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ordinary membership. Mr. C. Q. Dunn" addressed the meeting on orchids 
and wild flowers, illustrating his* lecture with coloured slides. Tne following 
were amongst the exhibits: — Various snails from overseas and flint stones 
from chalk formation near Bath, England — Miss D. Williams (Mr. F. S. 
Colliver commented that flint does not occur in Australia, but South 
Australian aboriginals used flint implements made from English flints 
brought out as ballast in tea clippers); skulh and jaws of the lung fish, 
Neoceratodus fdrsteri, and fossil lung fish teeth from the Jurassic strata in 
England — Mr. F. S. Colliver; cone of Macrozamia, a recently hatched greer» 
tree snake, skull of a ring-tail possum, bubble shell, and common opal 
from a quarry at Buderim — Mr. E. J. Smith. 
EVENING MEETING, 18th April, 1955 — The meeting was devoted to 
reports on the Easter camp held in the empty Turramurra guest house at 
Springbrook, and attended by 35 members: Dr. E. 0. Morks said that in 
the district there was a basement of greywocke (i.e., sandstone of rock 
fragments other than quartz cemented together) very ancient and 
crumpled, and laid on this were Mesozoic coalmeosure strata on top of 
which were tertiary volcanic rocks of several types; Miss D. Coxon reported 
the striated and the brown thornbill, lyrebirds (heard imitating a king 
parrot and grey thrush), a scrub turkey and a female cicada bird; Dr. 
E. N. Morks spoke of the glow-worms in roadside banks near the camp; 
Mr. A. B. Cribb reported two main types of vegetation, the rain-forest, 
most of which has now been cleared, on the red volcanic soil, and a 
light scrub dominated by Acacia melanoxylon in poorer soil near the cliff 
face; Mrs. A. B. Cribb exhibited several fungi collected on the excursion, 
including the largest truffle so far found in Queensland; Mr. C. O. Dunn 
listed 26 species of orchids. Mrs. J. Taylor was elected to ordinary 
membership. 
EVENING MEETING, 16th May, 1955 — Reports were received on the 
excursion to Mt. Gravatt on 14th May: Mr. F. S. Colliver pointed out thot 
weathering of the quartzite on Mt. Gravatt had produced a scree slope 
cemented by clay, and in this the caves had been formed; Miss D. Coxon 
reported currowongs and rosellas of the summit; Mr. E. J. Smith reminded 
members that Mt. Gravatt was named after the last Commandant of the 
Moreton Bay penal settlement, Lt. George Gravatt. Master D. Hoffman 
was elected to junior membership. Miss V. Twine showed four colour 
films, one of them dealing with the Carnarvon Range. The following were 
amongst the exhibits: — A wingless fly, Cycfopodio pteropus, parositic on 
a flying fox, and 'Mace coral" from Caloundra — Mr. E. J. Smith; fossil 
fresh-water fish, Lepfolepis gregarus from Talbragar, N.S.W. — Mr. F. S. 
Colliver; botanical specimens — Mrs. W. M. Bristow. 
EVENING MEETING, 20th June, 1955 — Reports were received on the 
excursion to Camp Mt., where members enjoyed the hospitality of Dr. and 
Mrs. E.*N. Marks. The fourth C. T. White Memorial Lecture was delivered 
by Mr. W. D. Francis, former Government Botanist, on "Australian Stinging 
Trees". Mr. F. S. Colliver spoke of the recent discoveries of fossil foot- 
prints in Albion quarry. 
EVENING MEETING, 18th July, 1955 — Mr. G. H. Barker, an active 
member of the Club for 47 years, was elected an honorary member of the 
Club. Members reported on the excursion to Clontarf on 16th July: Dr. 
E. N. Marks reported representatives of three families of flies breeding in 
water-holding cavities in the mangroves; Miss M. Hawken said that about 
14 species of birds, including a Jabiru, were seen; Mr. E. J. Smith spoke 
of the kitchen midden examined. The annual report, annual balance 
sheet, auditors report and report of the Save the Trees Campaign delegate 
were presented. Election of officers resulted as shown on the inside front 
cover. Miss M. Holland delivered her Presidential address entitled "Charles 
Waterton, nineteenth century naturalist". 
Members stood as a mark of respect for Mr. G. L. Jackson who passed 
away on 6th July. Mr. Jackson had served on the Council for many years 
and was a past President. 
