Person

Mckay, Hugh R

Occupation: Forester

Summary

Hugh Mckay was at one time the Victorian Conservator of Forests and had a role in establishing the Victorian School of Forestry. He was present, with John Johnstone, chief superintendent of State Plantations, and Professor Thomas Hart, director, at the School's opening on Saturday, 24 May 1913.

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Chronology

Career position - Commissioner, Forests Commission of Victoria; Career position - Secretary to the Forest Department
1901 - 1919: Career position - Conservator of Forests

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Published resources

Books

Johnson, Dick, The alps at the crossroads : the quest for an alpine national park in Victoria (Melbourne: Victorian National Parks Association, 1974), 207 pp. 'The Forest Conservancy Board' pp.67-70. Details

Newspaper Articles

'Training Foresters: Work at Creswick - A School of Forestry.', The Argus (1909), 9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10708436. Details
'School of Forestry.', The Argus (1913), 5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10786257. Details

Resources

'Mckay, Hugh', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772586. Details

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Created: 5 November 2014, Last modified: 11 August 2022

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