Angus Hargreaves Robinson
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Angus Hargreaves Robinson (22 July 1907 – 17 October 1973) was the owner of a grazing property, 'Yanjettee', at
Coolup, Western Australia Coolup is a small town in the Peel region of Western Australia. The town is situated just off the South Western Highway and close to the Murray River. Coolup is home to the proposed new multimillion-dollar Murray Region Equestrian Centre, whose ...
, as well as being an amateur
ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...
. He made important studies of the birds on his property, including Australian magpies and Magpie-larks. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), and made a Fellow of the RAOU in 1970.


References

*Robin, Libby. (2001). ''The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001''. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. Robinson, Angus 1907 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Australian zoologists {{Australia-ornithologist-stub