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August 2021 Meeting – Re-introducing Locally Extinct Animals to Sturt NP

Professor Richard Kingsford recounted the restroration of 35,000ha of desert ecosystem in Sturt National Park

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General Meeting July 2021 – Landcare in the Sydney Basin

Madeleine Florin on Landcare partnerships and collaborations in the Greater Sydney the region.

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Next Meeting 24 May

The talk at our next General meeting 7.30pm Monday 24 May 2021, titled Lifting the Veil on the unique wildlife of north western India, will be presented by David Waterhouse. He will tell us about the wildlife of Gujarat and Rajasthan in north-western India. In 2019, during the cool weather period in January, David undertook a wildlife tour, concentrating […]

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OFF Research Grant News

OFF Research Grant recipient Gracie Liu in the news – 70 per cent of Australian frogs are vulnerable to changes caused by humans https://www.medianet.com.au/releases/200282/ https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15623 In 2017 OFF established a Research Grants fund to assist postgraduate students studying topics relevant to OFF’s mission. The funding comes largely from donations made by OFF members and to […]

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OFF Activities Walks

Field Day March 2021, Unexpected Animal Habitats and Heritage Landscapes – South-western Sydney

On a lovely sunny day after a long period of torrential rain across the Sydney basin, Sharyn led 18 enthusiastic people looking for koalas near Campbelltown and Appin and visiting the heritage property Mt Gilead and Jingga pools in Dharawal NP.

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March Meeting

OFF Research Grant recipient, University of NSW postgrad student, Jingyi Ding will discuss how the structure of Australian trees and the soil fertile islands formed under vegetation change as environments become drier.

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AGM 1st Feb 2021 – Secretary’s Report

Our committee is proud that OFF has achieved so much in 2020 despite COVID restrictions.