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Cayley, Neville William (1886 - 1950) |
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| Ornithologist | |
| Born: 7 January 1886 Yamba, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 17 March 1950 Avalon, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| Neville William Cayley illustrated birds' eggs for the Australian Encyclopaedia (1925-26) and published What Bird is That? in 1931. This was followed by numerous other publications on Australian birds, his illustrative work extending to both butterflies and animals. He signed his work ‘Neville W. Cayley'. |
Career Highlights |
| Born Yamba, New South Wales, 7 January 1886. Died Avalon, New South Wales, 17 March 1950. Son of N.H.P. Cayley (q.v.). Educated at art school. Painted mostly birds and held a number of exhibitions; illustrated birds' eggs for the Australian Encyclopaedia (1925-26); colour drawings for G A Waterhouse's (q.v.) What Butterfly is That? (1932) and Ellis Troughton's (q.v.) Furred Animals of Australia (1941); wrote What Bird is That? (published 1931 and reprinted many times) and a number of other books on Australian birds; wrote popular articles on birds for the weekly Sydney Mail. Honorary Member, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union; Honorary Life member, New South Wales Gould League of Bird Lovers 1935. President, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1932-33; president, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1936-37; Council member, New South Wales Gould League of Bird Lovers; New South Wales National Park trustee 1937-48 and one of the prime movers in advocating the building of the Bird Cabin there. |
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