Biographical entry Roberts, Noel Lee (1890 - 1967)

Summary

Noel Lee Roberts was interested in ornithology and arachnology, associations between birds and insects and spiders, and observations on certain aspects of bird behaviour such as injury-feigning.

Details

Born New Zealand, 28 August 1890. Died Sydney, 6 December 1967. Grew up in Wales and migrated to Australia as a young man. Worked for newspapers and periodicals in Queensland and New South Wales, including The Land, a weekly journal published in Sydney. He worked both as a journalist (mainly on rural topics) and on the business side. President, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1943-44.

Published resources

Journal Articles

• 'Obituaries: Sir Eric Woodward; Noel Lee Roberts; Roy Bell, 1882-1966; Barbara Blanche Dew', Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, vol. 88, 1967, pp. 15-22. Details
• Hickman, V. V., 'Obituary: Noel Lee Roberts, 1890-1967 [bibliography]', Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia (New South Wales Branch), vol. 4, 1967, pp. 43-44. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Roberts, Noel Lee', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476008. 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