Mike Connor visited the same park for 40 years. His notebooks filled with birds are invaluable
In 1985 Uluru was handed back to the Anangu traditional owners; Neighbours premiered; treasurer Paul Keating warned Australia risked becoming a “banana republic”; Kate Bush released the masterpiece Hounds of Love; and in the Melbourne suburb of Bulleen, chemical engineer Mike Connor began visiting a new park. He was 41 and he had recently moved…