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Ronald Strahan Ronald Strahan i(A67012 works by)
Born: Established: 4 Oct 1922 Guildford, Swan Valley area, Eastern Perth, Perth, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 3 Jul 2010 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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Ronald Strahan is a zoologist. He was educated at the University of Western Australia, and then Oxford University. He has written extensively on Australian mammals and birds, and has had a longstanding interest in science education, and in promoting the educational and research aspects of zoos and museums. He was Director of Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo from 1967 to 1974, and for a number of years was a Research Fellow at the Australian Museum. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Biology, and the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, and an Honorary Life Member of the Australian Mammal Society.

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y separately published work icon The Incomplete Book of Australian Mammals Kenthurst : Kangaroo Press , 1997 Z948838 1997 selected work poetry children's

This little book is the work of two people who have shared the privilege of leading lives deeply involved with animals of various kinds. Both have long been fascinated by our native mammals and concerned, in their separate ways, to evoke similar feelings in others.

'The Incomplete Book of Australian Mammals' is a collection of the their favourite mammals, whether by reason of scientific interest, artistic appeal or simply for the fun of playing with the name. In both verse and picture they offer you an incomplete account, but one which aims to share whatever it is of the animals' essence that excites their interest, in the hope that it will not only amuse you, but arose your curiosity. (Source: Publisher's Blurb)
1997 commended Whitley Awards — Best Zoological Whimsy
1999 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
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