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Membership fees for 2026 are now due
Please download the membership application/renewal form. Instructions are provided.
Hi Members & Friends,
This is an important reminder that we need YOU!!!
At our 2026 AGM – The Field Naturalists Society of South Australia Inc.
Wednesday 21st of October 2025
To be held in the Goodman Lecture Theatre, Goodman Building, Hackney Rd.
Open at 7.15 pm for 7.40 pm start
Easy Parking in carpark just north of the building off Hackney Rd.
As ongoing members we need YOU at our upcoming AGM!
- So you can be well informed about how our Society is travelling!
- So we can all catch up with each other & share our thoughts for what next, including new people standing for Council AND,
- To ensure we have a quorum to accomplish our essential Annual AGM business!
AND instead of hearing from just 1 AGM speaker this year you can meet and hear from some of our oldest Members who are being rewarded with HONARARY LIFE MEMBERSHIPS for the wide and varied work they have done for FNSSA over many, many years.
I’m sure you will be astonished when you learn about their dedication to scientific discovery in Fungi, Plants, Insects, Reptiles, Frogs and Mammals and their long work in nature conservation through FNSSA.
We we are going to award 4 at this AGM: Jenny Mealor, Thelma Bridle, Thelma Hall and Bob Whatmough,
I am sure they will not jump up to tell us of their achievements so we would love to hear from their friends and colleagues about what they know they have done.
Please don’t hesitate to ring me on 0438 884384 or email to contribute written material or photographs…….
Unfortunately, we have another BIG job to do on this AGM night –
We will be attempting to pass the newly written NEW FNSSA Constitution on the same Night, if possible!
To facilitate this you will all be receiving the FINAL Proposed Draft soon by email and we will engage with all you to answer all of your questions about why we need to do this, and what has been written by our special Constitution Committee composed (of myself, Adrian Shackley who is a retired Gov. Solicitor and Rachel Thompson who has been putting in a lot of work on getting our procedures going smoothly, writing with help from me a huge body of information needed by ACNC about what we do, how we do it etc, so we can re-register.)
FNSSA monthly GENERAL MEETINGS
General Meetings for the Field Nats are held on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from Feb-December with our AGM being in October each year.
A variety of speakers present on a huge range of topics from findings of recent research to historical discoveries, famous environmentalists, citizen science projects, members nights and more. Current FNSSA business may also be discussed at these meetings, with unusual fauna/flora sightings also included.
General Meetings are open to FNSSA Members and friends.
FNSSA General Meetings are held in the Goodman Lecture Theatre, Goodman Building, near Tram Barn/Herbarium on Hackney Road, Adelaide. Doors open around 7pm and meetings get underway at 7.30 pm.
Other Meetings & Events
FNSSA interest groups may also hold separate meetings according to their own timetable e.g. The Adelaide Fungal Study Group holds a series of monthly Meetings (see program for 2026) in person and online during the Fungi season with Fungal Forays around the same time as the Fungi season/weather permits. Instructions on how to register for Field Trips are included.
Combined Frog & Reptile Group and Mammal Club outings and major survey projects are also advertised on our website for all interested to attend (with how to register included). These clubs will also arrange GENERAL OUTINGS occasionally with details being posted on the website.