Person
Lewis, N. B.
- Occupation
- Forester
Summary
N. B. Lewis worked for the Woods and Forests Department in South Australia from at least 1957 to 1980. He was an advocate for thinning, having studied it in other parts of the world as a Russell Grimwade Scholar and in 1963 produced a guide to the 'Optimum thinning range of Pinus radiata in South Australia. He was also the author of A Hundred Years of State Forestry, South Australia, 1875-1975 (1975).
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Published resources
Books
- Lewis, N. B., A Hundred Years of State Forestry: South Australia: 1875-1975 (Adelaide: Woods and Forests Department, 1975), 122 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Lewis, N. B., 'Jolly, Norman William (1882-1954)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), p. 504. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090500b.htm. Details
Resources
- 'Lewis, N B (1916-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-463779. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_l.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 4 July 2012
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