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THE Sydney University Biological Society has recently opened a field research station at Narrabeen, the erection and fitting of which was accomplished at a very modest cost by members of the Society and of the Sydney University Rover Scouts; the building contains a workroom, kitchen, verandah, and dormitory accommodation, etc. The site is about half an hour's walk from the Narrabeen tram terminus, and is within easy reach of French's Forest, Kuring-gai Chase, Deep Creek and Long Reef. It provides therefore an excellent centre for the study in their native habitats of the fauna and flora of sandstone scrub, forest, palm groves, fresh-water swamps, lagoons and beaches. The neighbourhood is also a sanctuary for native birds The research work to be done at this station, which is the first of its kind to be founded in Australia, will range from simple individual work to extended studies by teams of observers, in which botanists, zoologists and geologists may all take part. Among interesting researches which stand to the credit of senior members of the Society are Prof. W. J. Dakin's work on the food and breeding habits of the fish in Australian coastal waters, and Prof. T. G. B. Osborn's researches on Australian native fodder plants and grasses. The new station will also allow biological students to carry out under ideal conditions the field work which forms part of their training.
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Biological Field Station near Sydney. Nature 134, 602 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134602d0
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