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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2025-08-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000816b.htm person Swain Edward Harold Fulcher AACR2 6 April 1883 3 July 1970 Place of Birth Glebe, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia Forester Botanical collector Edward Swain was Commissioner for Forests, New South Wales 1935-1948. He had earlier worked as a research consultant for Australian Paper Manufacturers 1933-1934, was Chairman of the Queensland Forestry Board 1924-1932 and later was United Nations forestry consultant to Ethiopia 1951-1955. 1913 1913 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus nicholii Maiden. Swain collected type or syntype material 1913 1913 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus bakeri Maiden. Swain collected type or syntype material 1918 1918 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus grandis Maiden var. grandiflora Maiden. Swain collected type or syntype material 1924 1932 Career position - Chairman, Queensland Forestry Board, Australia 1932 1932 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Botany and Forestry), Australian National Research Council 1933 1934 Career position - Research Consultant, Australian Paper Manufacturers 1935 1948 Career position - Commissioner for Forests, Forestry Commission, State of New South Wales, Australia 1948 1948 Life event - Retired 1951 1955 Career position - United Nations forestry consultant to Ethiopia 1963 1963 Award - N. W. Jolly Medal, Institute of Foresters of Australia - for his contributions to Australian forestry N. W. Jolly Medal, Institute of Foresters of Australia (1959 - )

Awarded the Medal 1963

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

Associate Member (Botany and Forestry) 1932 -

 Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd (APM) (1860s - 1986)

Research Consultant 1933 - 1934.

 Forestry Commission (of New South Wales), State of New South Wales (1916 - 1993)

Commissioner for Forests 1935 - 1948

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 Swain, E H F (1883-1970)

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 'Swain, Edward Harold Fulcher', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Swain, Edward Harold Fulcher Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Swain, Edward Harold Fulcher (1883-1970), forester Carron, L.T. Swain, Edward Harold Fulcher (1883-1970), forester Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 145-146 Journal Article: Marcus Baldwin Welch, BSc, AIC Swain, E.H.F. Marcus Baldwin Welch, BSc, AIC 1942 Australian Timber Journal 8 9 931-935 Journal Article: Edward Harold Fulcher Swain's Vision of Forest Modernity Barton, Gregory A.; and Bennett, Brett M. Edward Harold Fulcher Swain's Vision of Forest Modernity 2011 Intellectual History Review 21 2 135-50 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 Edward Harold Fulcher Swain - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Edward Harold Fulcher Swain - Records OM73-17 c. 1911 - 1972 Papers, collected and edited by his daughter, Mrs Nancy Foote, being 4 typescript publications consisting of extracts from the diaries, reminiscences, letters, pamphlets and other publications, as well as some photocopies of original papers relating to pioneer work in forestry science in Australia; overall dates c1911-72. 1 envelope Edward Harold Fulcher Swain - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Edward Harold Fulcher Swain - Records OM73-57 1932 Photocopy with additional notes of a history of the development of a forest management policy in Queensland, written in 1932 by E.H.F. Swain, Director of Forests, with a view towards influencing the government to pass a forestry bill and establish a forestry department. 9 pages Edward Harold Fulcher Swain - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Edward Harold Fulcher Swain - Records OM75-21 1970 Letters written to J. Free, Queensland Department of Forestry dealing with the financial aspects of afforestation and aspects of forestry established by Swain in Queensland 1970. 7 pages Edward Harold Fulcher Swain - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edward Harold Fulcher Swain - Records A3119-36 1931 - 1948 Reports and other records on forestry in Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales 1931-48 including copies of correspondence particularly with D.H. Drummond, C.A. Foale and L. McIntosh Ellis [18 volumes, A3119-36]. 18 volumes Edward Harold Fulcher Swain - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Edward Harold Fulcher Swain - Records MS 10609 1899 - 1972 Records relating to Swain and his career in forestry in Australia 1899-1948; typescript of a talk given by his daughter, Mrs Nancy Foote, in Queensland in 1972 [MS 10609].