Arnold Robert McGill

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Arnold Robert McGill OAM (1905–1988) was a Sydney-based Australian businessman and amateur ornithologist. He was President of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) 1958–1959, and elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1965. He was Assistant Editor of the RAOU journal, the Emu 1948-1969 and compiled indexes to it until his death. He coauthored, with Keith Hindwood, The Birds of Sydney (1958). He was a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia.

Further reading

  • [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcgill-arnold-robert-14207 Arnold Robert McGill, Australian Dictionary of Biography]

References

  • Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. {{ISBN|0-522-84987-3}}

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