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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-07-23 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007437b.htm person Blaylock Brian James AACR2 13 July 1947 8 August 2022 Place of Birth Rose Park, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Naturalist Ornithologist Brian Blaylock had a variety of jobs before joining the Department of defence in 1970 as a computer trainee. He remained with the Department for some years, being promoted to senior positions and moving to the Information Technology Branch of the Department of Education before retiring in 2002. Blaylock was a keen naturalist and ornithologist. He made more than 30 biological survey trips South Australia, and participated in banding programs for osprey, peregrine falcon and yellow-tailed black cockatoo. As a volunteer with South Australia Museum for many years from 2001 he participated in the curation of the bird collections, digitising and improving the standards of specimen information. Blaylock was an enthusiastic member of several naturalists' organisations, including BirdLife Australia, the Field Naturalists Society of South Australia, and the South Australian Ornithological Association. For the latter he filled the role of Secretary for 18 years, his IT skills being called upon to maintain the web site and manage the Association's database of bird records. Blaylock made a major contribution to recent editions of the Census of South Australian vertebrates as co-author of the bird sections. Other publications included a chapter of the Presidents of the South Australian Ornithological Association in Birds, birders and birdwatching 1899 - 1999 (2000) and A field list of the birds of South Australia (5th edition 2017). He contributed more than 2,300 plant specimens to the State Herbarium of South Australia and many thousands of bird records to the Biological Database of South Australia (BDBSA). 1963 1984 Career position - Member, South Australian Ornithological Association 1970 1970 Career position - Trainee Computer Operator, Australian Department of Defence 1970 1984? Career position - Member, Canberra Ornithologists Group 1984 1984 Life event - Moved back to Adelaide from Canberra 1998 2022 Career position - Member, South Australian Ornithological Association 1999 2000 Career position - Assistant Secretary, South Australian Ornithological Association 2000 2018 Career position - Secretary, South Australian Ornithological Association 2001 2020 Career position - Volunteer, Bird Section, South Australian Museum 2002 2002 Life event - Retires 2011 2020 Career position - Team member, bird survey of Witchelina Nature Reserve for South Australian Ornithological Association 2018 2018 Award - Long Service Award, South Australian Ornithological Association 2020 2022 Career position - Honorary Associate, South Australian Museum August 2022 August 2022 Award - Honorary Member (posthumous), South Australian Ornithological Association State Herbarium of South Australia (1954 - )

The Herbarium holds more that 2,300 of Blaylock's specimens

 South Australian Ornithological Association (1899 - )

Secretary 2000 - 2018; Honorary member (posthumous) 2022

 South Australian Museum (1940 - )

Honorary Associate 2020 - 2022

 'Blaylock, Brian James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blaylock, Brian James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Birds, Birders and Birdwatching 1899-1999: celebrating one hundred years of the South Australian Ornithological Association Collier, Roger; Hatch, John; Matheson, Bill; Russell, Tony Birds, Birders and Birdwatching 1899-1999: celebrating one hundred years of the South Australian Ornithological Association Adelaide South Australian Ornithological Association 1999 Book: A field list of the birds of South Australia Blaylock, B., Black, A., Carpenter, G. and Horton, P. A field list of the birds of South Australia 5th Adelaide South Australian Ornithological Association 2017 Journal Article: Obituary: Brian James Blaylock 13 July 1947 to 8 August 2022 Horton, Philippa Obituary: Brian James Blaylock 13 July 1947 to 8 August 2022 2023 South Australian ornithologist 47 2 82-6