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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-01-27 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006861b.htm person Stead David George FLS AACR2 6 March 1877 1 August 1957 Place of Birth North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Watsons Bay, New South Wales, Australia Naturalist David Stead was a naturalist whose initial training was as a stampmaker and compositor. From 1902 he worked nearly 20 years for the New South Wales fisheries authorities. In his work for the State Trawling Industrial Undertaking and the Rabbit Menace Enquiry his scientific approach, practical knowledge and industry were appreciated, while his proposals were less so. Stead was particularly noted as a campaigner for nature conservation and a popular scientific educator. He pioneered radio broadcasts on wildlife topics and was a prolific writer especially for newspapers and the popular press. Stead was an enthusiastic member of a number of scientific and naturalists's societies in New South Wales, including a founding member of the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, and member of Council of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Among his works were the pioneering books Fishes of Australia (1906) and The edible fishes of New South Wales (1908). In addition to his own publications, he edited the journals Australian wild life, Australian geographer and Australian naturalist. Stead's collection Australian and Malayan fish is now in the Australian Museum. 1889 1889 Life event - Apprenticed to a stampmaker 1898 1957 Career position - Member, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1902 1910 Career position - Naturalist, New South Wales Board of Fisheries 1909 1909 Career position - Founding Member, Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia 1915 1920 Career position - Manager, State Trawling Industrial Undertaking 1919 1921 Career position - President, Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia 1921 1923 Career position - Acting Director of Food Supplies, British Government in Malaya 1924 1929 Career position - President, Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia 1925 1926 Career position - Commissioner, New South Wales Rabbit Menace Enquiry 1928 Career position - Joint Editor, Australian geographer Association for the Protection of Native Races (APNR) (1911 - )

Vice-President c1935 - c1936

 Australian Museum (1827 - )

The Museum holds Stead's collection of Australian and Malayan fish

 Harris, Thistle Yolette (1902 - 1990)

David and Thistle were husband and wife

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

Member 1898 - 1957

 Australian geographer (1928 - )

Joint Editor 1928 - ?

 Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia (1909 - )

President 1919 - 1921 and 1924 - 1929

 'Stead, David George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stead, David George Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Editorial note Stead, D. G. and Taylor, D. R. Editorial note 1928 Australian geographer 1 3-5 Journal Article: A tribute to Professor Griffith Taylor Stead, David G. A tribute to Professor Griffith Taylor 1928 Australian geographer 1 1 42-62 Book: The edible fishes of New South Wales: their present importance and their potentialities Stead, David G. The edible fishes of New South Wales: their present importance and their potentialities Sydney New South Wales Department of Fisheries 1908 Book: Fishes of Australia: a popular and systematic guide to the study of the wealth within our waters Stead, David G. Fishes of Australia: a popular and systematic guide to the study of the wealth within our waters Sydney William Brooks 1906 Book: The rabbit in Australia : history, life story, habits, effect upon Australian primary production, and best means of extermination Stead, David G. The rabbit in Australia : history, life story, habits, effect upon Australian primary production, and best means of extermination Sydney Winn & Co. 1935 Journal Article: Walter Wilson Froggatt, F.R.Z.S., 1858 - 1937 Stead, D. G. Walter Wilson Froggatt, F.R.Z.S., 1858 - 1937 1937 Australian naturalist 10 1-17 Book Section: Stead, David George (1877 - 1957), naturalist Walsh. G. P. Stead, David George (1877 - 1957), naturalist Carlton Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 57-8 Book: The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 Prince, J. H. The first one hundred years of the Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W. 1879 - 1979 Sydney Royal Zoolgical Society of New South Wales 1979