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1886 - 1950. Known for: Bird, butterfly, landscape painting, writing.
Neville William Cayley was a celebrated Australian author, artist and ornithologist. He produced Australia's first comprehensive bird field guide What Bird is That? In 1960 it was rated the all-time... Read full biography
Neville William Cayley was a celebrated Australian author, artist and ornithologist. He produced Australia's first comprehensive bird field guide What Bird is That? In 1960 it was rated the all-time best seller in Australian natural history and remains a classic birding reference to this day. Born... Read full biography
Neville William Cayley was a celebrated Australian author, artist and ornithologist. He produced Australia's first comprehensive bird field guide What Bird is That? In 1960 it was rated the all-time best seller in Australian natural history and remains a classic birding reference to this day. Born in Yamba, New South Wales, in January 1886, he was the son of ornithologist and bird artist Neville Henry Cayley, and consequently signed his name as Neville W. Cayley in his professional years.... Read full biography
Neville William Cayley was a celebrated Australian author, artist and ornithologist. He produced Australia's first comprehensive bird field guide What Bird is That? In 1960 it was rated the all-time best seller in Australian natural history and remains a classic birding reference to this day. Born in Yamba, New South Wales, in January 1886, he was the son of ornithologist and bird artist Neville Henry Cayley, and consequently signed his name as Neville W. Cayley in his professional years. Cayley's family moved to Sydney in the mid-1890s, where he studied art and was a pivotal member in the Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club. In 1918, his first work, the booklet Our Birds was published. Our Flowers and The Tale of Bluey Wren followed, both... Read full biography
Neville William Cayley was a celebrated Australian author, artist and ornithologist. He produced Australia's first comprehensive bird field guide What Bird is That? In 1960 it was rated the all-time best seller in Australian natural history and remains a classic birding reference to this day. Born in Yamba, New South Wales, in January 1886, he was the son of ornithologist and bird artist Neville Henry Cayley, and consequently signed his name as Neville W. Cayley in his professional years. Cayley's family moved to Sydney in the mid-1890s, where he studied art and was a pivotal member in the Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club. In 1918, his first work, the booklet Our Birds was published. Our Flowers and The Tale of Bluey Wren followed, both published in 1926. In the same period (1925-26), Cayley began illustrating birds' eggs fo... Read full biography
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