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Brown, John Ednie (1848 - 1899) |
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| Born: 1848 Scotland. Died: 26 October 1899. | |
| John Ednie Brown worked for government forestry institutions in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia. |
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| Born Scotland, 1848. Died Cottesloe, Perth, 26 October 1899. Nursery and forest management with his father 1864-66; assistant agent and forester, Invercauld estate, Aberdeenshire; laid out plantations and managed estates, Yorkshire and Sussex; United States and Canada 1871-72; conservator of forests, South Australia 1878-90; director-general of forests in New South Wales 1890-94; examination of forests in Western Australia for the Bureau of Agriculture 1895; conservator, Department of Woods and Forests, Western Australia 1896-99. |
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