Person

Perkins, Ernest Edward

OAM

Occupation
Naturalist

Summary

Ern Perkins is a naturalist who immersed himself in studies of the flora and fauna of his local area. With his wife Lesley, he is dedicated to the investigation, exploration, recording, documenting and advocacy of the natural environment. Surveys in which he has taken a key role range from birds such as the Swift Parrot and the Regent Honeyeater, to the conservation value of roadside verges, and data collection for paired quadrats used to monitor effects of controlled burns. For the Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club, Perkins prepared most of the leaflets it issued on the natural history of the district. He was also heavily involved in the publication of Indigenous plants of Greater Bendigo (2004) published by the City of Greater Bendigo and Bendigo Native Plant group. Advisory and management committees in which he has participated include the Walk and Trails Advisory Board and the Heritage Advisory Board, both of the Mt Alexander Shire. Perkins is an active member of naturalists clubs in Bendigo, Castlemaine and Benalla, and the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. Perkins has received a number of awards for his work, including Honorary Life membership of the Australian Plant Society Victoria in 2000 and the Australian Natural History Medallion in 2003.

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Chronology

1965 -
Career position - Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
2000 -
Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Plants Society Victoria
2000
Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to conservation and the environment and the community of Castlemaine
2006
Award - Banksia Environmental Award entitled 'Back from the Brink: Saving Victoria's Threatened Orchids' (shared with Lesley Perkins)
2008
Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Endersby, Ian, 'Australian Natural History Medallion 2008: Ernest Edward Perkins', The Victorian naturalist, 126 (2) (2009), 52-53 . Details

See also

  • City of Greater Bendigo, Indigenous plants of Bendigo: a gardeners' guide to growing and protecting local plants (Bendigo, Vic.: City of greater Bendigo, 2004), 64 pp. Details

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