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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-04-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000935b.htm person Cayley Neville William AACR2 7 January 1886 17 March 1950 Place of Birth Yamba, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Avalon, New South Wales, Australia Ornithologist Natural history artist Neville Cayley illustrated birds' eggs for the Australian Encyclopaedia (1925-1926) and published What Bird is That? in 1931. This was followed by numerous other publications on Australian birds, his illustrative work extending to both butterflies and animals. He signed his work 'Neville W. Cayley'.

Born Yamba, New South Wales, 7 January 1886. Died Avalon, New South Wales, 17 March 1950. Son of N.H.P. Cayley (q.v.). Educated at art school. Painted mostly birds and held a number of exhibitions; illustrated birds' eggs for the Australian Encyclopaedia (1925-26); colour drawings for G A Waterhouse's (q.v.) What Butterfly is That? (1932) and Ellis Troughton's (q.v.) Furred Animals of Australia (1941); wrote What Bird is That? (published 1931 and reprinted many times) and a number of other books on Australian birds; wrote popular articles on birds for the weekly Sydney Mail. Honorary Member, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union; Honorary Life member, New South Wales Gould League of Bird Lovers 1935. President, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1932-33; president, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1936-37; Council member, New South Wales Gould League of Bird Lovers; New South Wales National Park trustee 1937-48 and one of the prime movers in advocating the building of the Bird Cabin there.

1931 1950 Award - Fellow, Royal Zoologcal ociety of New South Wales 1932 1933 Career position - President, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Cayley, Neville Henry Pennington (1853 - 1903) Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1910 - 1997)

President 1936- 1937

 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1879 - )

President 1932 - 1934; Fellow 1931 - 1950

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 'Cayley, Neville William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cayley, Neville William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Cayley, Neville William (1886-1950), ornithologist and artist Chisholm, A. H. Cayley, Neville William (1886-1950), ornithologist and artist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 596-597 Book: What bird is that? : a guide to the birds of Australia Cayley, Neville W. What bird is that? : a guide to the birds of Australia Sydney Angus & Robertson 1931 Journal Article: John Gould as an Illustrator. Cayley, Neville W. John Gould as an Illustrator. 1938 Emu 38 2 167-72 Journal Article: Before Slater: a history of field guides to Australian birds to 1970 McGregor, R. Before Slater: a history of field guides to Australian birds to 1970 2022 Australian field ornithology 39 125-38 Book: Neville Cayley, his Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. collection of parrots and cockatoos of Australia Prince, J. H. Neville Cayley, his Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. collection of parrots and cockatoos of Australia Sydney Reed 1980 Review: Australian field ornithology Wilson, David 2014 Australian field ornithology 31 55-6 Book: Cayley and Son: the Life and Art of Neville Henry Cayley and Neville William Cayley Olsen, Penny Cayley and Son: the Life and Art of Neville Henry Cayley and Neville William Cayley Canberra National Library of Australia 2013 Book: The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 Prince, J. H. The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 Sydney Royal Zoolgical Society of New South Wales 1979 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