Biographical entry Leishman, Alan

Summary

Alan Leishman advised the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, on the initial planting and subsequent management at Mount Annan, which played a part in their success at creating bird habitat. He is a regular speaker at bird club meetings and enjoys teaching people to band.

Details

Apprentice printer; printer; work at Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Best known for his involvement in bird-banding through the Australian Bird Studies Association (ABSA, formerly Bird Banders' Association of Australia). Other service to ABSA has included a major role in setting up Corella, being foundation editor 1977-83 and production editor 1984-89, and the position of secretary 1991-98?. John Hobbs medal 1998.

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Leishman Alan', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476509. 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