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audience must have wondered when lie was going to say 
something about gold. 
In July, 1921, the Club amalgamated with the Gould 
League of Bird Lovers, and the first combined meeting 
was held on 6tli March, 1922. 
The Club may fairly claim to have done something 
towards fostering the study of natural history. In the 
early years excursions were held for school children, at 
which members of the Club attended and gave addresses 
designed to awaken the children's interest, while the Gould 
League did much to encourage children to love birds. Action 
by the Club also assisted to preserve native birds and ani- 
mals. 
A glowing tribute to the work of the Club was paid by 
a visiting scientist in 1921. Speaking to a newspaper repre- 
sentative he described the Club as “easily the most active 
body of its kind” he had met with in his travels, especially 
in relation to botany and birds. 
THE BIRDS OF VICTORIA PARK, BRISBANE 
By I. G. FILMER 
Queensland Museum 
Citizens of Brisbane are fortunate in possessing a 
number of parks, most of which attract some native 
birds throughout the year. However, Victoria Park, one 
of our city’s largest reservations, receives but scant 
attention from bird-lovers through an assumption that 
many birds are unlikely to be found so close to the centre 
of the city. It is the primary aim of this article to refute 
such a belief, and to give some account of the many birds 
noted there by the writer. Secondly, through associa- 
tion with the Teachers’ Training College, it is thought 
that students there who give nature lessons to State 
schools might a predate some notes on the birds to be 
seen around their college. 1 n view of this point, it should 
be noted that reserves in which the building is situated 
have been included in this account. These reserves are 
continuous with the park proper. The official boundary 
of the park may be seen from the accompanying map.* 
Victoria Park is situated about L£ to 2 miles from 
the General Post Office, on the northern side of the 
city. It comprises an area of 193 acres. Service personnel 
have been stationed in the vicinity for some years. 
