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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-02-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000558b.htm person Lane-Poole Charles Edward AACR2 16 August 1885 22 November 1970 Place of Birth Eastbourne, Sussex, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Forester Botanical collector Charles Lane-Poole was Conservator of Forests, Western Australia from 1916 to 1926, and in 1922 undertook a survey of the timber resources of Papua and New Guinea. From 1926 to 1945 he was Inspector-General, Commonwealth Forestry Bureau, and Acting Principal of the Australian Forestry School, Canberra. c. 1909 c. 1909 Education - Diploma de l'Ecole des Eaux et Forêts (ICEF), Nancy, France 1910 1916 Career position - Conservator of Forests, Sierra Leone 1916 1926 Career position - Conservator of the Forests, Western Australia 1919 1919 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus lane-poolei Maiden, of which Lane-Poole collected the type, was named in his honour 1925 1925 Career event - Appointed Forest Adviser to the Commonwealth Government 1926 1926 Career position - President, Section K (Agriculture and Forestry), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1926 1945 Career position - Inspector-General, Commonwealth Forestry Bureau 1927 1944 Career position - Acting Principal, Australian Forestry School 1928 1928 Career event - Elected Member (Botany and Forestry), Australian National Research Council 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) Commonwealth Forestry Bureau (1927 - 1946)

Inspector-General 1927 - 1945; and Principal, Australian Forestry School, Canberra, 1926 - 1945

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section K (Agriculture and Forestry) 1926

 State Committee Western Australia, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920)

Associate member 1916 - 1920

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member (Botany and Forestry) 1928 -

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

Fellow 1937 -

 Conference convened by the Prime Minister, S.M. Bruce, to consider the reorganisation of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, 30 May and 1 June 1925

Representative of Victoria

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VIAF - Virtual International Authority File

 Lane-Poole, C E (1885-1970)

