Forests
FOREST MANAGEMENT. Eminent TPNG
.” Paper presented to 12th International Congress of Entomology. Pp. 680 681, In1964).1965
1958 DATE OF GRADUATION November 1962 1 Dick McCarthy District
DATE
Work
Leon was appointed to the position of Acting Principal of the Bulolo Forestry College following the departure of Joe Havel. The yield plots were used by the students at the forestry college for training in mensuration and growth studies. Leon left Bulolo in late 1970 to accept a position at the Regional Forestry Office, Lae. Photo credit Phil 2022.McCarthyEditorPope.RB
Departure
December 1975 PNG FORESTRY CADETSHIP
1 AUSTRALIAN FORESTERS in PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1922-1975 In 1963 Leon Clifford was transferred from Kerevat to Bulolo where he worked on tree improvement in Araucaria. Spp. REF. Tree improvement hoop and klinkii pines. Item No. 11, Silvicultural Research Conference, Bulolo, 1968. Pp. 1 9 (plus three append) Leon also established several yield plots and conducted a survey of termite damage in the hoop pine plantations (refer Ardley, Clifford, and Gay “Termite damage to plantation grown hoop pine in New Guinea
PNGAF MAGAZINE ISSUE
NAME Leon Thomas Clifford BORN 1936JOINED FORESTRY PNG 1958 Forest Officer Localities Kerevat New Britain, Bulolo; Bulolo Forestry College, Regional Forest Officer Lae PNG Yes. Forester TPNG 1963 1975. # 9B-5B4C3 of 17th Aug 2022 Forester Leon Clifford TPNG Forests 1958-1975.
Occupation
The cadetship scheme comprised two years at an Australian university undertaking an approved forestry science course, followed by a field year in TPNG to gain practical experience in all facets of forestry, followed by two years at the Australian Forestry School in Canberra. In later years, the field work requirements were changed to include all university vacations must be spent in PNG, thus reducing the training program by one year before graduation but still meeting the condition of 12 months field work.
Jaroslav Joseph Havel (WA) 1953 1953/54 1955
Robin Bilbrough Morwood (NG) 1952 1955/56 1957
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After the Second World War, a cadetship scheme was undertaken by the Australian Department of Territories to train Australian Forest Scientists to ensure sufficient professional staff for the purposes of creating a functional Forest Department for TPNG.
Edward Charles Gordon Gray (NG) Alexander John Hart (NG) Donald Henry McIntosh (NG) Kevin Joseph White (Q)
Neil Brightwell (NSW) Alan White (NG) 19601960 1960/611960/61 19621962
3 Cadet Forest Officer pamphlet courtesy Des Harries 2019
Qld194619461948 1950/511950/511950/511950/51 1952195219521952
Alan Cameron (NG) John Smith (NG) Brian O’Hagen (NG) 195619561956 1959/601959/601959/60 196119611961
Frank Harry Coppock (NG) Elliot Carby Tuckwell (NG) 19531953 1956/571956/57 19581958
Leon Clifford (NG) 1958 1961/62 1963
2 AUSTRALIAN TPNG FORESTRY CADETSHIP SCHEME2 1948 to 1963
Ian Grundy (NG) Eric Hammermaster (Q/NG) Des Harries (NG) Gerry Vickers (NG) 1955195519551955 1958/591958/591958/591958/59 1960196019601960
2 The appointments of Australian TPNG Forestry Cadets were summarized in LT Carron’s book in 2000 titled A brief history of the Australian Forestry School (AFS)
John Godlee (NG) 1954 1957/58 1959
Surname Positions CadetshipTPNG AFS graduationYear
Chris Borough (NG) field year
1961196119601961 1964/651964/651964/651964/65 1966196619661966
Ian Currie (NG) 1963/64
John Harrison (NG) Medi vac out
Last field year cadetsfor
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1965196519631966 1966/671966/671966/671966/67 1968196819681968
Ian Whyte (C)
Ken Hart (NG) no field year
1966196319661966 1967/681967/681967/681967/68 1969196919691969
Dave Num (C)
Chris Done (NG) no field year
John Lake (NG) 1962/63
Evan Shield (NG) 1958 1961/62
Gary Archer (NG) no field year
1964
John Davidson (NG) no field year
R G Lyons (NG) no field year
1963
Abbreviations. TPNG Territory of Papua New Guinea, NG New Guinea, Q Queensland, WA Western Australia, NSW New South Wales, C Commonwealth, AFS Australian Forestry School, BFC - Bulolo Forestry College. Leon is in 3rd row from the back 4th person in from the left. (next to the gentleman looking down). Fourth year students 1961AFS. Source ANU Archives. AFS NAME Leon Thomas Clifford BORN 1936DATE JOINED FORESTRY PNG 1958 Occupation Forest Officer Work Localities Kerevat New Britain, Bulolo; Bulolo Forestry College, Regional Forest Officer Lae Departure PNG December 1975 PNG FORESTRY CADETSHIP Yes. 1958 DATE OF GRADUATION November 1962
Jim Belford (C)
Dick McCarthy (NG) no field year
1965
Rex Grattidge (NG) no field year
Paul Ryan (NG) no field year
Rod Holesgrove (NG) no field year
Bob Bruce (NG) no field year
196319621962 1965/661965/661965/66 196719671967
4 Personal
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June
The front row is a notable one: Frank Batini, Phil Cheney, Roger Underwood, and Jack Keating, notable in that they are all still alive (just). Of the 32 in the picture, ten are no longer with us. Every one of them a champion bloke.
