Biographical entry Hindwood, Keith Alfred (1904 - 1971)

Summary

Keith Alfred Hindwood was an Honorary Ornithologist with the Australian Museum, Sydney, published several books on Australian birds and was President of the RAOU 1944-46. In his lifetime he contributed more material to The Emu than anyone else. He had a particular interest in the rock warbler.

Details

Born Willoughby, New South Wales, 3 July 1904. Died Sydney, 18 March 1971. Educated North Sydney Public School. Owner of a wholesale stationery, office supplies and printing business 1928-70. Photographs of natural history subjects published in the Sydney Mail 1928-37; wrote a column, 'Nature Notes and Studies', in the Land newspaper 1931-32, under the pseudonym 'Oriole'. Honorary ornithologist (later research associate), Australian Museum,1930-71. Corresponding Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union 1938; Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1950; Fellow, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1951; Australian Natural History medallion 1959. Life member, Gould League of Bird Lovers of New South Wales from 1931; president, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1939; president, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1944-46. Wrote a large number of articles and a number of books on birds, as well as articles on pioneer naturalists and early colonial artists.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Keith Alfred Hindwood - Records, 1930 - 1971, ML MSS 2364; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Hindwood, K. A., 'Raper, George (1768?-1797)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 363-364. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020317b.htm. Details
• Hoskin, Ernest S., 'Hindwood, Keith Alfred (1904-1971), Ornithologist and Businessman', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 455-456. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140523b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: Keith Alfred Hindwood (1904-1971) [includes bibliography]', Australian Zoologist, vol. 16, no. 2, 1971, pp. 37-42. Details
• Hindwood, K. A., 'A Historic Diary. The Journal of the Voyage of the Lady Penrhyn 1787-1789. By Surgeon Bowes and its relation to contemporary Ornithological Literarure', Emu, vol. 32, 1932, pp. 17-29. Details
• Hindwood, K. A., 'The Letters of Edwin C. Prince to John Gould in Australia.', Emu, vol. 38, 1938. Details
• Hindwood, K. A., 'Some Gouldian Letters', Emu, vol. 38, 1938. Details
• Hindwood, K. A., 'Mrs. Gould', Emu, vol. 38, 1938. Details
• Hindwood, K. A., 'John Gould in Australia.', Emu, vol. 38, 1938. Details
• Hindwood, K. A., 'Naturalist's Pocket Magazine, 1798-1803', Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, vol. 87, 1966, pp. 25-27. Details
• Hindwood, K. A., 'Gracius Joseph Broinowski: His Books and his Prospectuses', Australian Zoologist, vol. 13, no. 4, 1966, pp. 357-369. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Hindwood, Keith', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-484324. Details

See also

• Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2001, 492 pp. Details