Norman Chaffer
OAM,
FRZS,
RAOU
The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), now part of BirdLife Australia, was Australia's largest non-government, non-profit, bird conservation organisation. It was founded in 1901 to promote the study and conservation of the native b ...
(1899 – 22 November 1992) was an Australian businessman, a bird
photographer
A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.
Duties and types of photographe ...
and 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 was a pioneer of colour
cinematography
Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, ''kìnema'' "movement" and γράφειν, ''gràphein'' "to write") is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography.
Cinematographers use a lens to focu ...
and won many awards. He was a member of the
Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), now part of BirdLife Australia, was Australia's largest non-government, non-profit, bird conservation organisation. It was founded in 1901 to promote the study and bird conservation, conservati ...
(RAOU), President 1954–1955, and made a
Fellow of the RAOU in 1991. He authored ''In Quest of Bowerbirds'' (Rigby, 1984) which was illustrated with his photographs. He was a recipient of the Medal of the
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...
.
[Robin, Libby. (2001). ''The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901–2001''. Melbourne University Press: Carlton. ]
References
External links
Obituary(.pdf file)
1899 births
1992 deaths
Australian ornithologists
Australian photographers
Nature photographers
Australian cinematographers
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
20th-century Australian zoologists
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