Breaking the ‘bird’ bias on International Women’s Day …

Breaking the ‘bird’ bias on International Women’s Day …

8 Mar 2022

8 March 2022 Today is International Women’s Day and 2022’s theme is #breakthebias. This year, as a way to do that, we’ve decided to keep it light and ‘reclaim’ two words sometimes used to describe women in minimising ways – bird and chick.   Here at Wildlife...
Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science

11 Feb 2022

11 February 2022 Today is the 7th UN International Day for Women and Girls in Science, and this year’s theme is “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Water Unites Us”. To celebrate, we’ve put together a short video featuring just some of Wildlife Queensland’s...
Volunteers Needed to Plant Trees to Help Wildlife in the Scenic Rim

Volunteers Needed to Plant Trees to Help Wildlife in the Scenic Rim

5 May 2021

WPSQ Scenic Rim Branch committee members (from left) Sandra Rose, Ronda Green, Darren Green, and Robin Rowland. Image © Robin Rowland. Wildlife Queensland’s Scenic Rim Branch is working on a wildlife corridor plan to link critical habitats across the Scenic Rim....
Liz Downes: Queensland Volunteer of the Year 2020

Liz Downes: Queensland Volunteer of the Year 2020

1 Dec 2020

By Paul Sutton On Tuesday, 1 December, the Pied Imperial Pigeon Count at North Brook Island, begun 55 years ago by Margaret and Arthur Thorsborne, was again counting the thousands of pigeons flying back to their nests on the island. For the back story of this...

Celebrating our volunteers: National Volunteer Week 2020

20 May 2020

18 May 2020   Running from 18-24 May, National Volunteer Week is an annual celebration to acknowledge the generous contribution that volunteers make to our community. This year’s theme is “Changing Communities. Changing Lives”. Whilst COVID-19 restrictions mean...

Thank you to our amazing volunteers!

26 May 2019

26 May 2019   National Volunteer Week #NVW2019 is an annual celebration to acknowledge the generous contribution of all the volunteers in Australia. From 20-26 May 2019, thousands of events, including breakfasts, morning/afternoon teas, luncheons, award...

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