2013-14 Annual Review for the the 2013/2014 Financial Year Saw Funds Distributed About Us 4 Bjarne K Dahl Trust
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AN AUSTRALIAN ICON EUCALYPTUS, 1 Eucalyptus, an Australian icon www.dahltrust.org.au TABLE CHair’S OVerVieW OF contents Chair’s Overview 3 Welcome to the 2013-14 Annual Review for the The 2013/2014 financial year saw funds distributed About Us 4 Bjarne K Dahl Trust. Included in this review is an to high-quality projects through our Small Grants National Eucalypt Day 5 overview of achievements, activities, and information Program. Highlights included HotRocks’ Seed2Tree Projects Funded 2013/14 6 about the grants awarded in our Grants Programs and program where school students in Western Featured Projects 8 some of our plans for the Trust in the next year. This Australia undertook eucalypt restoration as part All Projects Funded 12 review covers the period from July 2013 to June 2014. of their educational experience. Another was the Finances 14 Friends of Gold Coast Botanic Gardens’ project, Looking ahead 15 who produced some beautiful and informative The highlight of the year was the signs for their Gum Tree Corridor. celebration for the first National Eucalypt Front cover image courtesy ofFront Ladiges P. The Trust also provided funds for the Bjarne K Day on March 23rd 2014. Dahl Memorial Boardwalk and continued our This was celebrated at Lake Mountain support of the Eucalypts of Northern Australia and featured the opening of the Bjarne and Documenting the History of Eucalypt Science K Dahl Memorial Boardwalk at Lake in Australia projects. More information on these AN AUSTRALIAN ICON Mountain Alpine Resort in Victoria. The projects can be below. Boardwalk opening and the inaugural This year we welcomed Sebastian Chapman, the National Eucalypt Day was a very Secretary’s delegate to the Board and we saw a EUCALYPTUS, successful event with key figures from the change in the Trust’s Executive Officer, with April local area as well as some of our former 3 ABOUT OUR Merrick taking parental leave and Alex Fearnside grantees in attendance. BENEFACTOR commencing in the role late in January 2014. I extend our warmest thanks to Lake April’s contribution to the Trust was significant and we congratulate her on the birth of her first child. In 1928, at the age of thirty, affinity with the Australian bush Mountain Alpine Resort for partnering with us and hosting this event. There is Klaus Bjarne Dahl ventured from and, in particular, a love of the The Trust continues to work closely with the more information on National Eucalypt Norway to Australia to take up the Silvertop Ash (Eucalyptus sieberi) – Department of Environment and Primary Day and the Boardwalk opening later in position of forest assessor with the so much so that he bequeathed Industries in Victoria and I thank Adam Fennessy, this review. Forests Commission of Victoria. all his property to the Forests the Department’s Secretary for his support. I am Commission of Victoria (now fortunate to work with an active and knowledgeable In 1946, still with the Forest the Department of Environment Board of Managing Trustees and I thank each of Commission of Victoria, Dahl was and Primary Industries) to be them for their dedicated contributions. appointed Head of the Victorian established as a Trust focused on Forest Assessment Branch. In eucalypts. Dahl recalled, The Trust is a member of both Philanthropy 1948 Dahl became the Chief Land Australia and the Australian Environmental Purchasing Officer at Australian ‘I was once a Chief Forester, and Grantmakers Network and I acknowledge their Paper Manufacturers, where he I owe [the] Forests Commission of valuable support. stayed until 1961. During this Victoria a great deal of gratitude for period he travelled extensively giving me in 1928 the opportunity to I look forward to expanding our work and throughout Victoria, New South make good in my profession.’ partnerships in the coming year. Please feel Wales and Queensland. welcome to visit our website or contact our office Dahl died in 1993 and his estate By the time he arrived at APM, Bjarne Dahl had advanced from the days of the packhorse to the latest should you require more information about the Throughout his life Dahl has been professionally managed tool of a modern forester assessor – the helicopter. Bjarne K Dahl Memorial Boardwalk, Lake Mountain Alpine Resort. Bjarne K Dahl Trust. purchased land and managed and grown by Perpetual Trustees, forests as a private investment and, as directed in his will. Since the launch of the Bjarne K Dahl Trust with other fortuitous investments, Alison Teese, Chair in August 2010 to the end of June 2014, the grew his private wealth. During Trust has distributed over $875,000 in grants his career Dahl developed a true to some 65 organisations, groups or individuals across Australia. Alison