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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-01-31 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2025-08-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003132b.htm person Disney Henry John de S. AACR2 22 December 1919 26 March 2014 Place of Birth England Place of Death Berowra, New South Wales, Australia Ornithologist Museum curator John Disney came to Australia in 1962 to become Curator of Birds at the Australian Museum. Previously he had spent over 15 years as a zoologist in Africa. As Curator he began a research project aimed at identifying the sex and age of Australian birds. He improved the Museum's birds collections by ensuring specimens were accompanied by far more detailed notes than had previously been the case. This enabled him to undertake studies on moult, cranial pneumatisation and cloacal protuberances. He played a leading role in the survey of the Lord Howe Woodhen, the result of which was the instigation of management program that has seen an increase in population size. Disney joined the Bird Banders' Association of New South Wales (later Australia) on its inception, and made the most of the opportunities thus provided to learn about the Australian avifauna. He served terms as President of the Association (and its successor) and edited its journal for 13 years. 1946 1948 Career position - Science Assistant to the Director, Kaffarian Museum, South Africa 1948 1953 Career position - Scientific officer, Cotton Research Station, British Tanganyika Territory 1953 1962 Career position - Zoologist, Department of Agriculture, Tanganyika 1962 1962 Career position - Foundation Member, Bird Banders' Association of New South Wales 1962 1963 Career position - Editor, The bird bander 1962 1979 Career position - Curator of Birds, Australian Museum 1963 1967 Career position - Editor, Australian bird bander: journal of the Bird Banders' Association of Australia 1963 1976 Career position - Member, Bird Banders' Association of Australia 1966 1967 Career position - President, Bird Banders' Association of Australia 1968 1969 Career position - President, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1971 1994 Career position - Advisor, National Photographic Index of Australian Birds 1977 1978 Career position - President, Australian Bird Study Association 1979- Career position - Research Associate, Australian Museum 1980 1981 Career position - Member of Committee, Australian Bird Study Association Australian Bird Study Association (1977 - )

President 1977 - 1978

 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1879 - )

President 1968 - 1969

 Australian Museum (1827 - )

Curator of Birds 1962 - 1979

 Bird Banders' Association of Australia (1963 - 1976)

President 1966 - 1967; Editor Bird bander 1962 - 1963

 Australian bird bander: journal of the Bird Banders' Association of Australia (1962 - 1972)

Editor 1963 - 1967

 Disney, Henry John de S.

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 'Disney, Henry John de S. (John)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Disney, Henry John de S. (John) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: 180 Years of Stuff[ed] Birds: Ornithology at the Australian Museum, Sydney Boles, W. E. 180 Years of Stuff[ed] Birds: Ornithology at the Australian Museum, Sydney Cambridge, Massachusetts Nuttall Ornithological Club 2012 Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology, volume 2 Davis, William E., Recher, Harry F. and Boles, Walter E. 141-266 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