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Brian Powell obituary

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Re Brian Powell  - former Patron of the Friends of Flinders Ranges National Park

From a recent newsletter of the Nature Foundation – forwarded by Geoff Pollard:-

“The FATHER  of the Quandong – Brian Powell  AM   - Bob Lott & Karen Collins

South Australia lost an influential supporter of the environment when Brian Powell AM passed away on Anzac day at the age of 84.  Widely known as the “Father of The Quandong”, Brian was the first person to plant a quandong orchard in South Australia at Endilloe outside Quorn.    As he experimented to domesticate the fruit, CSIRO  worked with him developing ways to successfully germinate the plants.  Brian developed the world’s best known cultivars.  He went on to bring the quandong and its potential to world-wide notice of the public as well as to scientists, businesses and politicians.
Brian was actively involved in projects for revegetation and preservation of native plants in South Australia working with Greening Australia to help station owners green their properties.  He identified and saved from destruction the last remaining known stands of a number of critically endangered Australian native plant species such as the Devil’s Peak Mallee at Quorn and he was one of those instrumental in the founding and development of the Arid Lands Botanic Gardens at Port Augusta.   He also introduced and supported the development of scores of stunning Australian native plants as garden varieties.  Brian worked with Reg Sprigg in his exploration of the Flinders Ranges where he identified 30 colonies of rock wallabies.”

Extract www.naturefoundation.org.au page 7

Tony Bott /  Hon President

8/7/10

Dates of working bees for 2010
February    Saturday 20 Annual General Meeting
March ***** 4th Weekend   Friday 26 – Tuesday 30 Oraparinna Shearers Quarters
April 3rd Weekend  Friday 16 – Monday 19 Oraparinna Shearers Quarters.
May  4th Weekend  Friday 21 – Monday 24 Oraparinna Shearers Quarters.
June   4th Weekend Friday 25 – Monday 28 Oraparinna Shearers Quarters.
July 3rd Weekend  Friday 16 – Monday 19 Oraparinna Shearers Quarters.
August  3rd Weekend Friday 20 – Tuesday 24 Oraparinna Shearers Quarters
September 3rd Weekend Friday 17 – Monday 20 Oraparinna Shearers Quarters.
October 3rd Weekend Friday 15 – Monday 18 Oraparinna Shearers Quarters.
November  3rd Weekend Friday 19 – Monday 22 Oraparinna Shearers Quarters.
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