Society Activities
The Society was founded in 1966, and its activities include:
- Hosting major conferences.
- Making annual awards to students for weed related projects.
- Providing awards for travel to attend the triennial Australian Weeds Conferences.
- Conducting community workshops on weeds to assist in management and raise awareness.
- Providing policy advice to State and Federal authorities.
Functions
Major functions organized include:
- 2nd Victorian Weeds Conference 26 -27 March 1973
- Australian Weeds Conference. Melbourne, Vic. 1976
- First Conference of the Council of Australasian Weed Societies. Melbourne, Vic. 1978
- Weeds on Public Lands - an Action Plan for Today 1988
- First International Weed Control Congress. Melbourne, Vic. 1992 (Proceedings may at some stage be available from the Council of Australasian Weed Societies website)
- 11th Australian Weeds Conference Melbourne, Vic 1996 (Proceedings available from the Council of Australasian Weed Societies website)
Past Presidents
- 1966-67 Bill Parsons
- 1968-69 Tom Donaldson
- 1972-73 Doug McDonough
- 1974 Mick Lumb
- 1975-76 Harry Combellack
- 1977-78 Jim Ward
- 1979-80 Ian Anderson
- 1981-82 Bob Edgar
- 1983-84 Doug Wilson
- 1985-86 David Campbell
- 1987-88 Rosemary Henderson
- 1989-90 Bob Richardson
- 1991-92 Chris Knight
- 1993-94 Ros Shepherd
- 1995-96 Don Matthews
- 1997-98 Kate Blood
- 1998-00 Kelly Raymond
- 2001-02 Wendy Bedggood
- 2003 Richard Denvir
- 2004-06 Daniel Joubert
- 2007 Ken Young
- 2008-09 Michael Hansford
- 2009-11 James O'Brien