1951
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Maryborough
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Hosts monthly meetings and excursions.[69][70] The club has published the naturalist history guide and trail-book Exploring Maryborough & district (1988).[71] The club has a close working relationship with the Bendigo and Castlemaine field naturalist clubs, with the three clubs jointly publishing several naturalist guidebooks and CDs. The club has been instrumental to expanding protected reserves in the area, including the founding of the Winifred Waddel Wildflower Sanctuary (1960), Bell's Swamp (1975), Clune's Swamp (1976) and Paddys Ranges State Park (1989).[72]
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Club webpage
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| Ringwood Field Naturalists Club
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1961
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Ringwood
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Hosts monthly meetings, excursions and field camps and a biyearly magazine, The Whistler.[73] Previously, the club published The Ringwood Field Naturalist, which ran from 1995 to 2015.[74]
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Club website
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| Upper Goulburn Field Naturalists Club
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1978
|
Alexandra
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Hosts monthly meetings and field trips.[75]
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Club webpage
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| Anglesea Aireys Inlet Society for the Protection of Flora & Fauna (Angair)
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1969
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Anglesea
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Dedicated to protecting indigenous flora and fauna, hosting monthly committee meetings, excursions and various conservation activities.[76] Since 1969, the society has hosted the Angair Nature Show, a wildflower and art show weekend, which celebrates indigenous flora and fauna and funds conservations efforts in the Inlet.[77] The society has previously provided conservation advice to government and community bodies who are developing in the area, including working with Parks Victoria and the Surf Coast Mountain Bike Club to develop non-invasive biking paths throughout the protected land.[78] They also host revegetation days with local school groups to propagate native plants in the area.[79]
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Club website
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| Bairnsdale & District Field Naturalists Club
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1960
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Bairnsdale
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Hosts monthly general meetings, field excursions and bushwalks. The club publishes the quarterly newsletter, The Clematis.[80] They have also published the Orchids of East Gippsland — A Field Guide (2014), which includes much of the club's survey work and observations of rare native orchids in the East Gippsland area from the foundation of the club, including across Wilsons Promontory, Licola and Mallacoota.[81]
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Club website
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| Donald History & Natural History Group
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1962
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Donald
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A history and natural history organisation that manages the Donald Court House Museum which contains a wide-ranging collection of local and regional artefacts. In 2009 the museum also became a 'Keeping Place' for Indigenous Cultural Heritage Artefacts working alongside the Barengi Gadjin Land Council and the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation.[82] The group is also a registered Place of Deposit for the Public Record Office Victoria.[83]
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Club website
Buloke Bulletin
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| Hamilton Field Naturalists Club
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1958
|
Hamilton
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The club's logo is the endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Perameles gunnii), which was adopted in 1976. The club has been integral to the conservation efforts for the bandicoot, which they started in 1980.[84] The bandicoot can now only be found in the Victorian wild in the Hamilton Parkland wildlife enclosure, in which the club works alongside Parks Victoria and other government and non-government organisations to continue the conservation efforts.[85][86]
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Club website
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| Sale & District Field Naturalists
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|
Sale
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Holds monthly meetings and excursions. It has previous hosted camps for the South East Australian Naturalist Association, in collaboration with the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club.[87][88]
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Club webpage
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| St Arnaud Field Naturalists Club
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1984
|
St. Arnaud
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Holds monthly meetings and excursions. It also works closely with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and Parks Victoria to undertake conservation efforts in the region including nesting boxes and pest removal.[89][90]
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Club website
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| Warrnambool Field Naturalists Club
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1958
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Warrnambool
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Holds monthly meetings and excursions, as well as excursions and camp trips around the local area.[91][92][93] The club publishes the monthly Warrnambool Field Naturalists Club Newsletter and has previously published The Nature of Warrnambool authored by J.G. Douglas.[94] The club acts has continually undertaken conservation efforts on protected nature reserves in the area, including Tower Hill, Goose Lagoon, Lake Pertobe, Deen Maar at Yambuk and the Framlingham forest.[95]
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Club webpage
Warrnambool Field Naturalists Club Newsletter
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