Australian Dictionary of Biography

30 December 1904
Christchurch, New Zealand

16 December 1992
Buderim, Queensland, Australia

• English
• New Zealander
• Scottish

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• Trugernanner, (related entry)

• school principal (1940-1953) New South Wales, Australia
• museum director (1953-1972) Tasmania, Australia

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1963)

• Great Barrier Reef Committee (member)
• Hobart Repertory Theatre Society (chairman)
• National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council (Tas) (chairman)
• University of Tasmania (administration) (council member)
• Van Diemen’s Land Memorial Folk Museum (Tas) (trustee)
• Royal Society of Edinburgh (Scotland) (fellow, 1936)
• Royal Society of Tasmania (honorary secretary, 1953-1971)
• Duke of Edinburgh Award (Tas) (chair, 1964-1974)
• Royal Society of Tasmania (vice-president, 1973-1975)
• Royal Society of Tasmania (honorary treasurer, 1977-1977)

• Knox Grammar School (Sydney) (headmaster, 1940-1953)
• Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (director, 1953)