The Western Australian Naturalist (also known as The Naturalist), is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Western Australian Naturalists' Club. It publishes original research on topics related to the natural history of Western Australia.
It was established in 1947.[1][2]
Similar publications emanated from groups that were established in other Australian states, the South Australian being a part of the Royal Society in that state[3] and the Victorian publication was established as early as the 1880s.[4]
The editor from 1947 to 1980 was Dom Serventy.
At times the publication and contents of the issues of The Naturalist were noted in the local newspaper The West Australian.[5]
The history of the club was first published in The Naturalist in 1964[6] and subsequently expanded and published separately at a later date.[7]
George Seddon in his work Sense of Place wrote: "there are three good local inexpensive journals that should be in every school and public library The Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society and The Western Australian Naturalist".[8]
The Naturalist was the location of:
- the original description of the short necked tortoise Pseudemydura umbrina
- the details of the rediscovery of the noisy scrub bird Atrichornis clamosus
- the further description and habits of the frog Myobatrachus gouldii
- the further elaborations of the behaviours of the giant ghost bat Macroderma gigas
At various stages offprints have been made of articles on subjects that had not had publication elsewhere,[9][10][11] or items from The Naturalist have been included in compiled volumes.[12]
References
edit- ^ Western Australian Naturalists' Club (1947), The Western Australian naturalist, Western Australian Naturalists' Club, ISSN 0508-4865
- ^ "NATURE STUDY". The West Australian. Vol. 63, no. 19, 036. Western Australia. 19 July 1947. p. 6 (SECOND EDITION.). Retrieved 5 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Field Naturalists Society of South Australia; Royal Society of South Australia. Field Naturalists' Section; South Australian Aquarium Society (1900), "South Australian Naturalist : journal of the Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of South Australia. Vol.14 no.1 - vol.24 no. 4, Nov. 1932 - 1st April 1948", South Australian Naturalist, Adelaide, ISSN 0038-2965
- ^ Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria; American Museum of Natural History Library (1884), The Victorian naturalist, [Melbourne] Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, retrieved 2 January 2017
- ^ "W.A. Naturalist". The West Australian. Vol. 66, no. 19, 829. Western Australia. 4 February 1950. p. 19. Retrieved 2 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Western Australian Naturalist, 9 (6), 1964 : 121 to 152
- ^ Erickson, Rica; Kingston, Dorothy. Record of club activities from 1975 to 1984 (1984), History of the Western Australian Naturalists' Club 1924-1984, s.n, retrieved 5 January 2017
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Seddon, George (1988), Sense of place ([New ed.] ed.), s.n, retrieved 9 January 2017
- ^ De Graaf, M. (Mark) (1967), The manufacture of spinifex gum by desert Aborigines, Western Australian Naturalists' Club?], (General Printing Division of West Australian Newspapers), retrieved 5 January 2017 - "Reprinted from the Western Australian naturalist, v. 10, no. 5, May 16, 1967".
- ^ Lindgren, Eric (1966), Natural history notes from Jigalong, Northwestern Australia, retrieved 5 January 2017 - West Australian Naturalist, v.7, no.5, 1960; 122128; no.8, 1961; 195-201 -- illus.
- ^ Aldrich, Fred; Chittleborough, R. G., 1927-; Western Australian Naturalists' Club (1967), Observations by the late F. Aldrich on Australian marine crayfish in captivity, Western Australian Naturalists' Club, retrieved 5 January 2017
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Reprinted from "The Western Australian naturalist," Vol. 10, No. 7, November 7, 1967; pp. 162-168" - ^ Coppleson, V. M. (Victor M.); Campbell, G.D; Davies, David H; Gilbert, Perry W; Hutton, Robert F; McCulloch, Allan R. (Allan Riverstone), 1885-1925; Australasian Medical Congress (British Medical Association) ((7th : 1950 : Brisbane, Qld.)); Pacific Science Congress ((10th : 1961 : Honolulu, Hawaii)); Pan-Pacific Surgical Congress ((9th : 1963 : Honolulu, Hawaii)) (1927), [Collection relating to shark attacks in Australian and international waters, retrieved 5 January 2017
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