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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-03-29 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006916b.htm person Brockway George Ernest AACR2 1902 8 November 1973 Place of Birth Claremont, Western Australia, Australia Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Forester Conservationist George Brockway was a forester whose career with the Western Australian Forests Department spanned more than 40 years. During his posting to regional areas his responsibilities varied from the establishment of the forest district headquarters and fire management to remediation work to protect water supplies and oversight of the sandalwood industry. He became knowledgeable on the local flora and was considered expert in tree growth in the arid zones of Western Australia. Posted to Kalgoorlie in 1933, Brockway was one of the first to make systematic collections of seeds of the trees native to the area, and successfully established nurseries for reafforestation projects. He pioneered conservation in the Western Australian wheatbelt by advocating tree planting to protect soil and water resources, instead of the deleterious practice of land clearing. To prevent wholesale alienation of forest land he advocated the creation of bush corridors and the precondition that the local floral and faunal resources be assessed. Brockway's expertise in regenerating degraded forests led to several visits to Pakistan and North Africa as advisor for the WHO. He retired in 1965 as Superintendent of Research for the Forests Department. 1922 1922 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) (forestry), University of Adelaide 1922 1963 Career position - District Forestry Officer (later Superintendent of Research), Western Australian Forests Department 1963 1963 Life event - Retired Western Australian Department of Lands and Surveys, Colony and State of Western Australia (1890 - 1986)

Forester (later Superintendent of Research), Forests Department 1922 - 1965

 'Brockway, George Ernest', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Brockway, George Ernest Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Tree establishment in the wheatbelt Brockway, G. E. Tree establishment in the wheatbelt 1959 Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, series 3 8 2 133-58 Journal Article: Forests of the arid Goldfields region of Western Australia Brockway, G. E. Forests of the arid Goldfields region of Western Australia 1941 Empire forestry review 34 1 31-41 Journal Article: Fire control organisation and fire fighting operations in Mundaring District Brockway, G. E. Fire control organisation and fire fighting operations in Mundaring District 1923 Australian forestry journal 6 257-63 Journal Article: George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist Fordham, H. George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist 1988 Western Australian naturalist 17 4 94-6 Journal Article: George Brockway - the forgotten conservationist Underwood, Roger George Brockway - the forgotten conservationist 2019 Australian Forest History Society Newsletter 78 3-6