the great amount of work already 

 done hv others, theic was still much 

 to Hi' discovered, a belief amply justi- 

 fied by his list ol new records Tins 

 project also led In the first official 

 BllRIlCia1 recognition of his work. The 

 interest ol the Plant Survey Council 

 ol Victoria, and a grant Ironi I he 

 Maud Gibson Trust, enabled him to 

 work full lime on the project, which 

 bec.imc the fust full scale research 

 undertaken in Austialia on the grid 

 •ostein. Following the Grampians 

 survey he worked for the National 

 Parks Authority in several Western 

 Vietoii in Parks, and eventually moved 

 on to new terrain in East Gippkmd. 



Cliffs interest in existing, and pro- 

 posed. National Parks has bad high 

 prioritv in recent years. The compre- 

 hensive plani lists now available for 

 many ol our Paiks aic due. in large 

 part.' to his efforts. He worked tire- 

 lessly in the promotion ol the Mt. 

 Richmond and lower Glcnelg 

 National Parks. 



Parly in 19hN the BcaUglchole farm 

 was leased, and the family moved to 

 Portland to enable GlifV to devote 

 more time to his hounieal woik. He- 

 will shortly return to work in western 

 Victoria lor the newly formed Land 

 Conservation Council ol Victoria, 

 which has commissioned him to do a 

 lull scale survey of the Shires ot Port- 

 land and Glenclg. 



Merition has already been made ol 

 new species ol orchids, fungi, algae 

 ane! bees discovered bv ChtT. To this 

 list of new discoveries must be added 

 twelve species of ants from eastern 

 Australia, believed to be undcscrihcd: 

 four new species of wasp from the 

 Portland area, again one of which was 

 named after Cliff: a new specie f tjl IK 

 Irom Portland: seven new specie-, ol 

 marine algae, one bearing Cliff's 

 name: three new species of vascular 

 plant-- ,ipart from the orchids pre- 

 viously mentioned, including the tiny 



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lnggci plant. \l\li,liiiin bcaiiulcliulci. 

 and a fourth urchid only recently dis- 

 covered in dippsland, as yet [til 



The I ol lowing list of species named 

 alter Cliff BcaUgleholc is .1 nSffiart 

 able tribute to a modern naturalist's 

 discoveries: — 



Bees — 



Exontttra rltyordirllif. 



XU-,u<hih-cb!lvuh. 

 Wasp- 



Marine algae — 



Orchid — 



Trigger plant — 



Srylttlium heouxlrhok-i. 

 Marsh-flower — 



S'ilhrsm umhriioiu. var (fOKHgk 



hofei. 



Thete are also massive bol,.iiical 

 lists of Clitrs lirst records loi various 

 States, ranging right thiough troin 

 conspicuous shrubs and herbs 10 the 



( litis /iienils and associates slt.,te 

 many happy memories ot field tiip- 

 with him. His complete dedication to 

 the task, meticulous attention to dC 

 i.ul. and caie uf collections rs ,111 

 example XRii inspiration 10 less ex- 

 perienced field workers. I lis respect 

 lor the na'urid environment, his 

 boundless energy and enthusiasm ate 

 remarkable. A field trip wilh Clflti 

 no matter how arduous, is always a 

 joy ltd experience. 



In presenting the Medallion Mr 

 Dunbavin Butcher described CfiH »'S 

 "a great amateur in the traditional 

 sense". He belongs to what appears 

 to be a fast vanishing race, the true 

 field Naturalist. 



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