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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2020-02-04 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006804b.htm person Semmens Edwin James OBE AACR2 20 January 1886 31 December 1980 Place of Birth Toongabbie, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Creswick, Victoria, Australia Forester Teacher Edwin Semmens was a teacher for over 25 years before becoming Principal of the Victorian School of Forestry in 1928, a position he held until retirement in 1951. He succeeded in prevented the closure of the School and established a new and rigorous academic course. A number of students from this period went on to eminent careers in botany and forestry. The School's herbarium was greatly expanded under Semmens's leadership. In 2019 this herbarium of over 5,500 specimens was incorporated into the School of Botany Herbarium at the University of Melbourne. Semmens also conducted research on the composition of eucalyptus oils. He had a distinguished record of community service in the School's local area of Creswick. 1902 1926? Career position - Primary school teacher in Victoria 1925 1925 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1927 1927 Career position - Teacher, Shepparton High School, Victoria 1928 1951 Career position - Principal, Victorian School of Forestry 1935 1980 Award - Fellow, Linnean Society, London 1951 1975 Career position - Councillor, Shire of Creswick, Victoria 1956 1956 Career position - Shire President, Shire of Creswick, Victoria 1968 1968 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) - Local government 1977 1977 Award - Doctor of Forest Science (DForSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne Victorian School of Forestry (1910 - 1973)

Principal 1928 - 1951

 'Semmens, Edwin James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Semmens, Edwin James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Resource Section: Semmens, Edwin James (1886 - 1980), forester, local historian and community leader Moulds, Francis Robert Semmens, Edwin James (1886 - 1980), forester, local historian and community leader Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2002 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 211-212 Book: Circumspice: One Hunded Years of Forestry Education centred on Creswick, Victoria Youl, Rob; Fry, Brian and Hateley, Ron Circumspice: One Hunded Years of Forestry Education centred on Creswick, Victoria South Melbourne Forest Education Centenary Committee 2010 Conference Paper: Victorian School of Forestry: Forestry Education Moulds, Frank R. Victorian School of Forestry: Forestry Education Creswick ANU Society 1992 Australia's Ever-Changing Forests II: Proceedings of the Second National Conference on Australia's Forest History, Creswick, 1992 John Dargavel and Sue Feary 129-134 Book: A History of Forestry in Australia Carron, L.T. A History of Forestry in Australia Sydney Pergamon Press 1985