Regional Groups

ASGAP consists of seven affiliated regional societies, one for each of the six Australian states and the seventh being based in the Australian Capital Territory. Although there is regular contact between the Regions, each is independent and responsible for managing the affairs of the Society within its geographical area. Each Regional Group publishes a quarterly newsletter for its members who generally reside within the area of operations of the Region to which they belong, but this is not mandatory. Regular Regional meetings allow members to hear expert speakers on a range of topics related to the Australian flora.

Within each Region, District Groups have been established to enable members who live in the same locality to meet regularly and to participate in activities such as bushwalks, plant propagation workshops, plant identification sessions, garden visits and local meetings with qualified guest speakers. There are almost 100 District Groups throughout Australia, located in every state as well as at Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Further information on District Groups is provided below.

The District Groups operate under the rules and regulations of the Region in which they are located but have their own elected executive and generally issue a regular newsletter covering local activities. District Groups may charge a small fee to cover their administration expenses.

All Regions and some District Groups have established Web Sites which provide information on local contacts, nurseries and Australian plant reserves and on Australian plants suited to the local area.

Different Names

Because the Regional Societies are independent, they operate under several different names as follows:

For simplicity, the term "The Society" is used on this site to refer to ASGAP and to each of the Regional Groups.

District Groups

District Groups are located throughout Australia and allow Society members in a particular regional centre to take part in activities with other local members.

• Canberra

  Because of the relatively small size of the Australian Capital Territory, there are no District Groups in the Canberra Region.

• New South Wales

  26 District Groups have been established in the following areas: Armidale and District, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Dubbo), City-St George (inner Sydney and southern suburbs), Coffs Harbour, East Hills, Harbourside (Sydney), Hawkesbury (Windsor/Richmond), Hunter Valley, Illawarra, Macarthur (Campbelltown/Camden), Menai, Mid North Coast, Newcastle, North Shore (Sydney), Northern Beaches (Manly to Palm Beach), Nowra, Parramatta and the Hills, South East Region (south coast), Southern Highlands (Mittagong, Moss Vale), Southern Tablelands (Goulburn district), South West Slopes (Cootamundra district), Sutherland, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga.

• Northern Territory

  A District Group is located at Alice Springs. For administrative purposes, this Group is part of the South Australian Region.

• Queensland

  There are 17 District Groups and affiliated organisations in Queensland operating in the following areas: Brisbane (South Side), Brisbane (Western Suburbs), Brisbane (Daytime), Caboolture, Cairns, Gladstone, Innisfail, Ipswich, Kingaroy and Districts, Logan River, Mackay, Pine Rivers, Rockhampton, Samford, Tablelands (Atherton), Townsville, Warwick.

• South Australia

  Within South Australia there are 13 District Groups: Brinkworth, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Fleurieu, Karoonda, Kimba and Districts, Murray Bridge, Northern Yorke Peninsula, Para Districts, Parrakie Area, Port Augusta and Districts, Port Pirie, Southern Eyre Peninsula, Southern Flinders Ranges.

• Tasmania

  There are 4 District Groups in Tasmania: Kingborough, Hobart, Northern, North West.

• Victoria

  The Victorian Region has 25 District Groups: Albury/Wodonda, Bairnsdale, Ballarat, Bendigo, Colac-Otway, Foothills (Melbourne), Geelong, Grampians, Hamilton, Keilor Plains, Latrobe Valley, Loddon-Murray, Maroondah, Melton and Bacchus Marsh, Mildura, Shepparton and Districts, South East Melbourne, South Gippsland, Wangaratta, Warrnambool and District, Waverley, West Gippsland, Wilson Park (Berwick), Wimmera, Yarra Yarra.

• Western Australia

  The Wildflower Society has 13 District Groups: Avon, Albany, Armadale, Darling Range, Eastern Hills, Geraldton, Kulin, Lesueur, Merredin, Mukinbudin, Murdoch, Northern Suburbs, Perth. There are also several affiliated groups at: Beverley, Bunbury, Busselton, Esperance, Jurien Bay, Mandurah, Mullewa, Ravensthorpe, York.