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COG meeting 14 June

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From: "Barbara Allan" <>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 09:31:15 +1000

Unfortunately the Gang-gang newsletter has omitted some details of the talks scheduled for our meeting on 14 June at 8pm in Canberra Girls Grammar School theatrette. Our resident and erudite guru Dick Schodde will give the short talk, on the difference between the “true” quails and the button-quails. The main talk will be given by Robert Gosford, of CRES, ANU. His topic will be “A central Australian ornithorium: birds, country and culture in a central Australian desert.” He will examine three aspects of the readily accessible bird knowledge of Aboriginal language groups living in and near the Tanami Desert in central Australia. He will briefly examine the nature, context and potential of ethnoornithology in Australia generally and in relation to the Warlpiri language group in particular.

Secondly, he will present an analysis of material he has located on two arid zone bird species, the rare and threatened Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos, and the irruptively abundant Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus. It should be a most interesting evening so do come along. All welcome. Barbara Allan, COG secretary  

 

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