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 'Lane-Poole, Charles Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lane-Poole, Charles Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Primary description of person CP 88; Charles Edward Lane-Poole Primary description of person CP 88; Charles Edward Lane-Poole National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Book Section: Lane-Poole, Charles Edward (1885-1970), forester Carron, L.T. Lane-Poole, Charles Edward (1885-1970), forester Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 660-661 Journal Article: Charles Lane-Poole and the Early Forest Surveys of Papua and New Guinea Wood, M. Charles Lane-Poole and the Early Forest Surveys of Papua and New Guinea 2005 Journal of Pacific History 40 3 289-309 Book: The Zealous Conservator: a Life of Charles Lane Poole Dargavel, John The Zealous Conservator: a Life of Charles Lane Poole Perth Univesity of Western Australia Press 2008 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Brown, Nicholas 2009 Historical Records of Australian Science 20 1 133-135 Review: Australian Forest History Society Newsletter Bartlett, Tony 2009 Australian Forest History Society Newsletter 51 14-15 Review: Studies in Western Australian History Bosworth, Michael 2011 Studies in Western Australian History 27 208-11 Review: Studies in Western Australian History Bosworth, Michal 2011 Studies in Western Australian History 27 208-11 Journal Article: From Exploitation to Science: Lane Poole's Forest Surveys of Papua and New Guinea, 1922-1924 Dargavel, John From Exploitation to Science: Lane Poole's Forest Surveys of Papua and New Guinea, 1922-1924 2006 Historical Records of Australian Science 17 1 71-90 Resource Section: Charles & Ruth Lane Poole Dargavel, John Charles & Ruth Lane Poole 2005 Uncommon Lives National Archives of Australia Conference Paper: Charles Lane Poole in the transition from Empire Dargavel, John Charles Lane Poole in the transition from Empire Rotterdam, Netherlands Millpress 2005 A forest consciousness: 6th national conference of the Australian Forest History Society Calver, Michael [and others] 65-74 Conference Paper: The lives of forty South Australian foresters Dargavel, John The lives of forty South Australian foresters Canberra Australian Forest History Society 2016 Australia's Ever-changing Forests VII: Proceedings of the Ninth National Conference of the Australian Forest History Society Inc Feary, Sue and Robinson, Rob 14 Book: Malaysian plant collectors and collections: being a cyclopaedia of botanical exploration in Malaysia and a guide to the concerned literature up to the year 1950 Van Steenis-Kruseman, M. J. Malaysian plant collectors and collections: being a cyclopaedia of botanical exploration in Malaysia and a guide to the concerned literature up to the year 1950 Djakarta Noordhoff-Kolff NV 1950 Journal Article: Norfolk Island pine Lennon, Jane Norfolk Island pine 2021 Australian Forest History Society Newsletter 84 16-9 Journal Article: Imperial ethos, dominions reality: forestry education in New Zealand and Australia, 1910 - 1965 Roche, Michael; and Dargavel, John Imperial ethos, dominions reality: forestry education in New Zealand and Australia, 1910 - 1965 2008 Environment and history 14 3 523-43 Book: The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Currie, George; Graham, John The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Melbourne CSIRO 1966 Journal Article: Celebrating 20 years of the Society - a time for reflection Stubbs, Brett Celebrating 20 years of the Society - a time for reflection 2008 Australian Forest History Society newsletter 50 2 Journal Article: James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987 Stephens, C.G.; and Quirk, J.P. James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987 1988 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 3 299-313 Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records National Archives of Australia, National Office Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records AA1975/142 1922 - 1944 Personal records of C.E. Lane-Poole 1922-44, Forestry and Timber Bureau [AA1975/142]. Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records National Archives of Australia, National Office Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records CRS A6006 1921 - 1923 Item 1921/12/31, resignation of Lane-Poole, Conservator of Forests 1921 and items 1923/10/9 and 1923/12/7 in the Australian Archives folders of copies of Cabinet Papers [CRS A6006]. Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records National Archives of Australia, National Office Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records CRS A571 1922 Item 1922/7932, visit of Lane-Poole to Papua 1922 and item 1922/24362 in the Department of the Treasury, correspondence files [CRS A571]. Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records National Archives of Australia, National Office Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records AA1972/341 1935 - 1936 Item Box 10/nn, conferences: forestry, South Africa, Lane-Poole 1935-36 in the Prime Minister's Department, miscellaneous records [AA1972/341]. Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records National Archives of Australia, National Office Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records CRS A1606 1930 Item SC AB25/1, Lane-Poole, Inspector General of Forests 1930 in the Prime Minister's Department, correspondence files [CRS A1606]. Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records National Archives of Australia, National Office Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records CRS A518 1923 - 1945 Item B821/1, New Guinea: Forestry, Lane-Poole's report on New Guinea and Papua 1923-52; item J611/1, Norfolk Island Forestry, report by Lane-Poole 1943; item JD112/1, Terms of appointment and service of Lane-Poole with the Commonwealth Government 1923-45; in the Prime Minister's Department, Territories Branch, correspondence files [CRS A518]. Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records National Archives of Australia, National Office Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records CRS A458 1925 - 1926 Item N346/1, Forestry. Forest Position in Australia. Report by Lane-Poole 1925-26 in the Prime Minister's Department, correspondence files [CRS A458]. Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records National Archives of Australia, National Office Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records CRS A431 1928 - 1947 Item 1946/2845, Timber duties statement by Lane-Poole 1928-47 in the Department of Interior, correspondence files [CRS A431]. Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records National Archives of Australia, National Office Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records CRS A1 1924 - 1930 Item 1925/20029, Lane-Poole, position of outside bodies 1925; item 1926/7398, Lane-Poole, allegations by R.D. Hay against 1925-26; item 1926/10610, W.R. Boldery (Lane-Poole's report) New Guinea 1924-26; item 1926/12140, Lane-Poole, purchase of camp equipment 1926; item 1926/15510, Lane-Poole, conference with New Zealand Director of Forestry 1926; item 1926/18342, M. Maddern, proposed report by Lane-Poole on afforestation area in WA 1926; item 1930/855, Canadian Timber Trade Delegation, conference with Lane-Poole 1930; in the Department of External Affairs, correspondence files [CRS A1]. Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Charles Edward Lane-Poole - Records MS 3799 1905 - 1970 Records are arranged in the following series :- general correspondence 1910-67; articles; lists; Sir Russell Grimwade; Sierra Leone; Western Australia; New Guinea 1922-25; New Guinea 1945-62; Conservation Act (NSW) 1949; coffee production; preservation of timber and photographs; correspondence is contained in most of these series and includes letters from Lord Novar, M.R. Jacobs, G. Rodgers, H.C. King, J.D. Ovington, J. Lever, R. Grimwade, J. McAdam and CSIR/O; also to be found are reports, printed material, press cuttings, articles and books by Lane-Poole and other foresters, photographs and glass slides; overall dates 1905-70 [1 m, MS 3799]. 1 m