Committee Profile

Since 2019, Janet has owned a 300-acre property on Gunyah Road, applying to the Biodiversity Conservation Trust for conservation status. Janet came to Australia on a round-the-world-ticket in 1990, working and living in Perth, Brisbane, Nevada (2 ½ years) before settling in Tenterfield in 2010. She has a strong interest in art, including printmaking (Brisbane Institute of Art) and ceramics (Glen Innes TAFE). 

Qualifications/ education: BSc. Geology, St. Andrews (UK); Masters Science Geology, Queen Mary College, University of London; Masters in Environmental Management, Griffith University (2001).

Employment history:  Geologist in the UK and briefly in Australia; environmental consultancy in Perth. Volunteer bushland regeneration, seed collection, cleaning and planting for Greening Australia, Conservation Volunteers Australia and Brisbane City Council. Designed environmentally-themed signs for Brisbane City Council and various non-profit environmental groups; designed and built a mosaic seat for public art project on Kedron Brook, Brisbane. Has also been secretary to the Brisbane Rainforest Action Information Network (BRAIN), Stanthorpe Pottery club (SPC), Tenterfield Naturalists Inc, as well as for the Society for Growing Australian Plants Brisbane and Queensland Naturalists Club, President of the Queensland Frog Society (QFS); and newsletter editor for BRAIN, QFS and SPC.

Other relevant skills: plant and bird identification skills; co-organised 10 day Queensland Naturalist Club camp/visit to this region; acted as guide on Birdlife campouts to Tenterfield 2017 & 2022 and Lightning Ridge 2017. Volunteer for NSW NPWS Quoll monitoring and Hastings River Mouse surveys 2012. Volunteer at Bush Heritage property Naree on the Birdlife survey 2019 & upcoming 2022. Volunteer at Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s Bowra reserve, 2021. Researched and developed content for the Tenterfield and Mingoola bird brochures.