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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-02-08 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-04-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003147b.htm person Hanks Ernest Silverton AACR2 5 April 1892 12 April 1973 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Ornithologist Ernest Hanks was a long serving committee member for the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, the Bird Observers' Club and the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. Worked hard for conservation and the preservation of our natural resources.

Born Melbourne, 5 April 1892. Died Melbourne, 12 April 1973. Worked in the family foundry, where he demonstrated that solid metal will float in its own melt. Council member, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1930-68, president 1957-58 and RAOU representative on the You Yangs Park Committee; committee member, Bird Observers' Club for over 30 years, president 1939-40, Honorary Life Member 1970; Life Member, Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria 1925; Life Member, Anthropological Society of Victoria; member, Management Committee, Wyperfeld National Park.

His wife, Pearl, was, like her husband, a life member of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria from 1925, a life member of the Anthropological Society of Victoria and a member of the Henry Lawson Society, the Poetry Lovers, the Australian Literature Society, the Bird Observers' Club (of which she was also sometime president) and the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. They both had poems and stories published.

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

Life Member 1925 - 1973

 Bird Observers' Club (1905 - 2007)

President 1939 - 1940; Honorary Life Member 1970 - 1973

 Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1910 - 1997)

Member of Council 1930 - 1968; President 1957 - 1958; Honorary Member 1970 - 1973

 Hanks, Ernest Silverton (1892-1973)

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 'Hanks, Ernest Silverton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hanks, Ernest Silverton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: Ernest Silverton Hanks Obituary: Ernest Silverton Hanks 1974 Emu 74 1 61 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