Rogers, Keith Churchill   (1896 - 1978)

Born on 26 April 1896 at Buln Buln, Victoria, Australia; died on 7 April 1978 in Bairnsdale, Victoria.

He died last just before his 82nd birthday.

He had lived at Black Mountain Wulgulmerang since he was 7, and knew every mountain and valley and meadow and its flora and had a named collection of the plants of the whole district.

He had enlisted as a stretcher-bearer in the 1914-18 war and served from 19 June 1916 to 26 April 1919.

He served his own district in many ways and representing it for 30 years on the Tambo Shire Council.

He was a long-standing member of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (FNCV) which he joined in 1953. He was also a valued member of the Bairnsdale and Latrobe Valley clubs, and attended many Bairnsdale meetings although he had to travel 90 miles each way to do so.

During the years 1965-77 he missed only one of the alpine campouts held each January by the two clubs, and on that one occasion "his unobtrusive but ever-helpful presence was missed very much".

He wrote 'Across mountain and plain : writings of an East Gippsland field naturalist' published by the Bairnsdale Field Naturalists Club in 1980.

Helichyrsum rogersianum was named in his honour by Dr. Willis (Muelleria Vol. 1, No, 3),
it is now known as Ozothamnus rogersianus (J.H.Willis) Anderb.

Source: Extracted from:
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/results?firstName=keith&lastName=rogers
Jean Galbraith in Victorian Naturalist, Vol.95, No.6 Nov-Dec 1978 p.247, Obituary.
The Ryerson Index - ROGERS Keith Churchill.
Portrait Photo: seeking portrait.

Collecting localities for 'Rogers, K.C.' from AVH (2025)

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