Person
Mckay, Hugh R
- Occupation
- Forester
Summary
Hugh Mckay was at one time the Victorian Conservator of Forests and had a role in establishing the Victorian School of Forestry. He was present, with John Johnstone, chief superintendent of State Plantations, and Professor Thomas Hart, director, at the School's opening on Saturday, 24 May 1913.
Details
Chronology
- Career position - Commissioner, Forests Commission of Victoria
- Career position - Secretary to the Forest Department
- 1901 - 1919
- Career position - Conservator of Forests
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Johnson, Dick, The alps at the crossroads : the quest for an alpine national park in Victoria (Melbourne: Victorian National Parks Association, 1974), 207 pp. 'The Forest Conservancy Board' pp.67-70. Details
Newspaper Articles
- 'Training Foresters: Work at Creswick - A School of Forestry.', The Argus (1909), 9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10708436. Details
- 'School of Forestry.', The Argus (1913), 5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10786257. Details
Resources
- 'Mckay, Hugh', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772586. Details
Christine Moje
Created: 5 November 2014, Last modified: 11 August 2022