Person
Mares, David John (1879 - 1952)
- Born
- 30 January 1879
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 11 August 1952
Avoca Beach, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Meteorologist
Summary
David Mares was Divisional Meteorologist of the New South Wales regional office of the Bureau of Meteorology, 1918-1944. He served as Wing Commander in the RAAF Meteorological Services during the Second World War.
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Mares began his career in meteorology in 1895, and obtained the highest pass marks in meteorology in the Commonwealth Public Service exams in 1910. He authored Know Your Own Weather: Popular Studies in Australian Meteorology, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1930.
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- 'Mr Mares, "The Weather Man," Dies', Sydney Morning Herald (1952), 3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18277217. Details
Resources
- 'Mares, David John (18790130-19520811)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477053. Details
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_m.html. Details
- McIntosh, R. A.; and Smith-White, S., 'Irvine Armstrong Watson 1914-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (4) (1989), 405-415. Details
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Created: 10 May 2001, Last modified: 9 March 2018
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