May 9, 1950. 
THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST 
Page Seven 
Act. Birds are of an ‘economic value to the 
man on the land; they help to keep insect 
pests under control. This is being realised 
more and more as scrub and trees are being 
cleared off, and there is a growing desire to 
provide inducements for these unpaid 
workers. Admittedly they take some of the 
produce of the land as fair payment for the 
work they do. The most important phase 
in the preservation of bird life is the provision 
of suitable nesting quarters, and these should 
be available on every farm and grazing pro- 
perty. 
Some years ago the Crown appointed a 
Flora and Fauna Advisory Committee, so 
that when any matter connected with Fauna 
and Flora was brought before the Crown 
the Advisory Committee could be asked to 
submit a report on same. The present per- 
sonnel of the Committee is as follows: — 
Chairman: Mr. H. N. Hale, Director of 
S.A. Museum. 
Vice-Chairman: Mr. L. King, Secretary to 
Hon. Minister of Agriculture. 
Sir James Gosse, Chairman Fauna and 
Flora Board of S.A. (Flinders Chase). 
Dr. J. B. Cleland, Chairman Commissioners 
of National Park. 
Lieut.-Col. D. Fulton, representing Fauna 
and Flora Protection Committee of 
Field Naturalists’ Section of Royal 
Society of S.A. 
Mr. A. L. White, representing Avicultural 
Society. 
Dr. J. G. Wood, Professor of Botany, Uni- 
versity. 
Mr. F. W. Moorhouse, Chief Inspector of 
Fisheries and Game. 
Mr. B. H. Bednall, Conservator of Forests. 
Mr. A. H. Peters, Director of Lands. 
Mr. A. J. Baker, Director of Tourist Bureau. 
Mr. V. D. Haggard, Director of Zoological 
Gardens. 
Mr. M. H. Womersley, representing Royal 
Society of S.A. 
Mr. J. N. McGilp, representing S.A. Orni- 
thological Association. 
This Committee, as its name implies, can 
only act in an advisory capacity; it has no 
legal standing or any fund of money to draw 
upon to carry out any project. 
When searching up material for this article 
it was most surprising to find that in May, 
1945, almost all of the reserves declared 
under the Crown Lands Act were gazetted as 
Flora and Fauna Reserves and placed under 
the control of the Flora and Fauna Advisory 
Committee. In April of the same year 
Section 3 Hd. Flinders had been proclaimed 
a Fauna and Flora Reserve and placed under 
the control of the Fauna and Flora Board 
of S.A. In view of the legal opinion 
regarding the Fauna and Flora Board of S.A., 
and, it was suggested to the writer, the dis- 
inclination of the Board to extend its opera- 
tions outside Kangaroo Island, as this would 
contravene the Act, the proclamation of April 
was rescinded in the following month. Sec- 
tion 3 Hd. Flinders (close to Pt. Lincoln) 
thus became a Flora and Fauna Reserve and 
was placed under the control of the Flora 
and Fauna Committee. 
Most dictionaries use the word fauna and 
flora in that order when referring to the 
native animals and plants of a country. 
South Australia has a Fauna and Flora Board 
and a Flora and Fauna Advisory Committee, 
and has Fauna and Flora Reserves at the 
same time as Flora and Fauna Reserves. 
It sounds Gilbertian, creates much confusion 
and tongue twisting, and should be altered. 
In addition to the Reserves and Sanctuaries 
dedicated for the protection and preservation 
of Fauna and Flora, all Forest Reserves and 
Timber Plantations are virtual sanctuaries. 
In the north of the State we have Mt. 
Brown 4,814 acres, Willowie 12,797 acres all 
natural forest land, and Wirrabara 15,757 
acres, of which 2,182 acres are planted, Bun- 
daleer 7,470 acres, 744 being planted, and 
some smaller blocks of some 771 acres, of 
which 504 acres are planted. In the Central 
District there is Kersbrook, Alt. Crawford, 
Belair, Kuitpo, Second Valley, Goolwa and 
Onkaparinga, with a total of 31,979 acres, 
of which 15,893 acres are planted. In the 
South East there are Forest Reserves at Glen 
Roy, Mt. Gambier, Comaum, Penola, Mt. 
Burr, Myora, Caroline, and smaller reserves 
with a total of 89,613 acres original forest 
and scrub land and 79,294 acres of land 
planted with pine and timber trees. On 
the West Coast there is a Forest Reserve at 
Wanilla of 1,726 acres, of which 833 acres 
are planted. In the Murray Mallee there are 
reserves of 4,747 acres at Murtho and Parilla, 
only 139 acres of which are planted. 
In all, covering many localities, there is 
a total of 248,963 acres of Forest Reserve, 
and of this area some 149,376 acres remain 
