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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001261b.htm person Morris Albert AACR2 13 August 1886 9 January 1939 Place of Birth Bridgewater, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia Botanist Albert Morris obtained a diploma in metallurgy from Broken Hill Technical College, but spent his working life studying ways to revegetate eroded and barren lands. He experimented with plants from other arid countries, but found that local species thrived and survived the best. Morris went on numerous expeditions to study and collect local vegetation specimens and in the end had a collection of over 5000. He also spent much time and money giving away free plants to schools and public bodies to encourage revegetation with suitable plants. His biggest fight was to convince mining companies to adopt his green belt plan which involved planting local vegetation which could survive the harsh conditions, stopping animal grazing in the area and setting up fences to protect the existing vegetation and soil from the strong and drying winds. In May 1936 his dream was realised when Zinc Corporation Pty. Lyd. Set up Albert Morris Park and allowed Morris to put his ideas into action. Within eighteen months the park was a great success and his conservation principals were adopted by other mining companies and government bodies alike. Although Albert Morris did not live to see it, his project lead to the greening of Broken Hill and established a new phase in Australian conservation. 1920 1939 Career position - Co-founder and Secretary, Barrier Field Naturalists' Club 1936 Career position - Albert Morris Park established by Zinc Corporation Ltd and maintained by Morris

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 'Morris, Albert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Morris, Albert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Morris, Albert (1886-1939), botanist and assayer Kennedy, B. E. Morris, Albert (1886-1939), botanist and assayer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 591 Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes