The West Australian Nut & Tree Crop Association was
brought into existence in 1975 by a small group of people passionate
about growing nut trees (the original name was the West Australian
Nutgrowing Society). A few years later, fruit and other tree crops were
added to the brief. At that time, the variety of nut and fruit trees
available to the public was very limited, as was information about the
horticulture of growing and propagating exotic plants and the use and
processing of their products. In 2007, WANATCA was dissolved due to
falling membership.
The Association flourished, with four
meetings per year, plus field trips and other events. Quandong magazine
was a quarterly newsletter that grew into a substantial publication:
the last ten issues are presented here. The twenty-seven Yearbooks contained more detailed articles.
Digitization is now complete.
ACOTANC, the Australasian
Conference on Trees and Nut Crops, was twice been hosted by WANATCA in
Perth, Western Australia. Papers from the ninth conference in 2001 are
displayed on this website.
Visitors to the site find a growing wealth of publications available to them.
The above information is from the Rare Fruit West Australian Nut & Tree Crop Association
home
site at: http://www.wanatca.org.au/ and will be updated at their request.
