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Melbourne 2016

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The 2016 AWRC Conference was hosted by the Victorian Wildlife Council (Link) and held at the Peninsula C event space at Central Pier Shed 14, Docklands, surrounded by beautiful views of the Victoria Harbour. The conference ran from the 1st to the 4th August 2016.   The theme for the 2016 conference was "Connecting to Country" and the keynote speaker was internationally-renowned wildlife photographer Steve Parish.  In addition to being our keynote speaker, Steve kindly offered to hold one of his renowned photography workshops especially for WRC 2016 delegates at CAE, Melbourne City on Sunday 31st July (Link).

Major sponsors include IFAW, Victorian Government, City of Melbourne, Denise Garratt, Wombaroo Passwell, Whomp and Wildlife Land Trust. All papers on this website remain the intellectual property of the authors and may not be copied or distributed in any way without prior written consent of the author. Authors please note that  in a small number of cases the papers provided to AWRC had been reformatted. If your paper is formatted incorrectly please contact us so we can update the papers soon as possible

Conference Papers  - (Program)

  • Austen R & Garlick S - Oh No! My Joey has Herpes
  • Austin R & Garlick S - What's Love Got To Do With It?
  • Baker R - Saving Species
  • Bartlett J - Introducing NARGA
  • Brett S  -  Kimberley Wildlife Rescue update
  • Brice B -   The Avian gastric yeast experience
  • Burmei H - A Tale of Two Pelicans
  • Dennis L - Australian Wildlife Society, 100 Years on
  • Digweed A - REALhabilitation: Wildlife Rehabilitation Management as Nature Intended
  • Dineen A - Treatment of gastrointestinal & other disorders using herbal medicine, nutritional supplements & homeopathy
  • Duratovic T - First Aid for Fires
  • Duratovic T - Introduction to Fluid Therapy
  • Gordon G - Faecal Float
  • Gregory K - Cheetah Outreach Livestock Guarding Program -  Anatolian Shepherds in South Africa
  • Keenan M - Introducing the AGL Marine Response Unit
  • Koosemen A - Valuing or volunteers with support and understanding
  • Machado A - Good Intentions
  • Mange Management - Treating Mange in Free-living Wombats​
  • Mattingly  J&M - Mange Management Workshop












Continued...
  • Merrick A - Grass Identification (Workshop)
  • Merrick J - Wombat Release (Workshop)
  • Mijovic D - Hobbs the Kingfisher. From Rescue to Release
  • Phillip Island Nature Park - Oiled Seabirds (Workshop) 
  • Quartermain E - Launching the Wildlife Land Trust’s Wildlife Carers Release Network
  • Ralph H - Respect for All
  • Ralph H - Treatment of Injured Wildlife (Workshop)
  • Rasidi E - Raptor Care, Rehabilitation and Medicine: Applying lessons learnt overseas to raptor care in New South Wales
  • Reid J - I'm hand raised or rescued - Now What ?
  • Sharrad J - International Fund for Animal Welfare
  • Simpson S - High Plains Vetting. Helping the Endangered Guthega Skink
  • Staker  L - The solid foods required by macropods for optimal health
  • Watharow S - The White Kangaroo
  • Watharow S - Snake Mite - Melbourne Reptiles​
  • Watharow S  - Reptile Release (Workshop)
  • Watson L - Politics, Prejudice and Wild Dogma
  • Nigel Williamson - Swooping Magpies
  • Wood C - Rehabilitating two elusive large gliders
  • ​​Young B - Community Education – Saving our Wildlife 
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