McGregor, Russell (2019) Idling in green places: a life of Alec Chisholm. Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne.

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Abstract

Alec Chisholm inspired Australians to see nature anew. His Mateship with Birds, published in 1922, is a classic of nature writing, and until his death in 1977 he urged his compatriots to cherish the natural world as their national heritage. Chisholm was a pioneer conservationist, a leading ornithologist, and much else besides. He earned renown – and some controversy – as a journalist, biographer, historian and encyclopaedia editor. Idling in Green Places is the first full biography of this intriguing and influential Australian.

Item ID:	60474
Item Type:	Book (Research - A1)
ISBN:	978-1-925801-99-6
Keywords:	natural history; ornithology; biography; Australian history; Australian Encyclopaedia; nationalism
Copyright Information:	© 2019 Russell McGregor
Funders:	State Library of New South Wales
Projects and Grants:	David Scott Mitchell Fellowship
Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2020 05:59
FoR Codes:	43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430302 Australian history @ 50% 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430303 Biography @ 50%
SEO Codes:	95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950503 Understanding Australias Past @ 100%
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