Harold James Frith AO was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n administrator and ornithologist. He was born at Kyogle, New South Wales

Kyogle, New South Wales

Kyogle is a town in the Northern Rivers region of northern New South Wales, Australia, in Kyogle Council. At the 2006 census, Kyogle had a population of 2,731 people. It was founded in the 1830s as a lumber camp, and is located north of Sydney, north of Casino on the Summerland Way close to the...

 and studied Agricultural Science

Agricultural science

Agricultural science is a broad multidisciplinary field that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. -Agriculture and agricultural science:The two terms are often confused...

 at Sydney University. He first joined the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry but later transferred to the Division of Wildlife and carried out extensive research on Malleefowl

Malleefowl

The Malleefowl is a stocky ground-dwelling Australian bird about the size of a domestic chicken...

, waterfowl

Waterfowl

Waterfowl are certain wildfowl of the order Anseriformes, especially members of the family Anatidae, which includes ducks, geese, and swans....

, especially Magpie Geese, and pigeons. He eventually became Chief of the Division and was instrumental in proposals that led to the establishment of Kakadu National Park

Kakadu National Park

Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin.Kakadu National Park is located within the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory of Australia. It covers an area of , extending nearly 200 kilometres from north to south and over 100 kilometres...

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Harrold Frith was a member 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), and prominent among those pressing for reform of the organisation in the late 1960s. He was Secretary-General of the 16th International Ornithological Congress

International Ornithological Congress

The International Ornithological Congress series forms the oldest and largest international series of meetings of ornithologists. It is organised by the International Ornithological Committee, a group of about 200 ornithologists...

 which was held in Canberra

Canberra

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 in 1974. He was 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 1974. He was an Officer of the Order of Australia

Order of Australia

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As well as published scientific papers and technical reports, books he authored or edited include:

• Frith, H.J. (1962). The Mallee-Fowl
  The Mallee-Fowl
  The Mallee-Fowl is a book published by Angus & Robertson in 1962, with the subtitle The Bird that Builds an Incubator. It was authored by Australian ornithologist Harry Frith. It was issued in octavo format , containing 148 pages, bound in dark red cloth with a dust jacket illustrated by a...
  
  . The bird that builds an incubator. Angus & Robertson: Sydney.
• Frith, H.J.; & Calaby, J.H. (1969). Kangaroos. Cheshire: Melbourne.
• Frith, H.J. (1973). Wildlife Conservation. Australian Natural Science Library. Angus & Robertson: Sydney.
• Frith, H.J.; & Sawer, Geoffrey. (eds). (1974). The Murray Waters. Man, Nature and a River System. Angus & Robertson: Sydney.
• Frith, H.J. (Ed). (1976). Birds in the Australian High Country. Reed: Sydney.
• Frith, H.J. (Consultant Ed). (1976). Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds
  Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds
  The Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds is a book first published by Reader’s Digest Services Pty Ltd of Sydney, Australia in 1976 and reprinted several times, with a completely revised edition issued in 1986.-Description:...
  
  . Reader's Digest Services: Sydney.
• Frith, H.J.; & Calaby, J.H. (Eds). (1976). Proceedings of the 16th International Ornithological Congress, Canberra, Australia, 12-17 August 1974. Australian Academy of Science: Canberra.
• Frith, H.J. (1977). Waterfowl in Australia. Reed: Sydney.
• Frith, H.J. (1982). Pigeons and Doves of Australia. Rigby.