Our Publications
Latrobe Valley Naturalist
The club’s magazine, the Latrobe Valley Naturalist, includes write-ups of presentations at our general meetings and of general excursions and club camps. Short articles describing individual members’ natural history observations are encouraged. Upcoming events are highlighted and summary reports for the monthly business meetings are included.
The first issue appeared in 1963, the inspiration of George Scanlan, who edited it for the first six years. Publication has been continuous ever since, and it currently appears bi-monthly (six issues per year). An annual index appears in the first issue each year.
The current editor is Tamara Leitch, who took over in 2015. Just two members have edited the LV Naturalist for much of the club’s life, namely Lorna Long for 18 years from 1970 and Gill Bremner for 23 years from 1992.
All club members receive the electronic version (which also includes appendices such as field trip plant and bird lists), and may elect to have a mailed printed copy on payment of a higher subscription fee. You can find the latest version of the magazine here.
History of the club
1985: 25 YEARS: The History of the LVFNC 1960-1985, by Ellen Lyndon OAM.
2010: To Protect and Enjoy: The first fifty years of the LVFNC, 1960-2010, authored and edited by Philip Rayment, with contributions from Bon Thompson and Lorna Long and design and layout by Wendy Savage.
Nature Guide
In 2007 the club published The Nature of Latrobe: A guide to the parks and reserves in the Latrobe Region. The guide describes 35 parks and reserves and provides an introduction to the landscape of the Latrobe Region. There are still copies of this guide available, if you are interested.
Publications by members
1997: Flowers and Ferns of Morwell National Park, by Ken Harris and published by the Friends of Morwell NP Inc.
2001: Plants of Significance to the Ganai Community, by Rob de Souza-Daw, Ken Harris and Doris Paton and published by Woolum Bellum Koorie Open Door Education Campus of Kurnai College.
2007: Gippsland Lady Botanists, by Terri Gitsham Allen and published by the South Gippsland Conservation Society.
2014: A Guide to the Lichens of Morwell National Park, by Simone Louwhoff and Ken Harris and published by the Friends of Morwell NP Inc.
2018: Morwell National Park Lepidoptera & Neuroptera, by Ken Harris and Peter Marriott and published by the Entomological Society of Victoria.