Boobook Society
Boobook may refer to: * ''Boobook'', a common name for many species of owl in the genus '' Ninox'' * ''Boobook'', journal of the Australasian Raptor Association * ''Boobook Society'', an association of academics founded by John Latham and Frederic Eggleston Sir Frederic William Eggleston (17 October 1875 – 12 November 1954) was an Australian lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. Early life The eldest son of lawyer John Waterhouse Eggleston and his wife, Emily, his grandfather was the Methodi ...

Ninox
''Ninox'' is a genus of true owls comprising 36 species found in Asia and Australasia. Many species are known as hawk-owls or boobooks, but the northern hawk-owl (''Surnia ulula'') is not a member of this genus. Taxonomy The genus was introduced by English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1837 with the type species as ''Ninox nipalensis'', a junior synonym of ''Strix lugubris'' Tickell 1833. ''Strix lugubris'' is now considered a subspecies of the brown boobook (''Ninox scutula lugubris''). Species The genus contains 37 species: *† Laughing owl, '' Ninox albifacies'' (extinct) * Rufous owl, '' Ninox rufa'' * Powerful owl, '' Ninox strenua'' * Barking owl, '' Ninox connivens'' * Sumba boobook, '' Ninox rudolfi'' * Australian boobook, ''Ninox boobook'' * Rote boobook ''Ninox rotiensis'' * Timor boobook ''Ninox fusca'' * Alor boobook, ''Ninox plesseni'' * Tasmanian boobook, ''Ninox leucopsis'' * Morepork, '' Ninox novaeseelandiae'' * Northern boobook, ''Ninox japonica'' ...
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Australasian Raptor Association
The Australasian Raptor Association (ARA) was founded in 1978 as a special interest group of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, also known as Birds Australia. It is now a special interest group of BirdLife Australia. It promotes the study and conservation of the diurnal and nocturnal raptors, sometimes called birds of prey, of Australasia and South-east Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland .... It publishes a journal, ''Boobook'', twice a year. External links Australasian Raptor Association 1978 establishments in Australia Organizations established in 1978 Ornithological organisations in Australia Bird conservation organizations Raptor organizations {{ornithology-stub ...
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John Latham (judge)
Sir John Greig Latham GCMG QC (26 August 1877 – 25 July 1964) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the fifth Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1935 to 1952. He had earlier served as Attorney-General of Australia under Stanley Bruce and Joseph Lyons, and was Leader of the Opposition from 1929 to 1931 as the final leader of the Nationalist Party. Latham was born in Melbourne. He studied arts and law at the University of Melbourne, and was called to the bar in 1904. He soon became one of Victoria's best known barristers. In 1917, Latham joined the Royal Australian Navy as the head of its intelligence division. He served on the Australian delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, where he came into conflict with Prime Minister Billy Hughes. At the 1922 federal election, Latham was elected to parliament as an independent on an anti-Hughes platform. He got on better with Hughes' successor Stanley Bruce, and formally joined the Nationali ...
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