305:), having bought the home and adjacent land from Bunty's parents. In 2000 it was announced: "The undeveloped allotment at 22 Romalo Avenue Magill, formerly owned by Warren and Bunty Bonython, is being amalgamated with the adjoining walkway to form a reserve to be known as Young Park. This has been made possible through the generosity of the Bonythons and assistance from the State Government Open Space Planning and Development Fund."
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Bonython with former geology teacher Terry Kreig (member of Eyre Consulative Committee to the Environment Department) during trek around Lake Eyre in 1982.
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26:(11 September 1916 – 2 April 2012) was an Australian conservationist, explorer, author, and
701:"The Friends’ (of the Heysen Trail) Patron, C Warren Bonython AO : A Patron’s Walking Life"
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964:Interview with Cynthia Eyres 'Bunty' Bonython
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633:A Flutter of Butterflies
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60:John Langdon Bonython
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334:Geographical Journal
118:Notable achievements
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