STEP
Talk and AGM at Arboretum
(5: - 7:00 pm, Sat 7 Nov)
Max
Bourke will give a talk to the Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park (STEP) on
?The History of Arboreta?. Arboreta
began to be developed as scientific/educational/recreational facilities in the
early nineteenth century. They are different to botanical parks and gardens in
some respects and their creation has usually been linked to studying the way in
which, predominantly, trees ?perform? under differing climates and soil types.
His talk traces their history from Europe to Australia with illustrations of many
and how they were, and are being formed.
Max
worked
as a jackaroo and farm hand while going through agricultural studies, then spent
time working as a grassland agronomist with the NSW Dept of Agriculture and
CSIRO Division of Plant Industry. After which followed a diverse career as
an ABC Science Broadcaster, senior public servant (CEO of both the Australian
Heritage Commission and the Council for the Arts), followed by 12 years in the
world of large scale commercial farming. He now manages a large
philanthropic foundation which invests in biodiversity conservation, and sits on
the Boards of The Nature Conservancy, The Australian Environmental Grantmakers
Network and the Myer Foundation Environment Committee. He has worked in the
private not for profit sector for much of his life and was awarded the AM for
contributions to Australia?s cultural
heritage.
The
meeting will be held at the facility of the Friends of the Canberra
International Arboretum and Gardens at the Arboretum. The talk will be preceded by a short
STEP AGM. Someone will be at the
gates to the Arboretum from 4:45 to let people in. For further details, please contact
Cathy Robertson on 0405
623 802
or
6257 1951 or m("grapevine.com.au","limestone");"> .
Tony
Lawson
