Talk:Warren Bonython

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Latest comment: 12 years ago5 comments3 people in discussion

I've moved the following dot points from the article so that they can be checked and rewritten as rpose. Currently they're unsourced, but they seem easy enough to find references for. - Bilby (talk) 03:16, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Actually, they are not unsourced. Although it's not blatently explicit, the article does refer to Jo Chesher, "The Friends’ (of the Heysen Trail) Patron, C Warren Bonython AO : A Patron’s Walking Life", Trailwalker, Winter 2007, pp.18-20., which is the source. Pdfpdf (talk) 12:34, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

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owned the first MG sports car in South Australia
set the speed record on Sellicks Beach
He was the first person to have made many significant walks - such as crossing the Simpson Desert.
- Partially contradicted in Simpson Desert, although one might argue that Ted Colson likely spent some time atop one of the pictured camels. — Pingku^dimmi 05:44, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Reply
  - His account is: 1980, Walking the Simpson Desert (ISBN: 0727011731 / 0-7270-1173-1) Bonython, C. Warren — Pingku^dimmi 08:05, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Reply
    - Not even partially contradicted. It is not claimed that Colson walked across the desert. Pdfpdf (talk) 12:34, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Reply
He climbed many mountains - including Kilimanjaro at age 75.

Other

President, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch 1959-61
South Australian Chairman, Water Research Foundation of Australia 1961-76
Foundation Committee Member, Australian Solar Energy Society 1962
Colombo Plan Adviser on salt to the Ceylon government 1964
Member of the first executive of the Australian Conservation Foundation 1965-73.
1966 - "Retired from industry" aged 50 years
1967-1968 - His first long walk in the Flinders Ranges
Director, Dampier Salt Ltd 1968-79.
President, Conservation Council of South Australia 1971-75
President, National Trust of South Australia 1971-76
Member of the Australian Heritage Commission 1976-91
Chairman, Evaluation Panel for Natural Areas in South Australia, Australian Heritage Commission 1977-91
He was a member of the Uranium Advisory Council 1978-83
Officer of the Order of Australia 1980, in recognition of service to conservation^[1]
President, Royal Society of South Australia 1980-81
Chairman, Reserves Advisory Committee to Minister of Environment and Planning South Australia 1981-84
John Lewis Gold Medal (for Exploration), Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (SA Branch) 1984
President, Scientific Expedition Group 1984-?
President, Council of the National Parks Foundation of South Australia 1985-89
Australian Geographic Adventurer of the Year 1990

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