People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

30 December, 1904
Christchurch, New Zealand

Death

16 December, 1992 (aged 87)
Buderim, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

unknown

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English
• New Zealander
• Scottish

Occupation or Descriptor

• museum director
• school principal

Awards

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Key Organisations

• Great Barrier Reef Committee
• Hobart Repertory Theatre Society
• National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council (Tas)
• University of Tasmania (administration)
• Van Diemen’s Land Memorial Folk Museum (Tas)
• Royal Society of Edinburgh (Scotland)
• Royal Society of Tasmania
• Duke of Edinburgh Award (Tas)

Workplaces

• Knox Grammar School (Sydney)
• Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery