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Margaret Grace Thorsborne {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (3 June 1927 – 16 October 2018) was an Australian naturalist, conservationist and environmental activist. She was notable for her efforts, with her husband Arthur Thorsborne, in initiating the long-term monitoring and protection of the Torresian imperial-pigeon on the Brook Islands, north east of Hinchinbrook Island, Far North Queensland. Toward the end of her life, she was involved in the struggle to protect Queensland’s Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and animals such as the southern cassowary, mahogany glider and dugong. Early lifeMargaret Kemp-Pennefather was born in 1927,[1] the daughter of Lionel Hugh Kemp-Pennefather and his wife Constance (née Keys).[2] Margaret married Arthur Thorsborne in 1963. Then living on Queensland’s Gold Coast, they were foundation members and office bearers of the Gold Coast branch of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland. HinchinbrookThe Thorsbornes began visiting Hinchinbrook Island in 1964. In 1972 they settled at Meunga Creek, near Cardwell, on a property ("Galmara") consisting mainly of coastal wetlands and rainforest facing Hinchinbrook Island across the Hinchinbrook Channel. The property was given in 1980 to the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service to extend the Edmund Kennedy National Park. Arthur Thorsborne died in 1991. The Thorsbornes are commemorated in the Thorsborne Trail, a popular 32 km walking track on Hinchinbrook Island. Pigeon protectionStarting in 1965, an early conservation initiative by the Thorsbornes was a long-term and ongoing monitoring program for Torresian imperial-pigeons on the Brook Islands near Hinchinbrook, the southernmost breeding area of the species, to which the pigeons arrive in August every year, departing northwards in March after the breeding season. Though breeding mainly on the islands, the pigeons fly daily to the nearby mainland, as well as to Hinchinbrook Island, to feed on rainforest fruits, including figs and nutmegs. Although the pigeons have been officially protected by law since 1877, birds were still regularly, intensively and illegally shot as they returned in the evening to feed their chicks on the island nesting colonies, and the number of breeding birds had dropped to 3,000 by the time the Thorsbornes intervened. The monitoring program required a regular presence on the island and acted not only to quantify population changes but also to protect the colony. Since then, the illegal shooting has declined and pigeon numbers have increased to over 40,000. Political artMargaret painted over 2,500 envelopes which she sent to friends, politicians and government agencies, often with conservation messages such 'Azure kingfishers need tree-lined streams'[3], and matching stamps. Her cards were sold at several centres in the region to raise money for conservation.[4] Honours
References1. ^{{cite web |title=Margaret Grace Thorsborne AO 1927-2018 {{!}} Wildlife Queensland Townsville Branch |url=http://townsville.wildlife.org.au/2018/10/17/margaret-grace-thorsborne-ao-1927-2018/ |website=townsville.wildlife.org.au |publisher=Wildlife Queensland Townsville Branch}} 2. ^{{cite web|last=State Library of Queensland|title=Margaret Thorsborne|url=http://vimeo.com/90180836|work=Q ANZAC 100 digital story|publisher=Vimeo|accessdate=2 April 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Margaret Thorsborne Collection, F3282, Fryer Library, The University of Queensland Library |url=https://www.library.uq.edu.au/fryer-library/ms/f3282.pdf |accessdate=13 March 2019}} 4. ^{{cite journal |title=The art of conservation |journal=Wet tropics world heritage area magazine |issue=2007-2008 |page=14-15 |url=https://www.wettropics.gov.au/site/user-assets/docs/p14-16_MargaretThorsborneRainforestExplorer.pdf |accessdate=13 March 2019}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Margaret Thorsborne Centenary Medal|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1117648&search_type=simple&showInd=true|publisher=Australian Honours Database|accessdate=27 January 2011}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Margaret Thorsborne AO|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1143422&search_type=simple&showInd=true|publisher=Australian Honours Database|accessdate=27 January 2011}}
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