Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat

The Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat (FNCB) is an Australian regional scientific natural history and conservation society.

Field trips are usually held on the Sunday after a club meeting and are regularly hosted by experts in the local area, including the Friends of the Canadian Corridor.

[9] The FNCB also regularly undertakes native seed collection and propagation activities, including assisting in the revitalisation of the Woowookarung Regional Park, in cooperation with the Friends of the Canadian Corridor.

In 1954, Jack Wheeler, then secretary of the club, identified a population of Australian brushturkeys (Alectura lathami) near Ballarat, which were thought at the time to be extinct in Victoria.

[21] Pat Joan Murphy, a significant specimen collector and contributor to the National Herbarium of Victoria, was a member of the club from 1983 until her death in 2006.

In 1980, the club worked alongside the Friends of the Canadian Corridor to submit a letter to the Victorian Land Conservation Council, identifying the area as having high ecological importance.

Issues include short articles, details of upcoming events, and reports of excursions, camps, meetings and presentations.

Emblem of the Field Naturalists Club of Ballarat
Emblem of the Field Naturalists Club of Ballarat, depicting the trailing goodenia .
Front cover of the Ballarat Naturalist Newsletter containing the newsletter letterhead, and an article and photograph discussing the peregrine falcon
Front cover of the Ballarat Naturalist published February 2023. Article and photograph by Carolyn Hall, discussing the Peregrine falcon .