Western Australian Naturalists' Club

	The Western Australian Naturalists' Club The Serventy Memorial
		Dom Serventy

The Serventy Memorial

The Serventy Memorial was established in 1989 as a memorial to the contribution by the Serventy family to the Club. The fund was established using a $1000 donation; and with the aim of assisting and encouraging young people in the study of natural history. Additional capital is raised for the fund by the annual Serventy Memorial Lecture and by seeking donations.

The 2009 Serventy Memorial Lecture - Professor Lyn Beazley AO, Chief Scientist

Western Australia: a Cornucopia of Biological Wonders

Currently a Professor in Zoology at the University of Western Australia, Professor Beazley is a highly sought after speaker who is interested in practically everything and she has an overwhelming aspiration to involve our future generations in the joys that science can bring through education, translation and communication. Graduating from Oxford University, she completed her doctorate at Edinburgh. She transferred to Perth in 1976 and has built up an internationally renowned research team that has focused on recovery from brain damage. Her research has also changed clinical practice in the treatment of infants at risk of pre-term delivery. Of great interest also is her research into colour vision in Australian animals, especially marsupials. A Fellow of the Institute of Biologists, Professor Beazley has served on numerous peak bodies advising State and Federal Governments, particularly in complex areas such as stem cell research. Internationally she has served on a panel assessing research performance for the Swedish Research Council and is a member of the Education Committee of the International Brain Research Organisation. She was a Trustee of the Western Australian Museum from 1999 until 2007 and, in December 2006, she was appointed Chief Scientist of W.A. – a great honour for a scientist.

7.30 pm, Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Alexander Library Lecture Theatre, Perth

Adults: $15.00, Students: $10.00

Inquiries: 9228 2495

Previous Serventy Memorial lectures have been:

July 2008: Private Sector Conservation in Australia Martin Copley (Founder and Chairman of Australian Wildlife Conservancy)
November 2007: Marsupial Tales: From Wallabies to Honey Possums Professor Marilyn Renfree
November 2006: Humpback Whales Micheline & Curt Jenner
September 2005: Protecting Australia's World Heritage Values John Sinclair
May 2004: Urban Naturalists' Heritage: A review of research on and from Kings Park and Botanic Garden Dr Steve Hopper, Chief Executive Officer of the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority
October 2003:: Vanished Giants of Western Australia. Dr John Long. Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology. WA Museum
October 2002:: Sustainability, Science, and Society in Western Australian Forest Management. Dr Michael Calver Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences. Murdoch University.
May 2001:: Les terres Australes - the Squandering of a Legacy. Professor Don Bradshaw. Department of Zoology. The University of Western Australia
February 2000:: William Dampier - Australia's First Naturalist Historian. Dr Alex George
May 1999:: Kenya Safari: an Aussie Perspective Jennifer & Barry Muir
October 1998:: Broome & Beyond Daphne Edinger & Kevin Kenneally
August 1996:: Birds of Kings Park Harry Recher
August 1991:: Sea Lions and Death Adders / Recherche Archipelago. John Dell
June 1990:: Inaugural lecture: The Individual and the Environment. Vincent Serventy

The Serventy Memorial Prize

Two annual prizes for university students were established in 2002. These were the WA Naturalists' Club Serventy Memorial Prize at Murdoch University and The WA Naturalists' Club Serventy Memorial Prize in Natural History at the University of Western Australia. The prize was awarded at Curtin and Edith Cowan Universities for the first time for the 2004 academic year.

Serventy Memorial Prize Winners
Year
2002	First awarded for the 2004 academic year		Grant Eikelboom	Marissa Penrose
2003	First awarded for the 2004 academic year		David Lee & David Warren	Edward (Edd) Stockdale
2004	Shae Callan	John Braid	Rebecca Mason	Brooke Elizabeth Anderton & George Shedrawi
2005	Kylie McKay	Julia Coggins	Karen Gower	Dean Bradshaw
2006	Mei Chen Leng	Helen Tanner	Julia Sheahan	Ben Fitzpatrick
2007	Simon Cherriman	Michael Wilkinson	Monique Barker & Nicole Shaw	Bonnie Derne
2008	Hana McDonald & Cassandra Rowles	Shireen McGuiness		Shelley Foster