ANGFA Queensland
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Welcome to ANGFA Qld
The Australia, New Guinea Fishes Association: Queensland Branch
ANGFA Qld’s founding members first decided to meet as regional group under the newly formed national association back in 1983*. For over thirty years of volunteer efforts and commitment to the club we’ve been building partnerships with and gaining the respect of other clubs, community groups, and government agencies; promoting the hobby and the appreciation of Sahul’s magnificent fish and aquatic life; and most of all, providing a setting for new friends and old mates to share stories, experience and when all else fails, a good laugh.
If you’re not a member you’re welcome to have a look around and if you like what you see then maybe you’d like to join us – use the Join ANGFA option in the menu at the top of this page or email
Our meetings are held in Brisbane at the Bar Jai Hall in Alexandra St, Clayfield (near the intersection with Sandgate Road, opposite Clayfield Railway Station). Meetings are usually held on the second Friday of every second month, starting in February (unless they clash with a public holiday). Meetings start at 7.30 pm and end around 10.30 pm. Meetings generally consist of two talks, a raffle, and end with an auction of fish and plants – often one’s you won’t see anywhere else and at a fraction of the price. It’s always great to see new faces if you can make it along.
POSTAL ADDRESS:
1 Wall Street Bundamba Qld 4304
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*1983 is considered to be the year the internet started, with the migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP officially completed.
The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claimed the lives of 71 people in one of Australia’s worst ever fires.
The final episode of M*A*S*H is aired breaking the record of most watched episode, and The Bill first airs as Woodentop.
Bob Hawke is elected Prime Minister of Australia and with Federal treasurer Paul Keating, the Australian Dollar is floated – under the old flexible peg system, the Reserve Bank bought and sold all Australian dollars and cleared the market at the end of the day.
Ronald Reagan makes his initial “Star Wars” proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
The first flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger was in 1983 and Pioneer 10 passed the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first man-made object to leave the vicinity of the major planets of the solar system.
Australia II, owned by Alan Bond and designed by Ben Lexcen won the America’s Cup with its famous winged keel, the first successful challenge to the New York Yacht Club’s 132-year defense of the sailing trophy.
Pope John Paul II visited Rebibbia prison to forgive his would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Ağca.