Arnold Robert McGill OAM (1905-1988) was a Sydney

Sydney

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-based Australia

Australia

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n businessman and amateur ornithologist. He was President of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union

Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union

The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, also known as Birds Australia, was founded in 1901 to promote the study and conservation of the native bird species of Australia and adjacent regions. This makes it Australia's oldest national birding association. It is also Australia's largest...

 (RAOU) 1958-1959, and elected a Fellow of the RAOU

Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Fellows

The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union may elect somebody to the position of Fellow, the highest grade of membership, for service to the RAOU and to ornithology. Fellows of the RAOU are entitled to use the letters FRAOU after their name. There is a limit to the number of Fellows that may...

 in 1965. He was Assistant Editor of the RAOU journal, the Emu

Emu (journal)

Emu, subtitled Austral Ornithology, is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. The journal was established in 1901 and is the oldest ornithological journal published in Australia...

1948-1969 and compiled indexes to it until his death. He coauthored, with Keith Hindwood

Keith Alfred Hindwood

Keith Alfred Hindwood was a Sydney-based Australian businessman and amateur ornithologist. He joined the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1924, served as President 1944-1946, and was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1951...

, The Birds of Sydney (1958). He was a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia

Order of Australia

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