
The Patron for the Marine Life Society of South Australia is Dr Wolfgang Zeidler, Marine Invertebrates, BSc. (Hons.), MSc., PhD of the South Australian Museum.
We are celebrating our 50th anniversary this year (2026) 1-5pm on 20th June at Rodney Fox and Mark Tozer’s Museum and Research Centre at 107 Henley Beach Road, Mile End. There will be food and a licensed bar. Past & present members are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to info@mlssa.org.au your intentions to attend.
Our General meetings are NORMALLY held at 7pm on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from February to November. Meetings are USUALLY held at the Port Environment Centre, 27 North Parade, Port Adelaide, but are sometimes held elsewhere.
Current financial members are welcome to participate in the discussion of marine conservation matters on the mlssa Facebook page.
Financial members are informed of Society activity via a monthly e-mail mail-out. Regular articles on marine life and marine conservation subjects are posted to this website, which was launched in May 2014.
The Society continues to promote events for other organisations that are deemed relevant to the Society’s member base.
The Committee welcomes your input by email, Facebook or Twitter correspondence.
The Marine Life Society of South Australia NORMALLY elects a new committee at its Annual General Meeting each year (usually in April).
The present committee is:
- President – Steve Reynolds
- Phill McPeake – Treasurer
- David Muirhead – Secretary
- Chris Hall – Committee Member
- Wayne Leifert – Committee Member
The Society and its elected Committee functions in accordance with its Constitution, Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct.

Thanks Chris, I was just about to email you re this. Yes, the meeting is still going ahead at this stage. Yes, please do that presentation for us. Cheers, Steve