Person
Black, Andrew Barham
OAM
- Occupation
- Neurologist and Ornithologist
Summary
Andrew Black is a neurologist who was Head of Neurology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide from 1987 to 1996 and who specialised in the treatment of epilepsy. His interest in birds led him to join the South Australian Ornithological Association, of which he was President from 1974 to 1976, and the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. He became particularly interested in grasswrens, publishing over 50 papers and the book Grasswrens, Australian outback identities (2017) with P. Gower. Black's concern for unrestrained clearance of native vegetation resulted in his joining the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia and similar organisations. He was appointed to South Australian Government authorities which had responsibility for assessing applications for clearance under several Acts. In 2018 Black was awarded the J. N. Hobbs Memorial Medal by Birdlife Australia for his significant contributions to ornithology.
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Chronology
- 1963
- Education - MB BS, University of Adelaide
- 1967 -
- Career position - Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1969 - 1995
- Career position - Member, South Australian Ornithological Association
- 1974
- Career position - Member, Nature Conservation Society of South Australia
- 1974 - 1976
- Career position - President, South Australian Ornithological Association
- 1975 - 1997
- Career position - Member, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
- 1976 - 2007
- Career position - Committee member and medical advisor, Epilepsy Association of South Australia
- 1977 - 1984
- Career position - Member of Council, Conservation Council of South Australia
- 1978 - 2008
- Career position - Member of Council, Phoenix Society
- 1980 - 1984
- Career position - President, Nature Conservation Society of South Australia
- 1985 - 1987
- Career position - Member of Council, Australian Conservation Foundation
- 1985 - 1990
- Career position - President, South Australian Ornithological Association
- 1987 - 1996
- Career position - Head of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide
- 1991 - 2001
- Career position - Member, Native Vegetation Council, South Australia
- 1991 - 2005
- Career position - Member of various committees, Epilepsy Society of Australia
- 1995 -
- Award - Honorary Life Member, South Australian Ornithological Association
- 1997 - 2000
- Career position - President, Epilepsy Society of Australia
- 1997 - 2011
- Career position - Member, Birds Australia
- 2000
- Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to conservation and the environment, to ornithology and to medicine, particularly in the field of epilepsy
- 2003 -
- Career position - Honorary Research Associate in Ornithology, South Australian Museum
- 2004 - 2007
- Career position - President, South Australian Ornithological Association
- 2012 -
- Career position - Member, Birdlife Australia
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Created: 20 August 2019