• We aim to provide funding for researchers working on the problem of the decline of the wild population of Gouldian finches.

• To give aviculturists and the general public alike an opportunity to contribute to the salvation of an Australian ornithological icon.

• To address the negative media image of bird keeping  and to present aviculture in a  positive light.

 

• To interpret new scientific data and use this to further enhance the practice of aviculture.

• To provide world wide up-to-date information on the progress of the Gouldian story through the publication of a news letter and presentations to avicultural and other interested bodies.