Author Archives: paulwettin

The Friends are excited to be facilitating, along with other supporters, an initiative for school children in Western Australia in 2023. Detailed information is available at- SAVING KYLORING STORIES (google.com).

The Western Ground Parrot and me: A story about Brenda Newbey and Western Australia’s rarest bird by Anne Bondin and Brenda Newbey

Brenda Newbey has very kindly provided a link to a Western Ground Parrot history blog that focuses on European knowledge and activities regarding the ground parrot prior to 2009. The content of the postings is random, not sequential.  There is a search function (top LHS). For example, if the name John Gould is entered for a search, ten postingsContinue reading “History blog”

The Friends and Riggs Australia have produced a few short videos, as Chapters, telling the story about the 2021 first wild to wild translocation of Kyloring and the people involved.  All Chapters are available at: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVMYtp6TbFfSF24urQmZLqKn_Lb8dZ6cx

Welcome to our latest Newsletter which has a tribute to one of our founders, Brenda Newbey. Also important news about the translocated parrots and the captive birds at Perth Zoo.