Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 



F.N C V 91st Annual Meeting 



II March, 1971 MY. R. Riordan 



CJje President, Mi. Saull, Opened 

 iIk mfictJaa arul welcomed new mcm- 

 hcIs . He attllOUttCtfd with regicl tile 

 jcaths of the following members. 

 Mrs. I. King 

 Mr. W. C. Woollard 

 Mr. H. B. Barred 

 Mi. S.inl! spoke ot Mrs. Kim.;. Mr 

 Su-an and Mr. Woolhird, and 

 Messrs. Mclnnes mid Baines, and Mr. 



Mr. B. Cooper 

 Miss G Piper. 

 Mr. Curlis moved n vote of thanks 

 lo Mr. Coodron for his valuable 

 assistance over a number of ycais; 

 seconded by Mr. Morrison: and Mr. 

 Garnet a vote of thanks 10 all mem- 

 bers of Council for theii work in 

 l')70. seconded bv Mi. Barnes 

 Mr. Kelly, ihc speaker for the 



Barrett. I wo minutes silence was evening, gave a fascinating introdue- 



, twin In I,.. ffitUtkM lj. aA... 



observed. 



Mr Mclnnes presented the annual 

 balance sheet and explained the 

 salient details. Ii appears that Ihc 

 financial situation should remain 

 satisfactory this year. Dauby, Bland 

 i Co. were re-appointcd as auditors. 

 As no new nominations for Conn- 



tion to his suhjeci, ••Beetles". After 

 describing the typical insect structure, 

 and the distinguishing features of the 

 beetles, he told how to fell the 

 various families from one another, 

 and showed a scries of excellent 

 slides ol" typical Australian members 

 of the main groups. Finally he des- 



cjl had been received the following cribed his studies into the life Ins 

 members of the existing Council were lor> of Ihc Chiropsis heetles and 



re-elected, leaving four positions 

 vacant: 



VifsUI.-ni— Mr T. Sault. 

 Vue-Prewh'itts— Mr J. H. Willis, 

 Mr. P, Curbs. 

 Si-ni'lar) — Mr. D. L.ec. 

 Txtiuorr — Mr 13. Mclnnes. 

 ,-f.vsi. Irftmirer — Miss M. Morgan. 

 / ;( /,-, uf _Mr. Ci. Ward, 

 librarian— Mr f\ Kelly. 

 Aaf Librarian — M iss M. Lester. 

 f.uiinirai S,-r.— Miss M. Allandcr. 



Cuukf Mors — 

 Mr. A. Fait hall 



made a plea for more amateurs to 

 help in work of this type. 



Mr. Sault thanked Mr. Kelly for 

 .hi excellent talk, and after a number 

 of questions the audience expressed 

 us thanks in the usual way. 



Mr. Sault reported seeing a flock 

 of many thousands of ravens feed- 

 ing on berries of the Coast Beard 

 Heath. 



Mr. Garnet moved that the club 

 support the existing nomination of 

 Mi Cliff Beauglcholc for the 1971 

 Natural Historv Medallion. Thrs was 

 seconded by Mr. 1-airhall and car- 

 ried. 



Montmorency Junior F.N.C. Second Annual Meeting 



The second annual meeting of Ihc 1971. was attended hy some 90 mcm- 

 Moimuoiency Junior Held Natura- hers, predominately teenagers and 

 lists Club, held on Friday, 12 \Lurctn younger children 



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