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213: 237:. The award honours conservation work that has not been done as part of a professional career for which the person will have been paid and honoured, but for work done for a love of nature and a determination that it should be conserved. The first award of the Medal was made in 1998. People who have been awarded the Medal are: 208:
In 2024, for the first time in over one hundred years, the Board of the Society purchased and established a new National Office and Education Centre at 9/121 Queen Street, Campbelltown, New South Wales, which was officially opened on Tuesday, 20 August 2024, at 11 am by Mr Gregory Warren MP, Member
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In 2021, the Society established 'Snip Rings for Wildlife', a campaign that aims to raise awareness and encourage individuals to protect Australia’s wildlife, by cutting through plastic rings, rubber bands, hair ties, the loops of facemasks, and plastic dome-shaped lids, in their entirety, before
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In 2019, the Australian Wildlife Society celebrated its 110th Birthday and released a birthday video in collaboration with Design Centre Enmore TAFE New South Wales. In the same year, the board engaged its first paid employee – National Office Manager, Ms Megan Fabian.
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The Society is a national not-for-profit wildlife conservation organisation dedicated to conserving Australian wildlife (flora and fauna) through national environmental education, advocacy, and community involvement.
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Gregory Warren MP, the Board of Directors of the Society, Steve Wisbey OAM, and Councillor Warren Morrison cut the ribbon to mark the official opening. Image: Megan Fabian.
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The Serventy Conservation Medal was inaugurated in 1999 to commemorate conservation work by members of the Serventy family, the siblings
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In 2022, the Society increased the value of its annual University Research Grants to ten $ 3,000 grants – totalling $ 30,000 each year.
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In 2013, the Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia was rebranded as the Australian Wildlife Society (AWS).
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2020 – Professor Kevin Kenneally AM for his contribution to wildlife conservation, science, & education
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2023 - Robert Westerman for safeguarding endangered migratory shorebirds on the Gold Coast, QLD.
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In 2020, the Society established a new National Head Office in Hurstville, New South Wales.
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2017 – Jennie Gilbert for her work to rescue, rehabilitation and release of marine turtles.
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2008 – Barry Scott – of the Koala Foundation, for dedication to Koala conservation
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was one of four vice presidents and a very active founder of the Society.
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2022 - Patricia LeeHong for her work in rehabilitating orphaned echidnas.
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In 2009, the Society celebrated a centenary of wildlife conservation.
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2014 – Helen Bergen and Ray Mjadwesch – for helping injured animals
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2011 – Jenny Maclean – for her contributions to saving the
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2021 – Maureen Christie of Aberfoyle Park, South Australia
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2019 – Alexandra Seddon of Merimbula, New South Wales
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Nature conservation organisations based in Australia
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on their property, Lanark, in south western Victoria
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Index

Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia
NGO
Wildlife conservation
Campbelltown
Board of Directors
www.aws.org.au
Sydney
Frederick Earle Winchcombe
David Stead

Lucy
Dominic
Vincent Serventy
Margaret Thorsborne
Bernie Clarke
Judy Messer
Ron Taylor
Valerie Taylor
John and Cecily Fenton
habitat conservation
Lance Ferris
Wayne Reynolds
Lyall Kenneth Metcalfe
Lindsay Smith
Bev Smiles
June Butcher
Helen George
spectacled flying fox
Bob Irwin
Australian Reptile Park

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