The JournalStilt for the East Asian-Australasian Flyway AWSG Number 69-70 • October 2016 Australasian Wader Studies Group Treasurer: Birgita Hansen, Federation University Australia, PO Box 663, Ballarat, Vic 3353. AUSTRALIA. Ph: (03) 5327 9952. Email:
[email protected] Conservation Officer: Dan Weller, Suite 2-05, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton, Vic, 3053, AUSTRALIA. Ph: (03) 9347 0757. Email:
[email protected] STATE CONSERVATION OFFICERS QUEENSLAND Sandra Harding, 336 Prout Road, Burbank QLD 4156 Email:
[email protected] Stilt NEW SOUTH WALES ISSN 0726-1888 Joan Dawes, Ph: 02 9664 2546. Email:
[email protected] © AWSG TASMANIA Eric Woehler, (South Tas), 37 Parliament St, Sandy Bay Tas MISSION STATEMENT 7005. Ph: (03) 6223 1980. Email:
[email protected] Ralph Cooper (North Tas), 7 Beach Rd, Legana Tas 7277. To ensure the future of waders and their habitats in Australia Ph: (03) 6330 1255. Email:
[email protected] through research and conservation programmes and to encourage and assist similar programmes in the rest of the SOUTH AUSTRALIA East Asian–Australasian Flyway. Paul Wainwright, PO Box 255, Balhannah SA 5242 Ph: 0429 678 475. Email:
[email protected] OBJECTIVES VICTORIA . Monitor wader populations through a programme of Doris Graham, 14 Falconer St, Fitzroy Vic 3068. counting and banding in order to collect data on changes Ph (03): 9482 2112. Email:
[email protected] on a local, national and international basis. WESTERN AUSTRALIA . Study the migrations of waders through a programme of Bill Rutherford (South WA – cutoff Onslow), 199 Daglish St, counting, banding, colour flagging, collection of Wembly, Perth, WA 6014.