Corporate Body
Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1901 - 1910)
- From
- 1901
- To
- 1910
- Functions
- Association, Ornithology and Society or Membership Organisation
Summary
The Australasian Ornithologists' Union was formed in 1901 as a national group of bird enthusiasts with the objects of promoting the advancement and popularisation of ornithology, the protection of Australia's avifauna, and the publication of a magazine to be called The emu. In 1910, with the granting of a Royal warrant from King George V, it became the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union.
Related entries
Timeline
1901 - 1910 Australasian Ornithologists' Union
1910 - 1997 Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union
1997 - 2011 Birds Australia
2012 - BirdLife Australia
Published resources
Books
- Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'The Australasian Ornithologists' Union: its origin', Emu, 1 (1-5) (1901). Details
- Campbell, A. J., 'President's address: the Union and its work', Emu, 10 (1910), 178-81. Details
- Dickison, D. J., 'The first fifty years of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union', Emu, 51 (1951), 185-284. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 20 August 2019, Last modified: 18 April 2024