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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1999-11-05 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003078b.htm person Barker George Herbert AACR2 21 January 1880 25 June 1965 Place of Birth Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Windsor, Queensland, Australia Business executive Ornithologist George Barker was proprietor of Barkers Book Store in Brisbane, which he had originally started with his father in 1907, until his retirement in 1954. Because ornithology was one of his major interests the shop became a focal point for ornithology in Queensland. He was also a keen camper and organised several of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union campouts. Barker was a keen member of the Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland and its successor, the Queensland Naturalists' Club, serving several term as President, almost continuously on council from 1921 to 1955, and ten years as excursion secretary.

Born Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, 21 January 1880. Died Windsor, Queensland, 25 June 1965. Educated Fort Street Model School. Angus and Robertson's bookshop 1897-1907; started Barker's Book Store with his father 1907 and worked there till he retired in 1954. The bookshop became a focal point for ornithology in Queensland. Secretary, Queensland branch, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1922-56; foundation member (1924) and sometime president, Queensland Booksellers' Association; instrumental in forming Australian Booksellers' Association, president 1949-51; president, Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland 1920-21, Queensland Naturalists' Club 1935-36 and 1947-48; foundation treasurer, Queensland National Parks Association 1930-46; president, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1940-41.

1920 1921 Career position - President, Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland 1922 1956 Career position - Secretary, Queensland Branch, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1930 1946 Career position - Foundation Treasurer, Queensland National Parks Association 1935 1936 Career position - President, Queensland Naturalists' Club 1940 1941 Career position - President, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1947 1948 Career position - President, Queensland Naturalists' Club Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland (1906 - 1922)

President 1920 - 1921

 Queensland Naturalists' Club (1922 - )

President 1935 - 1936 and 1947 - 1948

 Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1910 - 1997)

President 1940 - 1941

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 'Barker, George Herbert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Barker, George Herbert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: In Memoriam: George Herbert Barker In Memoriam: George Herbert Barker 1966 Queensland Naturalist 18 1/2 1-4 Book Section: Barker, George Herbert (1880--1965), bookseller and naturalist Zerner, M. E. Barker, George Herbert (1880--1965), bookseller and naturalist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 112 Book: A Commanding Presence: the Life of G.H. Barker, Bookseller, Naturalist and Ornithologist Doolan, Ken A Commanding Presence: the Life of G.H. Barker, Bookseller, Naturalist and Ornithologist Canberra Ginninderra Press 2002 Journal Article: Seventy-five years of natural history Marks, Elizabeth N. Seventy-five years of natural history 1983 Queensland naturalist 24 1/4 6-28 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