Person

Murray, Mitchell Durno (Durno) (1925 - 2009)

Born
22 September 1925
England
Died
22 April 2009
Occupation
Veterinary scientist and Ornithologist
Alternative Names
  • (Murray, Durno)

Summary

Durno Murray was a veterinary scientist who worked for the McMaster Laboratory, CSIRO Division of Animal Health, between 1951 and 1986, including being Officer-in-Charge 1974 - 1977. He led the group studying ectoparasites of livestock (1960 - 1977): other major research was on the epidemiology of arbovirus diseases (1977 - 1986). His other interests include Antarctic biology and ornithology, in particular seabirds. Murray was the first regional organiser for New South Wales for the Australian Bird Banding Scheme and was instrumental in setting up the N.S.W. Albatross Study Group (now SOSSA). As President of the Australian Bird Study Association he was largely responsible for the Seabird Island series, which has documented and published reports on over 200 seabird breeding islands off the Australian coast. Murray has published widely on ornithology and was co-author of the avian ectoparasite section of the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds.

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Chronology

1946
Education - BSc (veterinary science), Royal Veterinary College, London
1947 - 1949
Career position - Veterinary Surgeon, Rangitaiki Plains Dairy Company, New Zealand
1949 - 1951
Career position - Research Scientist, Wallaceville Animal Research Station, Department of Agriculture, New Zealand
1951 - 1986
Career position - Research Scientist, F. D. McMaster Animal Health Laboratory
1954 - 1956
Career position - Regional Organiser for New South Wales, Australian Bird Banding Scheme
1970
Career position - Chairman, Biology and Medical Subcommittee, Australian National Committee for Antarctic Research, Australian Academy of Science
1973 - 1974
Career position - President, Australian Bird Study Association
1974 - 1977
Career position - Officer-in-Charge, F. D. McMaster Animal Health Laboratory
1986
Life event - Retired
1988 - 1991
Career position - President, Australian Bird Study Association
1990 - 1994
Career position - Editor, Corella
1993 - 2009
Award - Life Member, Australian Bird Study Association
1996
Award - J. N. Hobbs Memorial Medal, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
2009
Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Sydney

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Leishman, Alan; and Smith, Geoffrey, 'Mitchell Durno Murray (1925 - 2009)', Corella, 33 (2) (2002), 45-6. Details

Resources

See also

  • Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details

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