Hall, Norman (1906 - 2005)

Summary

Norman Hall graduated in forestry from the University of New Zealand. He had a long career as a forester for the South Australian state government, as lecturer on Forest Science, and photographer of and writer on eucalypts.

Details

Initially working in private forestry, Norman Hall soon worked for the Woods and Forests Department of South Australia and the Forestry and Timber Bureau. From 1958-1967, he was senior lecturer at the Australian Forestry School (later Department of Forestry, Australian National University). From the late 1960s to 1975, Norman Hall collected and photographed eucalypt species. In collaboration with M.I.H. Brooker, he wrote nearly 200 leaflets for the Forest Tree Series, each leaflet describing one species of Eucalyptus. Norman Hall co-wrote several important books on Australian trees, and published Botanists of the Eucalypts, with biographies of people who collected or named eucalypt species. He has contributed papers to various specialist journals and conferences.

Chronology

1958 - 1967

Career event - Senior lecturer, Australian Forestry School (later Department of Forestry), Australian National University

1975

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus hallii M.I.H. Brooker was named in his honour

1977

Award - N. W. Jolly Medal, Institute of Foresters of Australia.

Related entries

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

• [various], Forest tree series (1970 - 1984) (Canberra: Forestry and Timber Bureau, CSIRO Division of Forest Research, 1970). Details
• Boland, D.J.; Brooker, M.I.H,; Chippendale, G.M.; Hall, N, Hyland, B.P.M.; Johnston, R.D.; Kleinig, D.A.; McDonald, M.W.; and Turner, J.D., Forest Trees of Australia (East Melbourne: CSIRO, 1984), 687 pp. Details
• Brown, A.G.; and Hall, N., Growing trees on Australian farms (Canberra: Commonwealth Government Printer, 1968), 397 pp. Details
• Hall, N.; Johnston, R.D.; and Chippendale, G.M., Forest trees of Australia (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1970), 333 pp. Details
• Hall, Norman, Forest trees of Australia (Canberra: Forestry and Timber Bureau, Department of the Interior, 1957), 230 pp. Details
• Hall, Norman, Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1978), 101 pp. Details
• Hall, Norman, A Supplement to Botanists of the Eucalypts (CSIRO, 1978) (Canberra: CSIRO Division of Forest Research, 1979), 19 pp. Details
• Hall, Norman, Botanists of Australian Acacias: Short Biographies of People Who Have Named Australian Species, Whose Names Have Been Given to Species or Who Have Collected Type Material, But Excluding Any Who Are Included in 'Botanists of the Eucalypts' (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1984), 64 pp. Details
• Hall, Norman, and Brown, A.G., The use of trees and shrubs in the dry country of Australia (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1972), 558 pp. Details
• Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M., Eucalypts: a Celebration (Crows Nest Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2010), 344 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Hall, Norman, 'Australia' in Afforestation in arid zones, Kaul, R. N., ed. (The Hague: W. Junk, 1970), p. 435. Details

Journal Articles

• Brown, Alan, 'Norman Hall 10 January 1906 - 10 June 2005', Australian Forestry, 68 (3) (2005), 227-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049158.2005.10674969. Details

Resources

• 'Hall, Norman (19060110-20050610)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-480992. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Hall, Norman (1906-2005)', in Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators 1780s-1980s, 2010, http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/hall-norman.html. Details