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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-04-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003077b.htm person Robinson Angus Hargreaves AACR2 22 July 1907 17 October 1973 Place of Birth London, England Farmer Ornithologist Angus Robinson was a property owner in Western Australia and an amateur ornithologist. He was an Australian pioneer in the study of territory and the associated functions of song among Australian birds. He also realised the importance of opportunism in breeding among the birds of semi-arid regions, and his published data on unseasonal nesting provided important raw material for intensive studies by later ornithologists.

Born London, England, 22 July 1907. Died Coolup, Western Australia, 17 October 1973. Came to Australia when he was a few months old. Educated Scotch College, Perth. Jackaroo, The Peake Station, Onslow 1923-26; overseer, then manager, Ullawarra Station 1926-34; purchased "Yanjettee", Coolup, 1935. In February, 1960, as a member of the Fauna Protection Advisory Committee, he drew attention to the possibilities of the Barlee Range as a nature reserve (gazetted in May 1963). His discovery that groups of magpies, rather than pairs, form territorial units attracted the attention of A.J. Marshall (q.v.) and a grant from the CSIRO Science and Industry Endowment Fund in 1950. Honorary Life Member, Western Australian Naturalists' Club 1968; Fellow, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1970. Australian representative, International Ornitholoigcal Congress, The Hague 1970. Member, Fauna Protection Advisory Committee 1955-68; Member, Western Australian Wildlife Authority 1968-73; first chairman, South West Coastal Committee; member, wool committee, Farmers' Union; member of the executive, Pastoralists' and Graziers' Association.

1950 1950 Award - Funding to investigate territorial behaviour of magpies, Science and Industry Endowment Fund Science and Industry Endowment Fund - CSIR/O, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1926 - )

Funding to investigate territorial behaviour of magpies 1950

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 'Robinson, Angus Hargreaves', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Robinson, Angus Hargreaves Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Science and Industry Endowment Fund: supporting the development of Australian science Smith, Susan and Spurling, Thomas H. The Science and Industry Endowment Fund: supporting the development of Australian science CSIRO Publishing 2015 Historical Records of Australian Science 26 1 58-83 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