A. G. HOOKE 



- 1898-1970 



Ailluif lianiscv Hooke was hum 

 on 19 VI a\. 1 898. His father, Fred- 

 crick G Hooke, was well Known m 

 Melbourne m tftC early decades of 

 Ibis century, having eondueled his 

 own business as an accouni.mi 

 .nidiioi and insurance broker Ironi 

 Ihtt sen 1892. 



Ciarnscy Hooke was educated ai 

 Cambcrwcll Grammar School, and 

 then, from about 1911 onwaul. ssas 



employed in his laihei's Orrrt. He 

 enlisted in about I4)l7i and *wl 



overseas with an artillery unit, arm 

 ftg in France shortly before the 

 Armistice in 1918. 



I If had the opportunity to mm' 

 Qteal liiilam before rctiirmiiu to 

 Australia, and he continued in his 

 fathers employ until lehruaiy 1923. 

 when the partnership of Hooke & 

 Graham was formed. The original 

 partners were F. C.i. Hooke, A I. 



G fljam, and \ 0 fcfooto, \vhosc 



salaries, as fixed by Ihe original 

 agreement, were £40, CM) and 

 £30 per month respectively. 



F. G. Hooke died in 1942. tl nd 

 J. E. Graham was admitted as a 

 partner in 1946. The insurance 

 broking activities were transferred in 

 1956 to Hooke Graham .V Steven- 

 son Pty. Ltd. (now Galli & Marshall 

 Pty, ltd.), the accountancy business 

 continuing under the original name 

 J. Dighy was admitted as painter 

 in 1962. and the niitnc of the firm 

 was changed in 1968 to Hooke Cia- 

 ham & Digby. Gainsey Hooke 

 remained a partnet in the firm until 

 his death in 1970. 



He followed his father's fool 

 steps in many of his business act im 

 ties, having been auditor for many 



156 



years Oj the Australian Class Manu- 

 facturers Co. (now Australian Con- 

 solidated Indtislnes [»Wl I . henij: 

 actively associated with insurant 

 bioking until about 1*960, and having 

 elose assoeiation with the Melhoui'iu- 

 \ Al t A. and with a number nl 

 Church ol bugland oryani/ationv 

 lie was a long tune member (and 

 audiior) ol Carry On (Vie.), aid 

 was auditor lor Ihe Curl Guides 

 Association of Victori,. from 1927 

 to 1961. 



In Api.l I '.'28, Gai uses Hooke 

 married It) loan Haiiihnd;;c L Ja uirht. i 

 ol Joseph I'. Hanibrulue. Ucgisli.ir nl 

 Melbourne I'mveiMty. Ihete is a 

 son, Simon, and Iwm daughters. 

 Alison and llarhitra 



Garoscv Hooke was elected to 

 membership ol the Field Naturalists 

 ( lub of Victoria on 13 December 

 1920. and he was Honorary Trea- 

 stuei of die Club tmm May. 1922 

 to tunc, 192'). After relinquishing 

 die livasiueislup. lie was appointed 

 an Auditor of the t lul>\ accounts, 

 .aid in dial capacity he saved Ironi 

 |9;M) lo I95S. I hereafter he was 

 Honorary Treasurer for a furihei 

 ten -years, unlil Ihe end of 1966. 



On I 1 August. 1956, the General 

 Meeting ol Ihe I N ( V elected him 

 an Honorary life Member, "in 

 recognition ol his long and valued 

 service to the Cluh as Auditor mil 

 Ireasiirvr" 



(a,,rnse\ Hooke accompanied All- 

 red J. Tadgcll on three horseback 

 excursions inlo the Victorian Mps 

 in Mounts Fe.ithertop "id llolhinn 

 in ihe summer of 1921-22. and twice 

 In Mmint tUicong in 1923. 1 .iik-cll's 

 comprehensive botanical reports, ic 



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