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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002052b.htm person Smithies Frederick AACR2 16 August 1885 13 October 1979 Place of Birth Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Conservationist Photographer

Born Ulverstone, Tasmania, 16 August 1885. Died Launceston, Tasmania, 13 October 1979. OBE 1946. Clerk, South British Insurance Co., Launceston 1902-12; manager, Launceston branch, Atlas Assurance Co. 1912-62; conducted Tasmanian Finance & Agency Co. Keen bushwalker who publicised the Tasmanian wilderness and promoted the establishment of reserves through talks, broadcasts, written accounts and photographs. From the 1920s he gave lantern lectures in various States on behalf of the Tasmanian government to encourage tourism; organised the Tasmanian display, Melbourne Centenary Exhibition 1935. Chairman, Scenery Preservation Board 1941-71; member, Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair, Barrow Reserve and Northern Scenery boards.

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 Smithies, Frederick (1885-1979)

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 'Smithies, Frederick', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Smithies, Frederick Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988 Heyde, C. C. Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988 1992 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 1 17-30