Person

Swan, Keith (1916 - 1996)

BEM

Born: 1916
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 1996
Occupation: Educator and Forecaster

Summary

Keith Swan served as a flight lieutenant in the RAAF Meteorological Service during the Second World War. In 1970 he published A History of Wagga Wagga. His career was mainly in education and he retired in 1976, having been Dean, School of Business and Liberal Studies in the Riverina College of Advanced Education (now Charles Sturt University). He was awarded the British Empire Medal for service to education and local history in 1974. He authored Four Years in the RAAF Meteorological Service, Metarch Papers No. 8, 1996.

Details

Chronology

1949: Education - Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History (BA), University of Sydney
1958: Education - Masters of Arts (MA), University of Sydney

Published resources

Articles

Boadle, Don, 'The historian as archival collector: an Australian local study', Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 34 (1), http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/aarl/34.1/full.text/boadle.html. Details
Logan, J.; and Whitford, T., 'Regional Records On-Line Guide - Doctor Keith John Swan BEM (1916-1996)' (2011), http://www.csu.edu.au/research/archives/collection/regional/agencies/kjs. Details

Books

Cornish, A.; Stout, R.; Swan, K.; Glendinning, C., Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1929-1946: History of Major Meteorological Installations in Australia From 1945-1981: Four Years in the RAAF Meteorological Service: the Bureau of Meteorology in Papua and New Guinea in the 1950s, Metarch Papers No. 8 (Bureau of Meteorology, 1996). Details

Resources

'Swan, Keith (1916-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-532389. Details

Resource Sections

'Swan, Keith (1916 - 1996)', in Unlocking Regional Memory - Archival Resources, 17 November 2003, http://www.nswera.net.au/biogs/CSU0016b.htm. Details
Cornish, A.; Stout, R.; Swan, K.; Glendinning, C., 'Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1929-1946: History of Major Meteorological Installations in Australia From 1945-1981: Four Years in the RAAF Meteorological Service: the Bureau of Meteorology in Papua and New Guinea in the 1950s', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0490.html. Details

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