Person

Jones, Owen (1888 - 1957)

Born
1888
Farringdon, United Kingdom
Died
February 1957
Rotorua, New Zealand
Occupation
Forester and Public servant

Summary

Owen Jones studied forestry at the University of Oxford and between 1911 and 1917 was among the first cohort of professionally qualified foresters to be employed by the Forest Department in Ceylon. In 1919 he was appointed as the inaugural Chairman of the Victorian Forests Commission. In this role he was responsible for managing the conservation of forest areas while meeting the demand for timber. Increasingly he found himself fighting against political decisions around the alienation of forest land for settlement and public scepticism about the purpose of forestry. He also found it difficult to find qualified foresters. Jones left Victoria in 1925 to join New Zealand Perpetual Forests working mainly on afforestation projects. After WWII he worked as a forestry consultant in New Zealand.

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Chronology

1910
Education - BSc, University of Oxford
1911
Education - Diploma in Forestry, University of Oxford
1911 - 1916
Career position - Assistant Forester, Forest Department, Ceylon
1916 - 1917
Career position - Forester in charge, Colombo District, Forest Department, Ceylon
1917 - 1918
Career position - Served with the Royal Flying Corps
1919 - 1925
Career position - Chairman, Forests Commission Victoria
1925 - 1939
Career position - Forester, New Zealand Perpetual Forests
1939 - 1945
Career position - Served with the New Zealand Forestry Companies as O.C. of the 14th Company
1945 -
Career position - Consultant to N.Z. Perpetual Forests
1946 - 1948
Career position - President, New Zealand Institute of Forestry

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Journal Articles

  • Michael Roche, 'Owen Jones: inaugural Chair of the Forests Commission of Victoria, 1919 - 1925', Australian Forest History Society newsletter, 74 (2018), 4-5. Details
  • Poole, A. D., 'Owen Jones', New Zealand journal of forestry, 7 (1) (1955), 9-10. Details
  • Roche, Michael, 'Practice in place in Empire forestry: Owen Jones in Ceylon, Australia and New Zealand, 1911 - 1955', International review of environmental history, 6 (2) (2020), 113-32. https://doi.org/10.22459/IREH.06.02.2020.07. Details
  • Roche, Michael, 'Owen Jones: a select bibliography 1920 - 1948', Australian Forest History Society newsletter, 80 (2020), 23. Details

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