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Lewis, Fred (1882 - 1956)

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Conservationist and Naturalist
Born: 4 July 1882  Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.  Died: 7 August 1956  Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
Fred Lewis worked as clerk with the Victorian Public Service for around twenty-four years before being appointed Head and Chief Inspector of the Department of Agriculture (1924). He was an avid naturalist with a keen sense of conservation. Lewis helped re-establish the near-extinct koala population in Victoria and helped save the fate of local seal populations by proving they were not a threat to the fishing industry. He travelled all over the State conducting field work and wrote numerous articles for the press and natural history journals such as Emu. After retiring from the Victorian Public Service, Fred Lewis continued to pursue his natural history interests. He became President, then Honorary Secretary of the Victorian Field Naturalists’ Club and was a member of the management committee of the Sperm Whale Head National Park.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1900 - 1904Clerk in the Office of the Public Service Board of the Victorian Public Service
1905 - 1913Clerk with the ports and harbours branch of the Department of Public Works
1910Established a reserve on Quail Island to re-establish the koala population in Victoria
1913 - 1924Supervising Clerk and occasional Acting Chief Inspector of the fisheries and game branch of the Department of Agriculture
1920sSaved mutton-bird rookeries at Cape Woolamai by revegetating the area
1924 - 1947Chief Inspector and Head of Fisheries and Game in the Department of Agriculture
1947 - Member of the Victorian Field Naturalists' Club
1947Retired
1949 - c. 1951Vice-President of the Victorian Field Naturalists' Club
1951 - 1955Honorary Secretary of the Victorian Field Naturalists' Club

 

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