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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-01-28 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007585b.htm person Bravery James Andrew Leslie AACR2 1896 1975 Dairy farmer Bird observer Jim Bravery was a coal miner in Queensland before serving with the Australian Imperial Force in France during WWI. On discharge he took up a soldier-settlement lease at Tolga in the Atherton Tableland. He lived here for the rest of his life. Bravery was a keen bird observer, recording species, numbers and behaviour. Over a long period he observed brolgas, noting the rise in population numbers, and the historical importance to brolgas of woodland swamps in the local area. He also noted decline in brolga numbers because these swamps were being cleared. With his experience of farming he was not inclined to believe that brolgas caused significant crop damage. Over time he saw that the migratory sarus cranes, which he first recorded in 1967. These birds overwintered on the tableland, becoming the more dominant species. Bravery published a number of papers on his observations. 1917 1919 Military service - Served with the Australian Imperial Force 1920 1920 Life event - Granted Soldier Settlement lease in Tolga, Queensland 'Bravery, James Andrew Leslie (Jim)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bravery, James Andrew Leslie (Jim) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The birds of Atherton Shire, Queensland Bravery, J. A. The birds of Atherton Shire, Queensland 1970 Emu 70 2 49-63 Journal Article: The sarus crane in north-eastern Queensland Bravery, J. A. The sarus crane in north-eastern Queensland 1969 Emu 69 1 52-3 Journal Article: Field notes on the oriental cuckoo, Cuculus saturatus Bravery, J. A. Field notes on the oriental cuckoo, <span style="font-style:italic">Cuculus saturatus</span> 1967 Emu 66 3 267-71 Journal Article: Jim Bravery: farming, birds and conservation on the Atherton Tablelands, far north Queensland, 1919 - 1975 Scambler, Elinor C. Jim Bravery: farming, birds and conservation on the Atherton Tablelands, far north Queensland, 1919 - 1975 2025 North Queensland Naturalist 55 52-66 Journal Article: James Andrew (Jim) Bravery, 1896 - 1975: miner, soldier, farmer and an outstanding field ornithologist on the Atherton Tablelands, far north Queensland Scambler, Elinor C. James Andrew (Jim) Bravery, 1896 - 1975: miner, soldier, farmer and an outstanding field ornithologist on the Atherton Tablelands, far north Queensland 2025 North Queensland Naturalist 55 3021 Journal Article: Jim Bravery's cranes: brolgas and sarus cranes on the Atherton tablelands, 1920 - 1975 Scambler, Elinor C. Jim Bravery's cranes: brolgas and sarus cranes on the Atherton tablelands, 1920 - 1975 2020 North Queensland naturalist 50 12-24