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Graham Pizzey : 27-September-2011
Graham Pizzey : 27-September-2011

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

The plaque commemorates Graham Pizzey who was the first warden of Coolart.

Graham Martin Pizzey AM (4 July 1930 – 12 November 2001) was a noted  Australian author, photographer and ornithologist. He was born and grew up in Melbourne and was educated at Geelong Grammar School. After leaving school he worked in his family's leather business, while studying part-time and publishing articles and photographs on natural history. In 1960 he resigned from the family business to become a full-time freelance writer and photographer.

Location

Address:Lord Somers Road, Coolart Wetlands & Homestead, Somers, 3927
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.387217
Long: 145.139664
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Arts

Dedication

Front Inscription

GRAHAM PIZZEY A.M. 

First Warden of Coolart

1980 - 1984

A tribute from

the Friends of Coolart

Source: MA
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