Biographical entry Lane-Poole, Charles Edward (1885 - 1970)

Summary

Charles Edward Lane-Poole was Conservator of Forests, Western Australia 1916-26, and in 1922 undertook a survey of the timber resources of Papua and New Guinea. From 1926-45 he was Inspector-General in the Commonwealth Forestry School, Canberra.

Archival resources

National Archives of Australia, National Office

• Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records, 1928 - 1947, CRS A431; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
• Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records, 1925 - 1926, CRS A458; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
• Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records, 1923 - 1945, CRS A518; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
• Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records, 1930, CRS A1606; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
• Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records, 1935 - 1936, AA1972/341; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
• Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records, 1922, CRS A571; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
• Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records, 1921 - 1923, CRS A6006; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
• Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records, 1922 - 1944, AA1975/142; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
• Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records, 1924 - 1930, CRS A1; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records, 1905 - 1970, MS 3799; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Carron, L.T., 'Lane-Poole, Charles Edward (1885-1970), Forester', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 660-661. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090665b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Wood, M., 'Charles Lane-Poole and the Early Forest Surveys of Papua and New Guinea', Journal of Pacific History, vol. 40, no. 3, 2005, pp. 289-309. Details

Online Resources

• 'Primary description of person CP 88; Charles Edward Lane-Poole', in RecordsSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CP+88. Details
• Dargavel, John, 'Charles & Ruth Lane Poole', in Uncommon Lives, 2005, http://uncommonlives.naa.gov.au/life.asp?lID=7. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Lane-Poole, C E', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-582263. Details

See also

• Stephens, C.G. and Quirk, J.P., 'James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 299-313. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880730299.htm. Details