Person

Brooks, Albert Ellison (1908 - 1978)

Born: 16 August 1908
Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
Died: 1978
Occupation: Environmental writer and Teacher

Summary

Albert Brooks was a mathematics teacher and school principal who became passionate about native plants, spending his vacations studying Australia's native flora all over Australia. In his 1964 book Tree Wonders of Australia, Albert Brooks mentions a giant Coolibah (Eucalyptus coolabah Blakely & Jacobs 1934), also known as the 'Monkira Monster'. The tree is located at Neuragully waterhole in Western Queensland. In 2010 the tree was still alive and has been protected from stock. Albert Brooks is believed to have been the founder of the Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP) Correa Study Group and was the leader from 1962 to 1972.

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Chronology

1962 - 1972: Life event - Founder and leader of the ASGAP Correa Group

Related Corporate Bodies

Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (1962 - 2008)
Founder and Leader of the Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP) Correa Study Group.

Date: 1962 - 1972

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details

Books

Brooks, Albert Ellison, Australian native plants for home gardens (Melbourne: Lothian, 1959), 149 pp. Details
Brooks, Albert Ellison, Tree wonders of Australia (Sydney: Heinemann, 1964), 61 pp. Details
Brooks, Albert Ellison, Australia in the making (Melbourne: Lothian, 1970), 90 pp. Details
Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M., Eucalypts: a Celebration (Crows Nest Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2010), 344 pp. Details

Newspaper Articles

Lau, Joy, 'The Story of Albert Brooks', ASGAP Correa Study Group Newsletter (2004), 10, http://home.vicnet.net.au/~correa/News%20letters/Newsletter%2029%20June04.pdf. Details

Resources

'Brooks, A E (19080816-19781231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458828. Details

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