T. F. N. C. BULLETIN 
Page 3. 
May 1979 
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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 
As a special activity to publicise the need to prevent*^* 
BONESEED from invading bushland and ousting the native 
vegetation, this club will hold a 
BONESEED PULLING PAY on SATURDAY June 2nd 
Please make a special effort to make this a worthwhile 
Club Project. (Your friends m i&ht see you on T.V. J) 
Meet at the Prince Theatre at 9.30.a.m.or at Nubeena St, 
lindisfame, to proceed to the NATONE HILL RESERVE by lQ.a.m. 
Permission has been received from Clarence Council. 
It is hoped that Field Naturalist Clubs round Tasmania 
will be joining i£ this event in their own areas. 
BONESEED (Chrysanthemoides mtniliferum) 
Curtis..."a shrub, l-2m. high, with spreading branches., 
introduced: garden escape, naturalised. Native in S.Africa. 
Victoria lists it as a noxious weed 
but Tasmania will not do this. The 
seeds are hard and persistant. The Vic. 
Field Nats and Bird Observers have 
working bees of members who spend 
hours pulling up young boneseeeds in 
some of the Reserves.The plants are 
very invasive and could crowd out 
our native plants. This Club has a 
copy of an article by Jamie Kirkpatrick 
taken from S.G.A.P. (Tas) Newsletter 
THE BARRIgfi REEF 
The Australian Conservationjnas mounted a National 
Campaign for support for making the entire Barrier Reef 
region a Marine Park, prohibiting oil exploration and 
mining, and bringing the entire Reserve under one manage¬ 
ment Authority. They ask concerned individuals and groups 
to write to the Prime Minister and Members of Parliament 
supporting this, and they would be pleased to receive 
donations towards the cost of the Campaign. The Becretary 
has further information for anyone interested. 
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