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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-03-23 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003182b.htm person Nix Henry Allan AACR2 8 July 1937 2 February 2022 Place of Birth Queensland, Australia Place of Death Yandina, Queensland, Australia Ornithologist Biogeographer Environmentalist Henry Nix was a widely respected enviromentalist and ornithologist. He pioneered and promoted computer-based inventory and evaluation systems as a basic tool to guide policy for, and management of, large-scale ecological challenges. During his time with CSIRO he developed (with colleagues) BIOCLIM, a climatic database package that has found wide application in many fields, particularlyclimate change prediction and species distribution models. Nix was a keen ornithologist from an early age: he joined the Royal Australasian Ornithological Union at 13. Among his publications were influential papers on the need for reliable data as being central to management strategies and the development of policies to protect birds. As President from 2001 to 2005, he steered Birds Australia through a time of transition from an amateur to a professional organisation, and when financial support for citizen science projects became difficult. He was also instrumental in the preservation of the Newhaven Station in the Northern Territory as a conservation area. Nix was Director, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University between 1986 and 1999. 1956 1956 Education - QDA, Queensland Agricultural College 1960 1960 Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc),University of Queensland 1961 1964 Career position - Science Writer, CSIRO Agricultural Research Liaison Section, Melbourne 1964 1973 Career position - Experimental Officer, CSIRO Division of Land Research and Regional Survey 1973 1974 Career position - Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Land Use Research 1975 1982 Career position - Principal research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Land Use Research 1979 1996 Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1982 1986 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist and Leader, Resource Management Program, CSIRO Division of Water and Land Resources Management 1986 1999 Career position - Professor and Director, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University 1988 1988 Award - Urrbrae Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to Australian agriculture 1988 1988 Award - Gold Medal, Queensland Agriculture College Council 1988 1990 Career position - Chairman, UN Expert Committee on Climatic and Potential Physical Effects of Global Nuclear War 1989 1993 Career position - Chairman, National Greenhouse Advisory Committee 1989 1994 Career position - Chairman, Technical Advisory Committee, Commonwealth Climate Impact Assessment and Management Program 1993 Career position - Chairman, Advisory Committee, Australian Network for Plant Conservation 1994 1994 Award - Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal 1995 1995 Award - Eminent Individual Award, Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 1997 2022 Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology 1999 2001 Career position - Member of Council, Birds Australia 1999 2010 Career position - Emeritus Professor, Australian National University 2000 2000 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to the environment, particularly the conservation of natural resources, and to land management through the development and application of simulation models for ecologically sustainable land utilization 2001 2005 Career position - President, Birds Australia 2002 2007 Career position - Member, Wildlands Project Scientific Adisory Committee, Wilderness Society Australia 2006 2011 Award - Fellow, Birds Australia 2008 2008 Award - J. P. Thomson Medal, Royal Geographical Society Queensland 2012 2022 Award - Fellow, Birdlife Australia Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal (1983 - )

Awarded the Medal 1994

 Australian National University (1946 - )

Professor and Director, Centre for Resource and Environment Studies 1986 - 1999

 Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (1935 - 1996)

Fellow 1979 - 1996

 BirdLife Australia (2012 - )

Fellow 2012 -

 Birds Australia (1997 - 2011)

President 2001 - 2005; Fellow 2006 - 2011

 CSIRO Division of Water and Land Resources, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1982 - 1988)

Senior Principal Research Scientist and Leader of the Resource Management Program 1983 - 1986

 CSIRO Division of Land Use Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1973 - 1982)

Principal Research Scientist 1975 - 1982

 BirdLife Australia (2012 - )

Fellow 2012 - 2022

 Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (1997 - )

Fellow 1997 - 2022

 Nix, H A

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 'Nix, Henry Allan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Nix, Henry Allan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Kangaroos and climate: an analysis of distribution Caughley, G., Short, J., Grigg, G. C. and Nix, H. Kangaroos and climate: an analysis of distribution 1987 Journal of animal ecology 56 751-61 Journal Article: BIOCLIM: the first species distribution modelling package, its early applecation s and relevance to most current MAXENT studies Booth, T. H.; Nix, H. A.; Busby, J. R.; and Hutchinson, M. F. BIOCLIM: the first species distribution modelling package, its early applecation s and relevance to most current MAXENT studies 2014 Diversity and distributions 20 1-9 Book Section: Environmental control of breeding, post-breeding dispersal and migration of birds in the Australian region Nix, H. A. Environmental control of breeding, post-breeding dispersal and migration of birds in the Australian region Canberra Australian Academy of Science 1976 Proceedings of the 16th International Ornithological Congress, Canberra 1974 Frith, H. J. and and Calaby, J. H. 272-305 Book Section: Environmental determinants and evolution in Terra australis Nix, H. A. Environmental determinants and evolution in Terra australis Frewville, S.A. Peacock Publications 1982 Evolution of the flora and fauna of arid Australia Barker, W. R. and Greenslade, P. J. M. 47-66 Resource Section: Henry Nix (8 July 1937 - 2 February 2022) Hutchinson, Michael Henry Nix (8 July 1937 - 2 February 2022) Canberra Australian National University 2022 Journal Article: Tribute to Professor Henry Allan Nix AO: pre-eminent biogeographer and ornithologist (8 July 1937 - 2 February 2022) Saunders, Denis A.; Olsen, Penny; and Cunningham, Ross Tribute to Professor Henry Allan Nix AO: pre-eminent biogeographer and ornithologist (8 July 1937 - 2 February 2022) 2022 Pacific conservation biology 28 5 iii-vi Resource Section: Emeritus Professor Henry Allan Nix AO Galovic, Nikki Emeritus Professor Henry Allan Nix AO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 2018 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Journal Article: Vale Emeritus Professor Henry Allan Nix AO (8 July 1937 - 2 February 2022) Olsen, Penny; and Baker, Barry Vale Emeritus Professor Henry Allan Nix AO (8 July 1937 - 2 February 2022) 2022 Emu 122 2 153-4 Journal Article: Why understanding the pioneering and continuing contributions of BIOCLIM to species distribution modelling is important Booth, Trevor H. Why understanding the pioneering and continuing contributions of BIOCLIM to species distribution modelling is important 2018 Austral ecology 43 8 852-60 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