{"id":886,"date":"2011-03-17T12:04:12","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T10:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elephantswithoutborders.org\/blog\/?p=886"},"modified":"2011-03-17T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T10:04:12","slug":"a-successful-night-of-homage-to-nathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantswithoutborders.org\/blog\/?p=886","title":{"rendered":"A successful night of homage to Nathan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Original story: <\/span>“Crowd goes wild in homage to keeper Nathan”<\/strong> by Patrick Billings 14 March 2011, in Daily Liberal, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>www.dailyliberal.com.au<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The mourner\u2019s customary minute of silence was replaced with sixty seconds of noise when it came to remembering the life and times of former Dubbo zoo keeper Nathan Jamieson.\u00a0Not to mention more than $9000 being raised on Friday night when over a 100 people turned out for the Nathan Jamieson Memorial fundraiser at Dubbo\u2019s Western Star Hotel. It was \u201ca really fun night, with good atmosphere and a few old stories\u201d, his girlfriend Jennifer Conaghan said yesterday.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Auctioneer Greg Kirk and keeper Heidi Quine during the memorial fundraiser for Nathan<\/p><\/div>\n

The elephant conservationist died last year after being struck by one of the animals in Botswana where he was working at the time. He met Ms Conaghan almost six years before his death when they both worked at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. Mr Jamieson finished up his post at the zoo in March 2010.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite his death his devotion to elephants lives on with the money raised on Friday going to a fund named in his honour at Elephants Without Borders (EWB).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt first we thought we were only going to raise $2000 to $3000,\u201d Ms Conaghan said.\u00a0She admitted to being \u201cshocked\u201d at the final tally.\u00a0\u201c There was a good vibe and everyone was laughing. We were going to have a minute\u2019s silence but decided to have a minute\u2019s noise instead. Nathan was the \u2018life of the party\u2019 kind of guy,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Botswana based EWB runs programs to secure safe wilderness habitats on an often war torn continent. Mr Jamieson became a strong advocate for EWB after working alongside its founder and director, elephant ecologist, Dr Mike Chase.\u00a0Money raised on Friday night will go to EWB\u2019s Nathan Jamieson Memorial fund.\u00a0The money will fund a unique collaring program which monitors the movement of wild bull elephants in and around Botswana.\u00a0Ms Conaghan plans to travel to the African nation next month to visit the project, a trip she admitted would be hard without her partner.\u00a0\u201cWe usually travelled a lot. It will be difficult travelling by myself for the first time,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ms Conaghan thanked Dubbo businesses which donated more than 50 auctions items along with Annemaree Hillermann and Greg Kirk who helped organise the night. To learn more about the Nathan Jamieson Memorial Fund or you would like to donate, please logon to <\/span><\/span>http:\/\/www.elephantswithoutborders.org\/Nathan_Jamieson_Memorial_Fund.php<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sincere appreciation to all the<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> sponsors for the evening’s event:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All About You Beauty
\nAndrew O’Brien
\nAnnemarie Hillerman
\nMr & Mrs Hillerman
\nAwakening
\nBakhitas cafe TWPZ
\nCommercial hotel
\nDare Wheeler Cycles
\nDominos
\nDon Crosby vet surgeons
\nDubbo Meat & seafood Centre
\nDubbo RSL club
\nDubbo Ten Pin Bowling
\nDucan McGuiness vet surgery
\nEscape Beauty
\nFurneys
\nGreig Tonkins
\nIn Visible – men only
\nJane Burgess
\nJavo Hairdressers
\nJen Conaghan
\nPaul & Judy Conaghan
\nJanet Jackson
\nJodie Milton
\nKaren Ellis
\nMel Friedman
\nJackie Stuart
\nBec Jones
\nMon Counihan
\nMidwest Foods
\nMilestone hotel
\nMitre 10
\nOz Ark Cultural hertiage P\/L
\nPastoral bar & Grill
\nPhil Cameron
\nReadings Cinemas
\nRed Earth Healing Centre
\nRoger Brogan
\nSids Bottle shop
\nSmasht Handmade glassware jewellery
\nSouth Dubbo Tavern
\nTaronga Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo
\nSticks & stones woodfire pizza
\nTamara Keeley
\nTamworth Street Bottle shop
\nVillage Hot bake
\nWest Dubbo Bottle Shop
\nWest Dubbo Bowling Club<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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