Teese and Adam Fennessy. ABout US GOVernance NATIONAL EUCALYPT The Bjarne K Dahl Trust is a philanthropic fund The Bjarne K Dahl Trust is governed by a Board DAY AND THE OPENING established from a bequest from Bjarne K Dahl to of Trustees. focus on the iconic Australian trees ‘the eucalypts’. OF THE BJARNE K DAHL Members of the Board of Managing Trustees W The Trust was formally established in 2007 through IE MEMORIAL BOARDWALK Ms Alison Teese, Chair V an Order of the Supreme Court of Victoria as an independent Trust, separate to the Department of Mr Ken King Sustainability and Environment (now Department Prof John Miller AO 23rd March 2014 was a very special day for the Not only was the Trust incredibly proud to unveil of Environment and Primary Industries) of Prof Leon Bren Bjarne K Dahl Trust and not just because it the boardwalk on this chilly March morning, we Victoria. In 2009 the Board of Managing Trustees Prof Pauline Ladiges AO FAA would have been our namesake’s 116th birthday. also celebrated National Eucalypt Day in an event were appointed and the Trust formally commenced Mr Nick Lilley 2013/14 ANNUAL REVIEW It marked the inaugural National Eucalypt held at the Lake Mountain Alpine Resort. Speeches Mr Chris Lloyd operations in 2010. AN AUSTRALIAN ICON Day and the opening of the Bjarne K Dahl Mr Adam Fennessy, Secretary, by Trustee Pauline Ladiges and Lake Mountain Memorial Boardwalk at the Lake Mountain Department of Environment and Primary Alpine Resort’s Environmental Officer Sue Parry Alpine Resort in Victoria. OUR Vision Industries, Victoria kept everyone entertained, whilst several displays, including herbarium samples from the University jarne K Dahl Tust 2013/14 ANNUAL RE Mr Sebastian Chapman, Delegate to the Bjarne K Dahl Tust B We envisage a public inspired by and appreciative Following the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, EUCALYPTUS, Secretary, Department of Environment and of Melbourne’s School of Botany provided an of eucalypts. the landscape of Lake Mountain was drastically 4 Primary Industries, Victoria informative overview of the Dahl Trusts work. 5 changed. Now in a period of regeneration, the area was once an old stomping ground of The Trust plans to celebrate National Eucalypt OUR MISSION STAFF our benefactor. Day annually in events around the country with our grantees and fellow eucalypt enthusiasts. To honour and fulfil Bjarne K Dahl’s wishes and Mrs April Merrick, Executive Officer The Bjarne K Dahl Memorial Boardwalk was legacy we will direct our resources towards areas (to January 2014) built in partnership with the Lake Mountain that have the greatest potential for impact, in Alpine Resort and National Australia Bank, order to promote, establish, cultivate and conserve Mr Alex Fearnside, Executive Officer whose financial assistance and volunteer work made eucalypts, and educate the public in these matters. (from January 2014) its construction possible. From the Boardwalk visitors can see the new growth of Alpine Ash Ms Hannah Snape, Project Officer (Eucalyptus delagatensis), Snow Gum (Eucalyptus OUR Focus pauciflora) and Mountain Hickory Wattle (Acacia obliquinervia), whilst enjoying a view that spans all The establishment, promotion, cultivation the way to Melbourne’s CBD on a clear day. Along and conservation of eucalyptus trees; and the trail are interpretive signs providing information on the history and ecology of Lake Mountain. The education of the public in the Alison Teese and Tony Thompson (Lake Mountain Alpine Resort Chair) establishment, cultivation and conservation opening the Bjarne K Dahl Memorial Boardwalk. of eucalyptus trees From left to right – John Miller, Leon Bren, Nick Lilley, Alison Teese, Chris Lloyd, Hannah Snape, Alex Fearnside, Pauline Ladiges, Ken King, Sebastian Chapman. Dedication plaque, located at the beginning of the Boardwalk. Prof Pauline Ladiges presenting. ProJects FUNDED 2013/14 2013 SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM % % 25 The 2013/14 Small Grants Program saw the Bjarne K Dahl Trust supporting eight high-quality projects 38 WA across Australia. This year the Trust focused on selecting projects that would have real impact on QLD protecting or enhancing eucalypts and engaging the public in educational activities around eucalypts. VIC Two rounds of grants were distributed in 2013/14, with a combined total of $103,900. % 13 NSW Round one: 25% Project Name Organisation State Funding 2013/14 ANNUAL REVIEW AN AUSTRALIAN ICON Manawarnti - All the Trees Kurungal Council WA $15,000 Figure 1 Geographic distribution of Small Grants in 2013/14 Phillip Island - Eucalyptus Care, Protection and Phillip Island Nature Parks VIC $14,900 Education Project Bjarne K Dahl Tust EUCALYPTUS, Gum Tree Corridor Stories - Friends of the Gold Coast QLD $9,000 6 7 The Eucalypt Interpretation Project Regional Botanic Gardens MULTI