ta OmrgARV Fnd Lrtms. IS? i*0# f*«nt*f 



National Parks Association, of which body be was a foundation member oi 

 Council Ris association Vrjttt Our national parks, wildlife ttlfctv& and tautta 

 ^actuaries was intimate and of many years standing. And at the lime of iris 

 ireath he was a member of the Committee of Management of inc. Spernt 

 Whale HwJ (Lakes) National Park. 



He w&3 a good ' mixer", a courteous and friendly man who seemed peren- 

 niaHy yo»mig\ fWntflg bis recreation; way iiliologiapby, and in this lie ex- 

 celled Ffu black-and-white studies oi native animals were a notable feature 

 Of Melbourne photographic exnchi linns, while bis Cine and colour ritnu of 

 mature were a delight lo sec. The K.te.CV "lias reason to remember gratefully 

 a number o* his. nature tUk% wlu'cli invariably were illustrated by 5-ucu Mm*. 



— ), R. GaNVKT 

 OBITUARY; F A. CUDMORE 



frank Alexander Cudrnore was elected lo K.N.C.V. Membership in May, 

 1V1X according to an eavly membership, list kittled a* * supplement for the 

 April 1913 issue of the Victorian Naturalist. He was elected to the Committee 

 in luly 3924 and served for one year; he way nominated for committee lor 

 the »eNt year b'»l not elected, and as far as I know lie diet not s**rve the- CJuh 

 mi any other cmvial ranaoty . luring his long niemli^rNliip, 



Frank, as he was known to all his Jriends, was never really happy in the 

 minSt of thing's, hung much more at home behind the scenes dointf llic 

 necessary woik quietly and well and taking a delight in Ihe fobs lhat 

 demanded much more patience than is Riven to the average individual. TTis 

 close association with the Royal Society of Victoria as their Honorary 

 Librarian and hta position as Honorary F'alacoiuolofcjst to the National 

 Museum were just suited to his temperament, and masiy year* of careful work 

 mi both positions saved for the {titans much valuable literature and fossil 

 records. As a fine time Assistant Librarian "working under him ar the Royal 

 Society, I remember well there were no short cirts allowed in Ihe standard 

 practice he laid down. 



Very earl* in hi? life he slnnved a great interest En collecting fossil <>i all 

 sorb. He later specialised in the Australian Tertiary forms and amassed an 

 enormous col lection nf Tertiary marine, items from almost every known 

 locality. He travelled far and wide in Ins search end on otie occasion made 

 an csTtraonJinacy trip by boat down the Murray River collecting from the 

 cliff sections and landing wherever possible to search further inland. Everv 

 sfieeimeit to him was worth care and proper a Mention and his accuracy in 

 recording localities was second to none, so that the Cudmore collection soon 

 t>ecante known tor its wealth of material and perfect record. 



1 remember well his technique of ptuimuj plaster of |»ari* into hollow 

 specimen* (hat came to light when collecting- in In* nine clays of Balcombe 

 Day. then the cutting out oi a solid block oi material For later development 

 at home Ry this means he was able 10 obtain ?ood examples of very thin 

 r*cttirnxlenm frequently with opines \n place, something not possible by the 

 collecting methods usually employed. I remember too liis method of driving 

 iron spikes into cliff rices at Torquay, Victoria, and his clwuh-injf up them 

 to reach a grood ipecimen or a convenient ledge to work from There were 

 rn» short cmis tike» and care in collecting was instilled in all who were with 

 hi in at the lime. 



His vast Tertiary collections were housed in beautifully built cabinet*, it 

 beim: felt thai nothing makeshift was worthy of holding those wonderful 

 relics of past day*. Some years ago the whole collection in thc*e cabinets 

 was transferred to the National Museum. Melbourne, whete they now remain 

 as a iitoo'uneiU to a great worker ;1n ^ a source of icsrareh mafenal on ihe 

 Victorian Tertiaiy deposits that will never lie excelled. 



As librarian to the Royal SDciet> he noted current literature 3nd brought 

 important items before fellow worker* and it was mi doing, such things ittat 



