Luke, Robert Henry (Harry) (1909 - 2000)

Born in Box Hill, Vic. on 2 November 1909: Died 4 December 2000 Sydney, NSW

He went to Camberwell Grammar School (Melbourne), then studied forestry at both Australian Forestry Schools; first at the Victorian Forestry School at Creswick in 1926-27, and second, after joining the New South Wales Forestry Commission as a cadet, the Australian Forestry School at Canberra in 1930-31.

He was a forester with the Forestry Commission of New South Wales (1932-72), at first in country areas but for many years at the Head Office in Sydney where he was particularly concerned with fire protection.

When he retired he was Chief of Division.

He wrote on fire protection, notably the two books Bush Fire Control in Australia (1962) and, with A. G. McArthur, Bush Fires in Australia.  

He was one of the joint collectors of the type of Eucalyptus cameronii Blakely & McKie (1934)

Source: Extracted from: Hall, N. (1978) Botanists of the eucalypts. CSIRO, Melbourne
https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/luke-robert-henry-harry-18350
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