Northern Group - Meetings
Meeting Focus
We enjoy expert guest speakers who give engaging and informative presentations.
APS Tasmania is privileged to have many enthusiastic and knowledgeable members who present talks at a few Group-Nights each year.
There is no charge to attend and you are invited to stay for supper.
Previous Guest Speakers
Dr Anita Hansen: “Botanical Art in Colonial Times”
Dr Miguel de Salas: “TMAG’s Expeditions of discovery; species discovery and collections building in 21st Century Tasmania”
Tonia Cochran: “Gondwana Flora; a global collection within a local, natural ecosystem”
Dr Matt Baker: “Specimens from the Vault: The Tasmanian Herbarium and Weeds”
Peter Voller: “The Cleanup and Revegetation of the Supply River Valley”
Mark Wapstra: “The Importance of Type Specimens; should the French have felled that bluegum” (at Recherche Bay)
Dr Tanya Bailey: “The Climate future Plots projects; establishing an ecological research network to help adapt to a changing climate”
Angus Stewart: “Breeding and collecting kangaroo paws”
Some topics given include
Aboriginal Peoples’ Use of Plants
Plants & History: The Larapinta Trail
Methods of Seed Dispersal
Paleobotany of NE Tasmania
Icelandic Plants and Places and The Shetland Islands
Maatysuyker Island Caretaking
Pollination and How they do it
Tasmanian Bushland Garden, Buckland
Meeting Talks
Dr Toni Cochran Managing Director, Inala Jurassic Garden
Bruny Island
Angus Stewart - expert on Kangaroo Paw propagation and ex- TV native plant presenter
Dr Miguel de Salas, Senior Curator, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery