Protecting and preserving Mosman’s natural areas since 1964.
ABOVE L-R: Hugh Wyllie, Zali Steggall, Kate Eccles, Carolyn Corrigan and Yolande Stone, at the bush corridor created on the slopes between Alexander Avenue and Rawson Oval and adjoining the Bradley Bushland Reserve.
Saving our natural environment.
Formed in 1964.
In 1964, residents, on their way home on the ferry, noticed bushland on Bradleys Head being bulldozed for a road and carpark. Shocked residents formed Ashton Park Association (later renamed Mosman Parks & Bushland Association).
The Bradley sisters.
Two remarkable women, Joan and Eileen Bradley, were among the Association’s founding members. They observed that the methods being used to clear weeds were not working. They and other members developed a system of bush regeneration, the Bradley Method, that is still used today.
Bush regeneration.
The Mosman Parks & Bushland Association has carried out bushland regeneration work in Mosman Bushland since its inception. The methods developed by the Bradley sisters are still being used today. Members meet regularly.
Our advocacy.
The Association plays a major role advocating to preserve Mosman’s individual character and landscape.
Our committee.
Our committee brings a variety of skills and knowledge to our work including the environment, planning and heritage.
Our community.
Our stories come from deep community connections, they are the stories of how people care about the environment, and care enough to work hard and make a difference.
Quotes from the book, Bush Regeneration, by Joan Bradley
“The essence of our method is that native plants have an unexpected power to re-colonise ground which exotic plants have taken from them.”
“Given a proper chance, they [native plants] will take back the space which weeding makes available to them.”
— Published June 1971