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The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (FNCV) is an Australian natural history and conservation organisation. 〔(Encyclopedia of Australian Science - Corporate entry, Field Naturalist Club of Victoria )〕 It was founded in May 1880 by a group of nature enthusiasts that included Thomas Pennington Lucas.〔Sophie C. Ducker, '(Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakespeare (1853 - 1936) )', ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 10, MUP, 1986, pp 163-164. Retrieved 2009-09-19〕 Charles French and Dudley Best.〔Sheila Houghton & Gary Presland (2005) ''Leaves from our history: the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1880-2005.'' Melbourne: Field Naturalists Club of Victoria〕 It is the oldest conservation group in Victoria. Since 1884 it has published a journal, ''The Victorian Naturalist'', which is issued six times a year. Currently there are eight special interest groups (SIGs) within the FNCV, these are Botany, Fauna Survey, Fungi, Geology, Juniors, Marine Research, Microscopy and Terrestrial Invertebrates. The club also has a Day Group. The FNCV is situated at 1 Gardenia St, Blackburn, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. A range of services are available for members including a bookshop. Since 1940 the FNCV has awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion to the person judged to have made the most meritorious contribution to the understanding of Australian Natural History.〔Sheila Houghton (1987) ''The Australian Natural History Medallion'' Melbourne: Field Naturalists Club of Victoria〕 Past presidents include: *Frank Dobson (1884) *Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas (1887–1889)〔 *Walter Baldwin Spencer (1891–1893) *Thomas Sergeant Hall (1901–1903) *Francis George Allman Barnard (1905–1907)〔 *George Arthur Keartland (1907–1909) *Edward Edgar Pescott (1926–1928) *Charles Barrett (1930–1931) *Stanley Robert Mitchell (1936–1937) *Philip Crosbie Morrison (1941–1943) *Ina Watson (First female President) (1947–1948) ==Regional Groups== The FNCV has informal links to a number of regional field naturalist groups across Victoria, including: * Ballarat Field Naturalists Club * Bendigo Field Naturalists Club * Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club * Portland Field Naturalists Club * Geelong Field Naturalists Club * Maryborough Field Naturalists Club 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Field Naturalists Club of Victoria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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