Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 

 Mrs. Edna King 



•\nnilK-i Lragjt Ions lo the l-.N.C.V. own. red on 'lucsday. 23 February, 

 whftii Mr*, Rdna KinS. the Assistant Editor, dlad suddenly. 



Hearlleli sympathy goes ottl la her husband and relatives, ironi 



'""'Sis' Kmu was aclivc in ■ number of liclds connected with the Club 

 not rhe least of these being Assistant Hchtor. in whieh she was ol ircmcndm, 



hClP 'l-una's bright and cheerful personahtv will he greatly missed from Out 

 meetings and excursions alike. -Eon ok. 



General Meetinc* 



It is regfotltd that We are unable lo 

 publish the Ecporl of the Jai>unr> 

 General Meetine: and ean oiils give t 

 briel report ol the 1 o.biuaiy mcctm.u 



Mis King, our late Assis&nl cdncjr 



was pr^ariRg this report at the time 

 of her death. 



a,;u rul \Uctinn - H Frhmary 



Puor to lite meetiriK. an I'xtia- 

 .M.lm.m Mcetine was held to consider 

 the application rpi affiliation ol the 



Mui \im:,.,v i jeld Matmtilwts ftusl A 



motion apprOVinfi ot litis Was carried 

 Mr and Mrs, McFaelftUe Wd Miss 

 Irvine, thice members ol the < lob 



^fW^arca represented l\v the tinsi 

 was between Swan Hill and RobimM, 

 on both sides of the river: and they 

 were concentratim; on conservation. 



The General Meeting was chaired 

 by the President. Mr T Sault. and 

 approximate I v lw members were pre- 

 sent including three new members, and 

 Mr. I Mian (the immediate past 

 President I who has recently returned 

 from overseas. 



li was with repel thai the deaths 

 of two members were announced 

 Mr William Hunter, and Mr P. J. 

 Hemniie. Mr. Willis spoke of the vast 

 amounl ol botanical woik .tone in E 

 C.irpsland by Mi. Hunter who was B 

 surveyor in die arCM and discovered 

 manv new species ol plants. 



Mr. Hemline wu> well known I, a hW 

 knowledge of place names, and was 

 ;>n authority on buildinc stones. His 

 work nvainlv concerned the Grampians 

 area, -and he led many excursions in 

 ecolnity. 



Correspondence was received from 

 Mr J Baines seekine nominations for 



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the Nalinal lli-.iois Medallion 

 be in by Mav next 



Also, the iceentlv lonticd W.ntin,, 

 and District C onseivalion SQctttj 

 psqw (ted Mipporl W IhotJ ofton to con 

 seive the ina.shlan.l aiea nc*r \U 

 Banuile Homestead, which is heir, 

 threatened bv over-devclopntent 



Nonce WW -vecved iron, the P.M* 

 that Ihe liiwuun Xtimtnlhi had hc< 

 reclassified into Calceoiy A, \Mtii 

 of It. 



A motion was earned to Hie (VM 

 [fiat the Secretarv be l.otihVd bWWt • 

 mcct.iuv of any Oihei business |flj 

 li-aed on the Aecnda. and lh. a 014 

 luisines* h( placed oil ihe Agenda 



sp taflRI 

 pfcrbafiun 



>rd ftil Vic 



t Mffiter, 



N. Mcfailauc StfH 

 ties with S. //'leans I 

 slates that it is a new 

 lOtia collected m s.it 

 neai Annuello. south 



A. J Swahv-C ushion Hash tfVA' 

 i^pbubn f'O'iwmi. /.</■''«/'< rini'in "itc 



Mrs. K tavloi lw.> siiniine. Kf. 

 eimr wattles l-f tfiftW*)* ami s- 



fumttils) 



T. Saulr— Kauies Aprons 1/ ifflliW 

 tlHhot.mu,). 



Mrs. Her.n-.-ll harly photom-T^ <t 

 Inwer Hill ..mi Wai .nambt.nl MW 



A. Morrison— Ofer/n'.i MMWfatf 

 Ncrtcut '/•'/ww 



R. Condron WNfCJU 



t he subject of the evening BM 

 "Sctdt and Biolis Wonderland" - W 

 address on an exclusion throueh V> 

 Ouinea men by Mr J H Willis. 



V.ct. Nat Vol 8* 



