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[[File:Edward Julius.png|thumb|caricature by J. H. Chinner]] |
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Julius was born in Sydney, son of William Warner Julius, millowner and canegrower of [[Cudgen]], New South Wales, and Sarah Jane Julius, who emigrated from [[Dromore, County Tyrone]], around 1875.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181194351 |title= |
Julius was born in Sydney, son of William Warner Julius, millowner and canegrower of [[Cudgen]], New South Wales, and Sarah Jane Julius, who emigrated from [[Dromore, County Tyrone]], around 1875.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181194351 |title=Tweed Pioneer Passes |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=17 June 1933 |accessdate=27 January 2021 |page=4 |via=Trove}}</ref> He was educated at [[Newington College]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36608994 |title=The Conservator of Forests |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)]] |location=South Australia |date=18 October 1923 |accessdate=27 January 2021 |page=8 |via=Trove}} Includes biography of [[Walter Gill]].</ref> |
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He started with the forestry service around 1908.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108460531 |title=Personal. |newspaper=[[The Leader (Orange, NSW)]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 June 1921 |accessdate=26 January 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
He started with the forestry service around 1908.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108460531 |title=Personal. |newspaper=[[The Leader (Orange, NSW)]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 June 1921 |accessdate=26 January 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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He was a forest guard at for the NSW Forestry Service, [[Warialda, New South Wales]] in 1912, [[Narrabri]] in 1913. |
He was a forest guard at for the NSW Forestry Service, [[Warialda, New South Wales]] in 1912, [[Narrabri]] in 1913. |
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Revision as of 22:55, 26 January 2021
Edward Julius (25 September 1873[1] – 9 August 1951)[2] was Conservator of Forests for South Australia 1924–1935.
History
Julius was born in Sydney, son of William Warner Julius, millowner and canegrower of Cudgen, New South Wales, and Sarah Jane Julius, who emigrated from Dromore, County Tyrone, around 1875.[3] He was educated at Newington College.[4] He started with the forestry service around 1908.[5] He was a forest guard at for the NSW Forestry Service, Warialda, New South Wales in 1912, Narrabri in 1913. Promoted to Forest Assessor, Armidale in 1917, then Acting Assistant Forester, Narrabri, the same year, made permanent in 1918. Forestry branch of Lands Department/Forestry Commission He moved to Orange, New South Wales, Orange in 1920.[6] He was appointed North-Western District Forester moved to Burnie, Tasmania in July 1921 to take charge of the NW forest district. He was immediately drawn into the search for Cecil John, who got himself lost in a snowstorm on Mount Wellington.
In October 1923 he was appointed Conservator of Forests South Australia, succeeding Walter Gill. The appointment was made over the recommendation of the public Service Board, also criticised by H. H. Corbin as having no knowledge of silviculture, or of South Australian conditions, when there were many Adelaide graduates of the University's School of Forestry better qualified.[7]
He retired in 1935 and joined the staff of Sapfor.[8] His replacement was C. J. Rodgers BSc, a graduate of the University of Adelaide.
Julius, with J. S. Barnes and Charles H. Homes, general manager of Sapfor,[a] developed and patented a technique for reducing the time required for kiln-drying Pinus insignis (or radiata). The patent rights were assigned to Homes.[9]
Family
Julius married Mary Louisa "Minnie" Clarke on 23 May 1900. They had one son
- Charles Julius (15 April 1910 – ) was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, and Sydney University, studied anthropology, won the Frank Albert Prize for 1935.[10] MA 1937.[11]
While in Adelaide they had a home at Marlborough Street, College Park, then in 1930 moved to Wellington Flats, North Adelaide, and in 1931 to Pier Street, Glenelg. Their last home was at 180 Ocean Street, Edgecliff, New South Wales.
Mr. F. H. Julius, of Cudgen and W. J. Julius of North Richmond, Hawkesbury River, were his brothers.
Notes and references
- ^ South Australian Perpetual Forests, Ltd, in association with Sapfor Milling Company, Ltd
- ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LXVIII, no. 11, 034. New South Wales, Australia. 27 September 1873. p. 1. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Chronicle (Adelaide). Vol. 94, no. 5, 305. South Australia. 23 August 1951. p. 34. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Tweed Pioneer Passes". The Telegraph (Brisbane). Queensland, Australia. 17 June 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "The Conservator of Forests". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 18 October 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Trove. Includes biography of Walter Gill.
- ^ "Personal". The Leader (Orange, NSW). New South Wales, Australia. 8 June 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Personal". The Leader (Orange, NSW). New South Wales, Australia. 18 February 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Conservator of Forests". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXVIII, no. 25, 839. South Australia. 20 October 1923. p. 9. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "Company Meeting". The News (Adelaide). Vol. XXIV, no. 3, 693. South Australia. 23 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Company Meeting". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 7 September 1937. p. 21. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Personal". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 7 May 1936. p. 16. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "Personal". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 13 April 1937. p. 16. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.