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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J., Wallker, R.H. and Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000409b.htm person Fleay David Howells AM MBE AACR2 6 January 1907 7 August 1993 Place of Birth Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Place of Death West Burleigh, Queensland, Australia Zoologist Ornithologist Zoo director David Fleay was a naturalist and conservationist whose life's work in was in managing zoos for scientific and conservation purposes. He was the innovative Curator of the Australian Section at the Melbourne Zoological Gardens before becoming Director of the Sir Colin Mackenzie Sanctuary in Victoria. Fleay moved to Queensland in 1952, acquiring land south of Brisbane on part of which he established Fleay's Fauna Reserve. The Reserve became a popular tourist attraction. Fleay pioneered the captive breeding of endangered species and was the first person to breed platypus in captivity. From 1953 he was a major supplier of snake venom to the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories. In1982 Fleay negotiated the sale of his Fauna Reserve to the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service, part becoming the David Fleay Wildlife Park and the rest the Tallebudgera Creek Conservation Reserve. Fleay wrote a number of books, including We breed the platypus (1944), and was a regular contributor to newspapers and radio programs. He became an Honorary Associate of the Queensland Museum and was co-founder of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland. The giant frog Mixophyes fleayi and several other species were named in his honour. 1931 1931 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1932 1932 Education - DipEd, University of Melbourne 1933 1934 Career position - Teacher, Victorian Department of Education 1934 1937 Career position - Designer and Curator, Australian Section, Melbourne Zoological Gardens 1937 1947 Career position - Director, Sir Colin Mackenzie Sanctuary, Healesville, Victoria 1942 1942 Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalist Club of Victoria 1945 1993 Award - Corresponding Member, Zoological Society of London 1945 1993 Award - Honorary Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 1947 1993 Award - Corresponding Member, New York Zoological Society 1952 1982 Career position - Founder and director, Fleay's Fauna Reserve, West Burleigh, Queensland 1953 Career position - Supplier of taipan venom to the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1960 1960 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 1962 1962 Life event - Founder, Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland 1978 Career position - Honorary Associate, Queensland Museum 1979 1993 Award - Fellow, New York Explorers Club 1980 1980 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - in recognition of service to wildlife conservation 1984 1984 Award - Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow 1984 1984 Award - Advance Australia Award 1984 1984 Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Queensland The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

Honorary Member 1945 - 1993

 Queensland Museum

Honorary Associate 1978 - ?

 Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL), Commonwealth of Australia (1916 - 1961)

Supplier of taipan venom 1953 -

 Healesville Sanctuary (1934 - )

Director 1937 - 1947

 Melbourne Zoological Gardens (c. 1857 - 1977)

Curator and designer, Australian Section 1934 - 1937

 Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 1942

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 Fleay, David (19070106-19930807)

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 'Fleay, David Howells', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fleay, David Howells Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Newspapers as a Source of Information about Natural History Balmford, Peter Newspapers as a Source of Information about Natural History 1985 The Victorian naturalist 102 1 20-27 Journal Article: David Fleay (1907-1993) Anderson, Fay David Fleay (1907-1993) 1999 Australasian Science 20 8 46 Resource: Honorary awards recipients University of Queensland Honorary awards recipients University of Queensland 2023 Edited Book: David Fleay's world of wedge-tails: the writings of David Fleay on the Wedge-tailed Eagle Fleay-Thomson, Rosemary David Fleay's world of wedge-tails: the writings of David Fleay on the Wedge-tailed Eagle Natural Bridge, via Nerang, Qld Petaurus Publishing 2002 Journal Article: David Fleay, Australian naturalist and educator Laker, Linda David Fleay, Australian naturalist and educator 1998 Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland 17 11 515-24 Journal Article: David Fleay Sutherland, S. K. David Fleay 1993 Medical Journal of Australia 159 82 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Medlock, Kathryn 2009 Historical Records of Australian Science 20 2 282-284 Book: Animals First: the Story of Pioneer Australian Conservationist and Zoologist Dr David Fleay Fleay-Thomson, Rosemary Animals First: the Story of Pioneer Australian Conservationist and Zoologist Dr David Fleay Nerang, Qld Petaurus Publishing 2007 Journal Article: The earliest motion picture footage of the last captive thylacine? Sleightholme, Steven; and Campbell, Cameron The earliest motion picture footage of the last captive thylacine? 2015 Australian zoologist 37 3 282-7 Book: The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Robin, Libby The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2001 Journal Article: The Pioneers of Venom Production for Australian Antivenoms Mirtschin, Peter The Pioneers of Venom Production for Australian Antivenoms 2009 Toxicon 48 7 899-918