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Fourth year students 1961AFS. Source ANU Archives. AFS communication Underwood th 2022.
AFS Class of 62. 4Leon Clifford is in the very centre of the picture, with Wally Carter on his right and Wilf Crane on his left, Don Gilmour below him. Evan Shield
Roger
5 LEON CLIFFORD PICTORIAL COLLECTION OF LIFE AT BULOLO FORESTRY COLLEGE Bulolo Forestry College 1966 Forestry College Bulolo Group photo 1966. Staff and students. L to R Norma Collis; Olga Woolcott; Heiner Streimann; Arthur Ramsay; Leon Clifford; Evan Shield; Gerry Cullen; Vivienne Shield; Pat Cattanach. Photo Credit J Clifford. Photo credit Phil Pope.
Photo credit J Clifford.
L to R Don McIntosh, Sir Les Johnson CBE, Horrie Niall Morobe DC, Leon Clifford Acting Principal. Photo credit J Clifford.
Presentation of Certificates Bulolo Forestry College. November 1996.
L to R. Don McIntosh Director Department of Forests, Sir Leslie Johnson CBE AdministratorAssistantTPNG,Horrie Niall Morobe District Commissioner, Leon Clifford Acting Principal Bulolo Forestry College. Photo Credit J Clifford.LtoRDon McIntosh; Sir Les Johnson CBE, Horrie Niall Morobe DC, Leon Clifford Acting Principal.
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7 Entrance DirectorWhitewithForestrysectionadministrationtoBuloloCollegeKevinAssistant . Photo Credit J Clifford. View over Bulolo Valley from Bulolo College Oval Clifford.PhotoDormitories.CollegeBuloloincludingForestryCreditJStudentdormitoriesBuloloForestryCollege.PhotoCreditJClifford.
JPhotoCollegeForestryBulololecturesgoingStudentsto.CreditClifford.StudentsinBuloloForestryCollegelibrary.PhotoCreditJClifford.
8 Student Mess hall Bulolo CollegeForestry.PhotoCredit J Clifford.
9 Bulolo Forestry College Herbarium Class Lecturer Aubeta Kairo a long term staff member. Photo Credit J Clifford. Bulolo Forestry College Herbarium Class. Photo Credit J Clifford. Bulolo Forestry College Herbarium Class Photo Credit J Clifford. Bulolo Forestry College Botanical Class Assignment Photo Credit J Clifford.
10 Bulolo Forestry College Silviculture Class assignment weighing seed. Photo Credit J Clifford. Bulolo Forestry College Silviculture Course assignment seed sowing. Photo credit J Clifford. Bulolo Forestry College Silviculture Course assignment transplanting seedlings (“pricking out”). Photo credit J Clifford.
11 Bulolo Forestry College Silviculture Course assignment nursery seedling stand out beds. Photo credit J Clifford. Bulolo Forestry College Silviculture Course assignment soil profiles. Photo credit J Clifford.
12 Bulolo creditidentificationAssignmentAnatomyCollegeForestryWoodClasswood.PhotoJClifford . Bulolo Forestry College Draftsman Course Assignment developing aerial photographs. Photo credit J Clifford.
13 CliffordPhotoForestryLecturerStreimannHeinerBuloloCollegeMeteorology.creditJ Andy Gillison Lecturer Bulolo Forestry College Meteorology. Photo credit J Clifford.
Meteorology. Photo credit J Clifford.
