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Natural Environment

Bray, James Samuel

A local character for nearly 50 years, James Samuel Bray was an amateur naturalist, prolific author and erratic entrepreneur in late-colonial Sydney. Despite representing the colony at exhibitions as far afield as Melbourne and Calcutta, Bray perennially skirted the edges of scientific and social respectability. Often ostracised in life, and soon forgotten after his death, he nevertheless embodied the 'antiquarian imagination' that took root in the Australian colonies from the 1870s until World War I.

Ku-ring-gai Tree Lovers' Civic League

Founded by Annie Forsyth Wyatt in the 1930s, the Tree Lovers' Civic League grew out of concern at the destruction of the natural environment.

Muogamarra Nature Reserve

JD Tipper established this sanctuary in the 1930s, and it became a state government reserve in 1953.

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

Legislation first enacted in 1979 ensure the proper management and conservation of threatened species and their habitat.

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Environment Protection Authority

Independent authority responsible for education, regulation and licensing of activities which impact the environmental health of the state.

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Gould League

As an organisation initially devoted to bird protection it was responsible for introducing many children to Australian birdlife. Today it continues to play a role in environmental protection and education.

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Ku-ring-gai Tree Lovers' Civic League

Early conservation organisation, a forerunner of the National Trust of Australia.

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Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

Environmental and planning court responsible for interpreting and enforcing environmental law in the state of New South Wales.

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Naturalists' Society of New South Wales

Society which promoted the study of natural history.

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New South Wales Planning and Environment Commission

Successor to the State Planning Authority in 1974 to take over planning responsibilities in the context of environmental concerns and needs.

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Bennett, George

Physician and naturalist whose interest in the unique flora and fauna in Australia lead him to establish his medical practice in the colony.

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Bradley, Eileen Burton

Bush regenerator who opposed the use of chemicals and controlled burns to control weeds and developed, with her sister, an alternative method of hand weeding and minimum disturbance to encourage regrowth.

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Bradley, Joan Burton

Bush regenerator who with her sister, promoted native plants by using hand weeding and minimum disturbance to encourage regrowth.

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Caley, George

First naturalist to study eucalypts, he made an early attempt to cross the Blue Mountains and explored much of the Sydney region with Aboriginal help.

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Serventy, Vincent

Author, ornitholigist and conservationist.

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Tipper, John Duncan (JD)

Conservationist and electrical engineer who was passionate about preserving and protecting the bush and the Aboriginal sites along the Hawkesbury River.

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