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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-03-22 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2024-11-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003168b.htm person McGilp John Neil OBE AACR2 30 October 1881 12 October 1963 Place of Birth Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Pastoralist Ornithologist John McGilp worked on a number of properties in South Australia before moving in 1920 to Adelaide, where he served on a number of boards. These included the Pastoral Board, the State Bank Board, the Dog Fence Board, the Flora and Fauna Advisory Committee, and the Advisory Committee on Soil Conservation. McGilp was an enthusiastic ornithologist, being a foundation Member and later President of the (Royal) Australasian Ornithologists Union, and serving two terms as President of the South Australian Ornithological Association. He presented a collection of about 2,500 clutches of birds' eggs to the South Australian Museum, 67 of these had not previously been represented in the Museum.

Educated Way College, Adelaide. Worked on various stations, including Carriewerloo (west of Port Augusta), Bungaree (near Clare), Moonaree (Gawler Ranges), North Bungaree (Clare) and his father's station, Moolawatana 1907-20; in Adelaide from 1920: member, Flora and Fauna Advisory Committee (South Australia).

1901 1910 Career position - Foundation Member, Australian Ornithological Union 1927 1929 Career position - President, South Australian Stockowners' Association 1930 1936 Career position - Worked for the Pastoral Board 1935 1936 Career position - President, South Australia, Ornithological Association 1936 1938 Career position - Member, Land Board, South Australia 1938 Career position - Chairman, Land Board, South Australia 1938 1939 Career position - President, Royal Australasian Ornithological Union 1940 1940 Career position - Member, Advisory Committee on Soil Conservation 1940 1940 Career position - Member, Marginal Lands Committee 1940 1962 Career position - Member, State Bank Board 1944 1944 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 1948 1949 Career position - President, South Australia, Ornithological Association 1950 1957 Career position - Chairman, Dog Fence Board of South Australia 1951 1962 Career position - Commissioner, National Park (later National Park and Wild Life Reserves) South Australian Museum (1940 - )

McGilp presented a substantial collection of bird eggs to the Museum

 Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1910 - 1997)

President 1938 - 1939

 Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1901 - 1910)

Foundation Member 1901 - 1910

 South Australian Ornithological Association (1899 - )

President 1935 - 1936 and 1948 - 1949

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 McGilp, John Neil (1881-1963)

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 'McGilp, John Neil', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McGilp, John Neil Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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