Person

McGilp, John Neil (1881 - 1963)

OBE

Born
30 October 1881
Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia
Died
12 October 1963
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Pastoralist and Ornithologist

Summary

John McGilp worked on a number of properties in South Australia before moving in 1920 to Adelaide, where he served on a number of boards. These included the Pastoral Board, the State Bank Board, the Dog Fence Board, the Flora and Fauna Advisory Committee, and the Advisory Committee on Soil Conservation. McGilp was an enthusiastic ornithologist, being a foundation Member and later President of the (Royal) Australasian Ornithologists Union, and serving two terms as President of the South Australian Ornithological Association. He presented a collection of about 2,500 clutches of birds' eggs to the South Australian Museum, 67 of these had not previously been represented in the Museum.

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Educated Way College, Adelaide. Worked on various stations, including Carriewerloo (west of Port Augusta), Bungaree (near Clare), Moonaree (Gawler Ranges), North Bungaree (Clare) and his father's station, Moolawatana 1907-20; in Adelaide from 1920: member, Flora and Fauna Advisory Committee (South Australia).

Chronology

1901 - 1910
Career position - Foundation Member, Australian Ornithological Union
1927 - 1929
Career position - President, South Australian Stockowners' Association
1930 - 1936
Career position - Worked for the Pastoral Board
1935 - 1936
Career position - President, South Australia, Ornithological Association
1936 - 1938
Career position - Member, Land Board, South Australia
1938 - ?
Career position - Chairman, Land Board, South Australia
1938 - 1939
Career position - President, Royal Australasian Ornithological Union
1940
Career position - Member, Advisory Committee on Soil Conservation
1940
Career position - Member, Marginal Lands Committee
1940 - 1962
Career position - Member, State Bank Board
1944
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1948 - 1949
Career position - President, South Australia, Ornithological Association
1950 - 1957
Career position - Chairman, Dog Fence Board of South Australia
1951 - 1962
Career position - Commissioner, National Park (later National Park and Wild Life Reserves)

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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

Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn

Created: 22 March 2001, Last modified: 16 May 2024

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