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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. & Rosanne Walker updated 2026-04-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000775b.htm person Serventy Vincent Noel AACR2 6 January 1916 8 September 2007 Place of Birth Armadale, Western Australia, Australia Naturalist Author Ornithologist Vincent Serventy graduated from the University of Western Australia in both science and education. He later moved away from teaching into writing, lecturing and film making, and edited several naturalist magazines. Throughout his career he collaborated closely with his wife Carol Nee Darbyshire who edited much of his work and with whom he co-authored multiple books. 1941 1941 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Western Australia 1941 1941 Education - Bachelor of Education (BEd), University of Western Australia 1946 1947 Career Position - President, Western Australian Naturalists Club 1946 2007 Career position - Life Member, Wildlife Preservation Society, Australia 1951 1953 Career Position - President, Western Australian Naturalists Club 1955 1958 Career position - Science and Maths Lecturer, Claremont Teachers College, Western Australia 1957 1958 Career position - President, Western Australian Naturalists Club 1958 1964 Career position - State Education Department, Western Australia 1965 1965 Publication - Book: The Australian nature trail 1966 1982 Career position - Editor, Wildlife Australia 1966 2001 Career Position - President, Wildlife Preservation Society, Australia 1968 1968 Publication - Book: Australian wildlife conservation 1970 1970 Life event - Moved to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1970 1970 Publication - Book: Australia: A continent in danger 1974 1974 Award - Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, Australia 1976 1976 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for services to conservation and natural history, Commonwealth Government of Australia 1980 1980 Award - Ritter Award, The Netherlands Government 1998 1998 Award - Honorary Doctorate, Macquarie University, Australia Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 1974

 Macquarie University (1964 - )

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Macquarie University, 1998

 Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia (1909 - )

President 1966 - 2001; Life Member 1946 - 2007

 Serventy Conservation Award (1999 - )

The award was inaugurated to commemorate the outstanding contributions to wildlife conservation Serventy and his siblings, Dominic and Lucy

 Western Australian Naturalists Club (1924 - )

President 1946 - 1947, 1951 - 1953 and 1957 - 1958

 Serventy, Dominic Louis (1904 - 1988) Serventy, Carol

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 Serventy, Vincent Noel (1916-2007)

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 'Serventy, Vincent Noel', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Serventy, Vincent Noel Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Australian Wildlife Serventy, Vincent and Serventy, Carol Australian Wildlife Adelaide, South Australia Rigby 1981 Book: Australia: A Continent in Danger Serventy, Vincent Australia: A Continent in Danger North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Ure Smith 1970 Book: Australian Wildlife Conservation Serventy, Vincent Australian Wildlife Conservation Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Angus & Robertson 1968 Book: The Australian Nature Trail Serventy, Vincent The Australian Nature Trail Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Georgian House 1965 Newspaper Article: Obituary - Green before movement became fashionable Stephens, Tony Obituary - Green before movement became fashionable 2007 The Age Book: Landforms of Australia Serventy, Vincent Landforms of Australia Sydney Angus & Robertson 1967 Book: Vincent Serventy : an Australian life : memoirs of a naturalist, conservationist, traveller and writer Serventy, Vincent Vincent Serventy : an Australian life : memoirs of a naturalist, conservationist, traveller and writer Fremantle, W.A. Fremantle Arts Centre Press263 1999 Book: The handbook of Australian sea-birds Serventy, D. L., Serventy, Vincent and Warham, John The handbook of Australian sea-birds Sydney Reed 1971 Journal Article: Announcement [on the purpose of The Western Australian naturalist] Serventy, V. N. Announcement [on the purpose of <span style="font-style:italic">The Western Australian naturalist</span>] 1947 The Western Australian naturalist 1 1 24 Journal Article: Conservation of Wildlife and the Environment Serventy, V. Conservation of Wildlife and the Environment 1980 BHP Journal 1 80 24-33 Journal Article: Vincent Serventy: the Story of an Australian Icon Charlton, Lorna Vincent Serventy: the Story of an Australian Icon 2009 Landscope 24 4 9-14 Journal Article: Vincent Noel Serventy 6 January 1916 - 8 September 2007 Anon Vincent Noel Serventy 6 January 1916 - 8 September 2007 2008 Western Australian Naturalist 26 3 151-6 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 Vincent Noel Serventy - Records National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Vincent Noel Serventy - Records DeB 582 1972 Oral history recording with Hazel de Berg 29 February 1972, c78 minutes, 27 page transcript. Serventy speaks of his family; his schooling; how he began writing; lecturing at the Teachers College (W.A.); working for television on a series of wild life programs titled "Nature walkabouts"; writing his book "A continent in danger"; his method of work when writing; topics of his books; conservation issues. 2 cassettes Audio Vincent Noel Serventy - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Vincent Noel Serventy - Records MS 4655 1926 - 1972 Personal records, including manuscripts of books, radio and television broadcasts, and newspaper and journal articles; correspondence over a period of 30 years, in particular E. Worrell; minutes, memoranda and publications of various Australian naturalists' organisations including the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, the Wild Life Preservation Society, the Australian Geographical Society, the Royal Society of Western Australia and the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria; overall dates 1926-1972. 4.95 m Photographs