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The Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat (FNCB) is an Australian regional scientific natural history and conservation society. The club was founded in 1952 (a continuation of the Field Club and Science Society) and is located in Ballarat, Victoria.[1]
The primary objectives of the club are "to stimulate interest in natural history and to encourage the preservation and protection of the natural environment".[2] Since the club's founding in 1952, it has contributed to several natural history databases, assisted in tree planting projects, lobbied for the preservation of environmentally significant public land, undertaken inventories of bush sites and provided information to students and researchers regarding the region’s natural heritage.[3][4]
The emblem of the FNCB is Goodenia lanata, commonly known as the trailing goodenia in Victoria.[5]