Papers [manuscript]. 1899-1972.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1899-1972.

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Papers relating to E. H. F. Swain and his career in forestry in Australia 1899-1948. Also, transcript of a talk given by his daughter Mrs Nancy Foote in Queensland in 1972.

2.0 cm.

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Foote, Nancy

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Mrs. Foote is a direct descendent of Captain Samuel Swain (1799-1842) captain of the whaling ships, the Vigilant, the Bermondsey and the Indian. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1975. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225769175 ...

Swain, Edward Harold Fulcher, 1883-1970.

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E. H. F. Swain was the United Nations Forestry Expert in Ethiopia during 1951-1955. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1899-1972. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223052292 E H F Swain joined the NSW Department of Forestry as Cadet Forester in 1899. He was appointed Director of Forests, Queensland in 1918 and in 1924 Chairman of the Forestry Board. When he retired in 1948 he was Commissioner of NSW Forestry Commission. He has written a number of items rel...