Charles Lane Poole

Charles Lane Poole
Born 16 August 1885
Easebourne, Sussex, England[1]
Died 22 November 1970
Sydney, New South Wales
Residence Australia
Alma mater French National School of Forestry, 1906.
Known for Scientific Forestry
Scientific career
Institutions Transvaal Province, Sierra Leone, Western Australia, Papua, New Guinea
Author abbrev. (botany) Lane-Poole

Charles Edward Lane Poole (16 August 1885 – 22 November 1970) was an English Australian forester who introduced systematic, science-based forestry to Western Australia.

Western Australia

He was the first Conservator of the Western Australian Forests Department, Commonwealth's first Inspector-General of Forests.[2]

When the Western Australia authorities would not heed his advice, he resigned in protest.

A large reservation of jarrah forest is named in his honour: the 50,000 hectare Lane Pool Reserve is about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Perth, and contains the old milling town of Nanga Brook.[3]

Australian Capital Territory

Poole trained many of Australia's professional foresters at the Australian Forestry School which he established in Canberra.[4][5][6]

Papua and New Guinea

The Australian timber industry pressured the national government to hire Lane Poole to survey the existing timber resources in Papua, then an Australian territory, and later in New Guinea. He spent three years surveying the Papuan and New Guinea forests, from the lowlands to the highlands; he surveyed the country, measured trees, and collected specimens. Although he did not find the stands of timber that could be harvested on a large scale, his extensive notes on such forest products as resin, oils and nuts helped identify other possible avenues of commercial development. After the missionary Christian Keyser, he was one of the first Europeans to climb the Saruwaged Massif.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Military health record, 15 Jun 1942. Accessed: 5 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Australian National Botanic Gardens. Charles Lane Poole
  3. ↑ Lane Pool Reserve, Parks and Wildlife Service, retrieved 12 October 2018
  4. ↑ Australian National Botanic Gardens. Charles Lane Poole
  5. ↑ Lane-Poole, C. E. (Charles Edward); Commonwealth Forestry Bureau (Australia) (1934), Australian Forestry School, Commonwealth Forestry Bureau, retrieved 5 May 2012
  6. ↑ Carron, L. T. (Leslie Thornley); Australian Forestry School (2000), A brief history of the Australian Forestry School, Australian Forestry School Reunion 2000 Inc.], retrieved 5 May 2012
  7. ↑ Dr John Dargavel, "Charles Lane Poole", Australian National Herbarium.
  8. ↑ IPNI.  Lane-Poole.
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