John Disney was the bird curator when I first started work at the Museum (as
fish tech); he was a real character. One of the walls near the collection had a
crack in it which he made while demonstrating a martial art in the corridor. He
was never too busy to answer a question from me.
Helen
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> On 7 Apr 2014, at 10:46 pm, Andrew Taylor <> wrote:
>
> John Disney curator of Ornithology at the Australian Museum from 1962
> died recently aged 94. No doubt many list member knew him.
>
> The funeral is Wednesday:
> http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=henry-disney&pid=170489978
>
> We owe John Disney a debt for his part in saving the Woodhen.
>
> Andrew Taylor
>
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