Colong Foundation Board Members
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Colong Foundation Board Members |
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Patrick Thompson, Chairperson, has been a committee member since the 1970's and was chairperson for Colong between 1994 and 2007. Pat founded his Company Trekaway in 1973 which was a pioneering venture offering small group tours to National Parks in Australia and Overseas. After publishing "Myles Dunphy, Selected Writings, compiled and annotated by Patrick Thompson" in 1986, he decided to retire from his travel business and become a publisher. His new business was called Envirobook and it continues to publish and distribute books focusing on the environment and the natural world. Pat is the editor of 'The New Bush Telegraph' of the Shoalhaven region where he resides and is currently Assistant Editor of the Colong Bulletin. Pat also enjoys bushwalking. Ian Tanner, Vice Chairperson, is a retired accountant/company secretary and businessman. In 1960 did FP8 at Outward Bound School Hawkesbury River NSW then joined UNSW Bushwalking Club. Currently Treasurer for REACH - Christian Education at Chatswood High School and Willoughby Girls High School. Supporter of The Leprosy Mission as a team member/ prayer partner of a Missionary Committee. Member of Chatswood West Ward Progress Association. He strongly supports the preservation of Australia's natural wilderness heritage. Albert Renshaw, Treasurer, has been supporting community groups, in an honorary capacity, since 1960. These include the Scout and Guide organisations; a local sporting group; the University of NSW Speleological Society; and the Glebe Society. He also spent several years on four committees of the National Trust of Australia (NSW) for which he was awarded their silver medal for service. He has been honorary treasurer to Colong for twenty years. Elizabeth Elenius, Secretary, was a member of the Colong Committee during the battle for Mount Colong in the late 1960s, inspired by Milo Dunphy and her aunts, Eileen and Joan Bradley, of Bush Regeneration fame. Elizabeth also joined the National Parks Association at that time and became the Editor of the Association's Journal for a number of years. Through her conservation work she decided to return to 'school' and then secured a degree in Earth Sciences at Macquarie University. Once graduated, Elizabeth became a Project Officer with the Nature Conservation Council of NSW from 1979-1981, working on the rainforest campaign. She has held a number of positions within university administration and later in research organisations. In 2005 Elizabeth joined the Colong Foundation Board and has been our Secretary since 2006. Henry Gold OAM, Honorary Photographer, arrived in Australia from Austria in 1955. He joined the Sydney Bushwalkers Club in 1956. He supported the infant environment movement and he has continued ever since as the Honorary Photographer of the Colong Foundation for Wilderness. His work has been used to lobby Governments, in books, by the press, in campaign literature and conservation magazines. Henry's images have convinced many members of the public to become wilderness supporters. In 2006 he was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for "service to wilderness preservation through the use of photographic documentation". Jim Somerville AM began his interest in preserving the natural environment when he became a member of the Coast and Mountain Buskwalking Club. He was a foundation member together with Myles Dunphy of the Heathcote National Park Advisory Committee continuing for 37 years. Jim became a director of Colong Committee in 1967, following the retirement from the finance branch of Qantas in 1975, was involved in a spirited campaign to save the remaining NSW rainforest - later publishing "How the Rainforest Was Saved." Was a part-time commissioner on the State Pollution Control Commission (later known as the EPA) from 1977 to 1985. Honorary Auditor of numerous conservation societies. Awarded an Award in the Order of Australia in 1986 for services in conservation. |
