Trevor William Pescott (born 1934) is an Australian naturalist, conservationist and

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, based in

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. He was born in

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and educated in Geelong, qualifying with a Diploma of

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from the

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. He was subsequently employed as a municipal engineer with the

Shire of Corio The Shire of Corio was a local government area located between Geelong and Werribee, about southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire, which included all of Geelong's northern suburbs, covered an area of , and e ...

until his retirement. Pescott was instrumental in the reestablishment of the

Geelong Field Naturalists Club The Geelong Field Naturalists Club (GFNC) is an Australian regional amateur scientific natural history and conservation society which was founded in 1961 by Trevor Pescott. It is based in Geelong, Victoria, with the aims of: * preserving and ...

in 1961, serving as its president for three years and editing its magazine, the ''Geelong Naturalist''. From 1960 he wrote a weekly column (''By Field and Lane'') in the ''

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''. He has been a regional representative to the

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and a foundation committee member of the Environment Studies Association of Victoria. In 1973 he was involved in the formation of the Geelong Environment Council. In 1982

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awarded him an honorary

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degree. In 1983 Pescott was awarded the

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.Hewish, Marilyn. (2005). Trevor Pescott. In: ''Geelong Bird Report 2004'': 69-70. Geelong Field Naturalists Club

Bibliography

As well as numerous articles in magazines and journals, books authored and edited by Pescott include: * 1976 - ''By Field and Lane''. Neptune Press: Geelong. * 1978 - ''Natural Victoria''. Rigby: Australia. * 1983 - ''Birds of Geelong''. Neptune Press: Geelong. * 1987 - ''From Buckleys to the Break. A history and natural history of the Barwon River through Geelong''. Geelong Field Naturalists Club: Geelong. (Editor, with Valda Dedman and Gordon McCarthy). * 1995 - ''The You Yangs Range''. Yaugher Print: Geelong. * 1996 - ''Geelong’s Birdlife in Retrospect. A selection of Geelong Advertiser articles by P.J.Wood. 1945-1958''. Yaugher Print: Geelong. (Commentary on historical articles by P.J. Wood). * 1998 - ''The Otway Ranges''. Yaugher Print: Geelong.

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