Person

Chandler, Leslie Gordon (1888 - 1980)

Born
12 January 1888
Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Died
25 January 1980
Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Ornithologist, Vigneron and Photographer

Summary

Leslie Chandler was one of Australia's earliest bird photographers. A keen ornithologist, he participated in Australia's first bird-banding scheme in 1912. Having been a jeweller for 13 years, his skills proved useful in designing metal bands that were not injurious to the birds' legs. In 1921 he took up land at Red Cliffs, Victoria, under the soldier settlement scheme, and established a vineyard. A keen naturalist, he was a foundation member of the local Sunraysia Field Naturalists' Club. Chandler frequently published in scientific journals and newspapers, his nom-de-plume as nature correspondent for the Sunraysia daily being "Oriole". He was involved in the declaration of Hattah-Kulkyne area as a National Park in 1960.

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Chronology

1903 - 1915
Career position - Jeweller
1907 - ?
Career position - Member, Bird Observers Club
1910 - 1961
Career position - Member, Royal Australasian Ornithological Union
1915 - 1919
Military service - Served with the 15th field ambulance, Australian Army
1917 - ?
Career position - Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
1921 - ?
Career position - Soldier settler at Red Cliffs, Victoria
1949
Career position - Foundation member, Sunraysia Field Naturalists' Club
1961 - 1980
Award - Honorary Life Member, Royal Australasian Ornithological Union

Published resources

Books

  • Chandler, L. G., Bush charms (Melbourne: Whitcomb & Tombs, 1923), 114 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Chandler, L. G., 'Eileen Ramsay's story - four years later', Riverlander (1965), 8-9. Details
  • Kloot, Tess, 'Leslie Gordon Chandler', Emu: austral ornithology, 80 (4) (1980), 241-2. 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

McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn

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