Bronwen Davies
@bronwendavies01.bsky.social
Art administrator ~ living and working on Gayamaygal land, Sydney. 🌏🌿
Native birds in captivity to be vaccinated against H5 bird flu as Australia prepares for more mass mortalities
Native birds in captivity to be vaccinated against H5 bird flu as Australia prepares for more mass mortalities
Federal government also hopes to vaccinate some wild birds but admits catching them once, let alone twice for both doses, is ‘difficult’
theguardian.com
We should not wait for perfect certainty. It’s time to act before catastrophe.
Why Australia should urgently vaccinate wildlife most at risk from H5N1 bird flu
theconversation.com
Artists and designers exploring critical issues facing the planet. Exhibition launch 6pm this Fri 7 Aug at Manly Art Gallery & Museum. See you there!
2026 Environmental Art & Design Prize
7 August – 20 September 2026. The Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize is one of Australia’s leading competitions for both art and design with an environmental focus.
northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au
Direct from London and in an Australian first, Carriageworks will present, David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) – a monumental, immersive production from Lightroom London by one of the most celebrated artists of our time, this October. artsreview.com.au/carriagework...
Head On Landscape Awards embrace a broad interpretation of landscape - the natural environment, urban and industrial settings, documentary, conceptual or abstract, all encouraged. Enter the Awards here: headon.org.au/awards Images: Paulo dos Santos Sousa, Tebani Slade and Shamani Surendran
Australia cannot wait like a sitting duck for the next Black Summer. We are among the world’s most fire-prone nations, and climate disasters already cost us $40 billion each year. We must cut emissions by accelerating renewables, storage and electrification, and ending reliance on coal, oil and gas.
With highly-pathogenic avian influenza now in NZ, we're taking steps to protect #kakapo and #takahe by vaccinating against the disease, following a successful trial. We're aiming for ~90 kākāpō and 100 takahē in an initial phase to protect the most valuable birds/sites. #conservation #birds
Such a good news story. And very cute video too - who knew?!
Taronga Zoo breeds rare snail back from brink of extinction
About 1,000 Campbell's keeled glass snails are settling into their new home in the crevices of a secluded valley on Norfolk Island, after being bred back from the brink of oblivion.
abc.net.au
On until 2 August - Tamara Dean's @tamaradean first major survey exhibition, 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝐹𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠, is now showing at Manly Art Gallery and Museum. Find out more: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... #HeadOnPhoto #TamaraDean #ContemporaryPhotography #PhotoMedia #SydneyExhibitions
If there’s ever been a time for students to revolt, it’s now.
Arts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2028 as measures to lower Australian university fees put on hold
Barney Glover, head of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission, says he will provide advice about degree funding to the government next year
theguardian.com
Spain really is building the *best* social housing in the world right now. And here’s a great example. 24 apartments in Ibiza by 08014 Architects. A thread 🧵
Multimedia arts project wins Sycamore Gap tree commission after public vote
Multimedia arts project wins Sycamore Gap tree commission after public vote
‘Living archive’ will mark loss of Northumberland landmark with storytelling, sound and sculpture using saved wood
theguardian.com
The future of housing! Mid-rise, prefabricated timber frame with straw infill insulation, and a lime render. Quick to build, and low carbon! By Atelier Schmidt, in Zurich.
The sad plight of these little guys. 70 breeding pairs returned to nest just over 10 years ago. Now, just 15. Their decline, so quick.
Manly’s penguin colony is precarious. What would it take to save it?
There are just 15 breeding pairs returning to nest at Manly each year, and the population is stubbornly refusing to grow.
smh.com.au
Female #kakapo Kohengi on her nest with a newly-hatched chick and an egg (unseen). We removed the egg from underneath her and gave it to another female (Phoenix) who had infertile eggs. We're trying to ensure each female on Anchor Island has 1-2 fertile eggs to hatch. #kakapo2026 #conservation
Female #kakapo Dusky on her nest on Te Kākahu/Chalky Island. We've just spent a few days on the island ensuring all 10 nests have at least one fertile egg. This is part of our trial to assess how well they can raise chicks without our help. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds #parrots
New toxic algal bloom. Marine life in distress, gasping for breath. More ecological disaster. #ClimateCrisis
‘The water was completely dead’: Inside the grim race with a microscopic enemy
‘Seen the worst I can see’: On this remote stretch of beach, a new ground zero has emerged.
smh.com.au
'Why this artist is turning Australia’s feral animals into ‘mummies’' Our new art exhibition at Chau Chak Wing Museum, @sydney.edu.au by Abdul-Rahman Abdullah called 'Undying' is in today's Sydney Morning Herald (paywalled) www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...
Why this artist is turning Australia’s feral animals into ‘mummies’
Taking his inspiration from animal mummies held by the Chau Chak Wing Museum, WA sculptor Abdul-Rahman Abdullah has turned his eye to our introduced species.
smh.com.au
Time to turn this around @jasonclaremp.bsky.social and @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
Australia in danger of becoming an ‘artless country’ as enrolments in creative courses collapse
Research suggests surging costs under Morrison government’s job-ready graduate scheme and axing of dozens of subjects largely to blame
theguardian.com
For an antidote to Black Friday, a lovely vintage illustrated poem about the art of enough www.themarginalian.org/2023/07/29/j...
The Ant, the Grasshopper, and the Antidote to the Cult of More: A Lovely Vintage Illustrated Poem About the Meaning and Measure of Enough
“Enough is so vast a sweetness, I suppose it never occurs, only pathetic counterfeits,” Emily Dickinson lamented in a love letter. In his splendid short poem about the secret of happine…
themarginalian.org
I’m afraid Cardiff is fully booked at the moment.
Dan Snow@thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 10mo agoKing Harold exiled his brother. William I imprisoned his brother William II crushed his brother in battle Henry I imprisoned his brother for life. In Cardiff. Henry, Richard I, Geoffrey & John, well, did everything short of actually kill each other. Edward IV executed his brother. That’s the game
Australian Museum Director, Kim McKay, on Jane Goodall, one of my faves.
I worked with Jane Goodall. She had the energy of a stalking lion
The much-love British primatologist, who died on Wednesday, changed the world by refusing to let it be made small.
smh.com.au