Andy Gillison Lecturer Bulolo Forestry College
Meteorology. Photo credit J Clifford.
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Heiner Streimann Lecturer Bulolo Forestry College
15 Bulolo Forestry College Mensuration Classes. Photo credit J Clifford. Bulolo Forestry College Mensuration Classes Natural A. hunsteinii (klinkii) tree. Photo credit J Clifford.
16 Bulolo Forestry College Mensuration Classes lower montane forest. Photo credit J Clifford. Hoop Pine plantations Bulolo Forest Station. Photo credit J Clifford.
17 Bulolo Forestry College Student recreationBasketballactivity.Photo credit J Clifford. Bulolo Forestry College Student Football soccer recreation activity. Photo credit J Clifford. Bulolo Forestry College Student football soccer recreation activity. Photo credit J Cliford.
18 ACRONYMSACT Australian Capital Territory ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ACLMP AusAid funded World Bank Land Mobilisation program. AEC Administrators Executive Committee AFS Australian Forestry School AFPNG Association of Foresters of PNG AIF Australian Infantry Forces AMF Australian Military Forces ANBG Australian National Botanical Gardens ANGAU Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit ANU Australian National University APMF Australian Paper Manufacturers Forestry Pty Ltd APPM Australia Paper and Pulp Manufacturers ASIO Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ASOPA Australian School of Pacific Administration AusAID Australian Aid Agency BA basal area BCOF British Commonwealth Occupational Force 1945 52 “Beer Time” Any time. BFC Bulolo Forestry College BGD Bulolo Gold Dredging Company BUC Bulolo University College C Commonwealth cm Centimetre CALM Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management CFA Commonwealth Forestry Association CNGT Commonwealth New Guinea Timbers Bulolo CRE Commander Royal Engineers CRE CRE is a term inherited by RAE from RE and is the term for the Commanding Officer of a RAE unit which is headed by a Lt Col. Although the officer is called the CRE the name is also used for the name of his unit. E.g., CRE Aust Forestry Group or 1(NG Forests). CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CHAH Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria DASF Dept of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries DBH/ dbh Diameter at breast height DEPT Department DPI Department of Primary Industry DOF Department of Forests e.g. For example Etc et cetera (more of the same) FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation F &TB Forest and Timber Bureau Canberra FIM Forest Information System FPRC Forest Products Research Centre Hohola
19 FRG Forest Red Gum FRI Forest Research Institute Lae Forkol Bulolo Forestry College GAB Girth above buttress Gbhob Girth breast height over bark Gubab Girth under bark above buttress GIS Geographic Information Systems ha Hectare IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IFA Institute of Foresters of Australia IFY International Year of the Forest ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization JICA Japanese International Cooperation Agency L of N League of Nations LRRS Land Resource Soils Survey (branch of CSIRO) m3 cubic metre MM Military Medal NAA National Archives Australia NARI National Agriculture Research Institute NB New Britain NFCAP PNG National Forestry and Conservation Action Plan no. Number NG New Guinea NGF New Guinea Forces (relates to plant collection of Lae Herbarium) NGIB New Guinea Infantry Battalion NGO Non Government Organisation NGVR New Guinea Volunteer Rifles NZ New Zealand NSW New South Wales NTSC National Tree Seed Centre PNG Bulolo OISCA Organisation for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement International Japan. P or p page PIB Papuan Infantry Battalion PIR Pacific Islands Regiment PNG Papua New Guinea PNGAA Papua New Guinea Australia Association PNGAF Papua New Guinea Australian Foresters Magazine Series PNGFA Papua New Guinea Forest Authority PNGFIA PNG Forest Industries Association PNGRIS Papua New Guinea Resource Information System PNGUT PNG University of Technology POM Port Moresby Q Queensland QF Queensland Forestry RAE Royal Australian Engineers/Australian Army RPC Royal Papuan Constabulary RRA Rapid Resource Appraisal SFM Sustainable Forest Management
20 SP South Pacific UK United Kingdom UN United Nations Unasylva Journal of FAO of UN UNE University of New England Armidale NSW UNEP United Nations Environment Program UNI University UNITECH University of Technology Lae PNG UNRE University of Natural Resources and Environment UPNG University of Papua New Guinea UQ University of Queensland US United States USA United States of America TPNG Territory of Papua and New Guinea TUBL Territory United Brewery Ltd TA Timber Area TA Timber Authority TRP Timber Rights Purchase Vol volume VSF Victorian School of Forestry WA Western Australia WB World Bank