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.
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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
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_s.html. Details
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Created: 10 May 2001, Last modified: 4 July 2012
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