Denny king tasmania biography
Denny king tasmania biography
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Deny King
Australian tin miner and nature lover
Deny King AM | |
|---|---|
| Born | Charles Denison King ()12 September Huonville, Tasmania |
| Died | 12 May () (aged&#;81) Hobart, Tasmania |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Naturalist, ornithologist, artist, miner |
| Known&#;for | Preservation of the orange-bellied parrot |
| Spouse | Margaret Ann Cadell |
| Children | Mary and Janet |
Charles Denison (Deny) KingAM (12 September &#;&#; 12 May ) was an Australian naturalist, ornithologist, environmentalist, painter and tin miner.
He spent fifty-five years living in Melaleuca in Port Davey, part of the remote South West Wilderness of Tasmania where he discovered the extinct shrub, Banksia kingii, among other major exploits.[1]
Biography
King was a tin miner by profession and followed his father, Charlie, to Melaleuca in , where he built a house, which was accommodation for himself and workers as well as the airstrip which opened up tourism for the South