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Life Summary

Name	Alfred Oscar Lawrence
Born	20 July, 1904 Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	15 March, 1986 (aged 81) Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Lane-Poole, Charles Edward (teacher)
Education *	University High School (Melbourne) (student, 1916-1919) Victorian School of Forestry (Creswick, Vic) (student, 1920-1922) Australian Forestry School (Yarralumla, ACT) (student, 1926-1927) University of Adelaide (student, 1928-1928) Oxford University (student, 1934-1935)
Occupation or Descriptor *	forester (1928-1969) Victoria, Australia public servant (1928-1969) Victoria, Australia Boy Scouts' leader (1955-1970) Victoria, Australia conservationist (1960-1980) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Russell Grimwade Fellowship (recipient, 1933) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1969)
Key Events *	Black Friday bushfires (January 1939) (royal commission witness) Yallourn bushfire (1944) (royal commission witness)
Key Organisations *	Alpine Resorts Development Advisory Committee (Vic) (member) Environment Victoria (president) Environment Victoria (member, ?-1975) Freemasons (member, ?-1986) Institute of Foresters of Australia (member, ?-1986) Rotary Club of Melbourne (member, ?-1986) Institute of Foresters of Australia (member, 1939-1986) Country Fire Authority of Victoria (member, 1946-1949) Land Utilization Advisory Council (Vic) (member, 1957-1969) National Parks Authority (Vic) (member, 1957-1968) Timber Promotion Council (Vic) (chair, 1969-1978)
Workplaces *	Forestry service (Vic) (forester, 1920-1969) Forestry service (Vic) (head, 1949-1969)

* Dates are approximate