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Bureau of Flora and Fauna

1978 – 1988

Commonwealth bureau that ran the Australian Biological Resources Study, documenting Australia's plants and animals through the Flora of Australia and the Zoological Catalogue of Australia and funding taxonomic research.

How it came into existence

Set up in 1978 within the Commonwealth science portfolio to administer the Australian Biological Resources Study, which had been established in 1973 to document the Australian biota.

How it ended

Its functions passed in 1988 to the Australian Biological Resources Study unit within the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Main functions

  • Administration of the Australian Biological Resources Study
  • Publication of the Flora of Australia
  • Publication of the Zoological Catalogue of Australia
  • Grants for taxonomic research

Where it sits

Last in the portfolio of Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories.

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Sources

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