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Nationality
  
Australian

Spouse(s)
  
Margaret Ann Cadell


Children
  
Mary and Janet

Name
  
Deny King

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Full Name
  
Charles Denison King

Born
  
12 September 1909 (
1909-09-12
)

Occupation
  
Naturalist, ornithologist, artist, miner

Known for
  
Preservation of the orange-bellied parrot

Died
  
May 12, 1991, Hobart, Australia

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Charles Denison (Deny) King (12 September 1909 – 12 May 1991) 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.

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Biography

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King was a tin miner by profession and followed his father, Charlie, to Melaleuca in 1936, where he built a house, which was accommodation for himself and workers as well as the airstrip which opened up tourism for the South West Wilderness.

On 6 June 1940, Deny King enlisted in the Australian Army where he served through World War II being discharged on 15 October 1945.

On 5 November 1949, Deny King married Margaret Ann Cadell at St David's Cathedral, Hobart. The couple had two daughters, Mary and Janet.

He was instrumental in preserving the habitat of the orange-bellied parrot and it was in Melaleuca that he discovered the extinct tree or shrub Banksia kingii. King also discovered a species of eyebright, Euphrasia kingii (nowadays known as Euphrasia gibbsiae subspecies kingii), as well as a flowering evergreen in the Protea family (Proteaceae): King's Lomatia (also known as King's holly, Lomatia tasmanica).

In 1971, the King family's life at Melaleuca was the subject of an episode of the ABC television series "A Big Country".

In 1975, King was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for his community service.

On 12 May 1991, Deny King died suddenly of a heart attack at the home of his daughter Mary King in Hobart. He was cremated and his ashes scattered at Melaleuca.

References

Deny King Wikipedia


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