Person
Mckay, Hugh R
- Occupation
- Forester
Summary
Hugh Mckay was for some years the Victorian Conservator of Forests and had a role in establishing the Victorian School of Forestry. He was present, with John Johnstone, chief superintendent of State Plantations, and Professor Thomas Hart, director, at the School's opening on Saturday, 24 May 1913. For six years he was a Member of the Forests Commission of Victoria. As Secretary of Royal Commission into Forests and Timber Reserves (1897 - 1901) Mckay wrote nine of the Commission's reports. He was also involved n the passing to the Forests Act (1918).
Details
Chronology
- 1897 - 1901
- Career position - Secretary, Royal Commission into Foerests and Timber Reserves
- 1897? - 1908
- Career position - Inspector of Forests, Colony and State of Victoria
- 1908 - 1918
- Career position - Conservator of Forests, State of Victoria
- 1918 - 1919
- Career position - Conservator of Forests, Forests Commission of Victoria
- 1918 - 1924
- Career position - Member, Forests Commission Victoria
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Johnson, Dick, The alps at the crossroads : the quest for an alpine national park in Victoria (Melbourne: Victorian National Parks Association, 1974), 207 pp. 'The Forest Conservancy Board' pp.67-70. Details
Newspaper Articles
- 'Training Foresters: Work at Creswick - A School of Forestry.', The Argus (1909), 9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10708436. Details
- 'School of Forestry.', The Argus (1913), 5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10786257. Details
Resources
- 'Mckay, Hugh', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772586. Details
Christine Moje
Created: 5 November 2014, Last modified: 2 September 2025