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The Marks Legacy
From bequest to living laboratory
Dr Elizabeth Nesta Marks AO
Whose estate bequeathed the property to QUT in 2009.
The bequest
Dr Elizabeth Nesta Marks AO left the property to QUT in 2009 for ecological purposes.
The living laboratory
Today SERF supports research and teaching across ecology, agriculture, planning, engineering and environmental science.
The public science trail
The Engaging Science Trail opens part of that research story to visitors through 12 field-based stops.
Optional heritage side storySelector's Hut / Marks' HutA connected heritage place in the Marks property story.
Connected heritage story. Not a numbered science stop. Public access or viewing from the trail should be confirmed before presenting it as a detour.
A connected heritage story in the Marks property history. Public access or viewing from the trail should be confirmed before presenting it as a detour.
Vegetation at SERF
- 38 hectares of remnant Dry Sclerophyll Forest, 3 hectares of endangered Gallery Rainforest / Riparian zone, and 10 hectares modified since European settlement.
Facilities
- The Barracks, screenhouses and permanent monitoring installations support field research, teaching and visiting groups.
Research networks
- SERF contributes to TERN, the International Long-Term Ecological Research Network and the Australian Acoustic Observatory.
Dr E N Marks AO
- Dr Marks was a leading entomologist who published more than 100 scientific papers, described 38 new mosquito species and served the Samford community as well as the scientific community.