User:MargaretRDonald/sandbox/Don Francois
Donald Davis Francois (1932-) was an American-born naturalised Australian who served as director of Fisheries of New South Walesfrom to. He was first appointed as senior biologist, taking up his position in August 1962 [1][2][3] and then director when Fisheries was made a department with a director reporting directly to the minister at which point he had to be an Australian as an advisor to the minister.
Francois earned his Ph.D from Cornell with a thesis entitled , which concerned work done as a Fullbright scholar in Australia. He first arrived by boat (the Oronsay) in January 1958[3] with the Australian Museum as his host institution, staying initially at Wesley College.[3]
Drought fish production dropped..[4]
In 1983 the department of fisheries was placed within the ministry of agriculture and Francois was...[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Australia. Department of Commerce and Agriculture (1962-01-31), "BIOLOGIST APPOINTED (31 January 1962)", Fisheries news-letter, 21 (2), The Division: 28, ISSN 0248-076X
- ^ Australia. Department of Commerce and Agriculture (1962-09-30), "FISHERIES NEWSLETTER (30 September 1962)", Fisheries news-letter, 21 (10), The Division: 1, ISSN 0248-076X
- ^ a b c https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4045623
- ^ Australia. Fisheries Branch (1967-01-31), "Drought causes N.S.W. fish production to drop (31 January 1967)", Australian fisheries newsletter, 26 (2), Dept. of Primary Industry, Fisheries Branch: 9, ISSN 0818-7371
- ^ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-12-05.