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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. & Rosanne Walker updated 2024-04-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001541b.htm person Berney Frederick Lee AACR2 25 November 1865 8 March 1949 Place of Birth Croydon, England Place of Death Emu Park, Queensland, Australia Naturalist Ornithologist Frederick Berney was the owner of the Barcarolle Station in Queensland and was an active naturalist.

Born Croydon, England, 25 November 1865. Died Emu Park, Queensland, 8 March 1949. Educated Whitgift Grammar School, Croydon. Came to Australia ca 1890. Jackaroo, Landsdown station, near Longreach; managed a property at Richmond, north Queensland, for several years, dairy farm, Cawarral, near Yeppoon; served in Egypt during World War I; returned to Queensland and bought Barcarolle Station , where he lived 1919-39; retired to Melbourne; later took a book-keeper's job at a station in western Queensland. Member, Australasian Ornithologists Union from 1901, honorary member, and president 1933-34. Worked hard to ensure protection for the Bustard, with the result that total protection was granted in every State. Other work included talks at schools and an active interest in the Central Queensland Native Birds Protection Association. Kept nature diaries, including ornithological observations 1898-1946.

1901 1910 Career position - Foundation Member, Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1933 1934 Career position - President, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1910 - 1997)

President 1933 - 1934

 Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1901 - 1910)

Foundation Member 1901 - 1910

 Berney, Frederick Lee (1865-1949)

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 'Berney, Frederick Lee', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Berney, Frederick Lee Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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 Frederick Lee Berney - Records Museum Victoria Frederick Lee Berney - Records 1898 - 1946 Undated catalogue card for Berney, Frederick Lee, at the State Library of Victoria, states that "A series of 17 nature diaries by F.L. Berney, 1898-1946 are also held in the National Museum, Victoria." 17 volumes Frederick Lee Berney - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Frederick Lee Berney - Records MS 6209-11 1918 - 1922 Diary for 1919 with entries for 1918 interspersed including ornithological descriptions; Station journal and ledger for Barcarolle Station 1920-22 [MS 6209-11].