McKie, Ernest Norman (Rev. ) (1 882-1948)

Born at Barraba, N.S.W., on 1 July 1882 and died at Armidale, N.S.W., on 19 May 1948.  

At first he intended to follow a business career and entered a bank, but resigned to enter St Andrew’s College, University of Sydney, where he graduated in 1906.  He completed his theological studies in 1908; his first posting was to Manila, whence he moved to Bendemeer in 1909 and to Guyra in 1912; he was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 1938. 

McKie was an amateur botanist of distinction and had detailed knowledge of the eucalypts and grasses of the New England District, where he spent most of his life.  He maintained close contact with W. F. Blakely and both collected and collaborated in the botanical descriptions of many eucalypts of the area; among people interested in the genus his name will always be associated with the stringybark group.  Besides his interest in botany he took an active interest in improvements to the standard of agriculture in his district, and was the first secretary of the local branch of the New South Wales Agricultural Bureau. 

He was a member of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, the Royal Society of New South Wales and the Linnean Society of New South Wales; papers by him were contributed to the journal of the latter society.

Collecting localities for 'McKie, E.N.' from AVH (2021)

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