The Western Australian Naturalist
| Discipline | Biology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1939–present |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | West. Aust. Nat. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0508-4865 |
| Links | |
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][full citation needed] and subsequently expanded and published separately at a later date.[7]
George Seddon in his work Sense of Place wrote:[8]
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 [...].
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "n.t.". Western Australian Naturalist. 9 (6): 121–152. 1964. [author missing][title missing]
- ^ 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 (1972). Sense of Place. Nedlands: UWA Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85564-058-3. LCCN 72188384. OCLC 35572047. Wikidata Q7450995.
- ^ 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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