People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

20 July, 1904
Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

15 March, 1986 (aged 81)
Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Education

• University High School (Melbourne)
• Victorian School of Forestry (Creswick, Vic)
• Australian Forestry School (Yarralumla, ACT)
• University of Adelaide
• Oxford University

Occupation or Descriptor

• Boy Scouts' leader
• conservationist
• forester
• public servant

Awards

• Russell Grimwade Fellowship
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Key Events

• Black Friday bushfires (January 1939)
• Yallourn bushfire (1944)

Key Organisations

• Alpine Resorts Development Advisory Committee (Vic)
• Environment Victoria
• Freemasons
• Institute of Foresters of Australia
• Rotary Club of Melbourne
• Country Fire Authority of Victoria
• Land Utilization Advisory Council (Vic)
• National Parks Authority (Vic)
• Timber Promotion Council (Vic)

Workplaces

• Forestry service (Vic)