Person
Fitzherbert, Julie Catherine
- Born
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Occupation
- Conservationist and Ornithologist
- Alternative Names
- Fitzherbert, Kate
Summary
Kate Fitzherbert works for Birds Australia as a fundraiser. Her major interests are in working for habitat protection through purchase of habitat reserves, encouraging community involvement in conservation and monitoring, and growing environmental awareness in rural communities.
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Born Melbourne. Educated Monash University (BSc (Hons) 1978, PhD 1985). Research officer, RAOU 1985-56; managing editor, Handbook of the Birds of Australia, New Zealand and the Antarctic (HANZAB) 1986-87; maternity leave 1987-94, during which time she spent two years in NT working with endangered species, wrote and edited for HANZAB and participated in the writing of Threatened and Extinct Birds of Australia; Bequest Officer, RAOU 1994; first ranger, Birds Australia Gluepot Reserve 1997; Supporter Services Coordinator, Birds Australia 1998 to date. She is the wife of David Baker-Gabb (qv).
Published resources
Resources
- 'Fitzherbert, Julie Catherine', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474907. Details
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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Created: 2 February 2001, Last modified: 9 March 2018
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