Deny King

Charles Denison Deny King AM (12 September 1909 – 12 May 1991) was an Australian naturalist, ornithologist, environmentalist, painter and miner. He spent fifty five years living in Melaleuca in the remote South West Wilderness of Tasmania where he discovered the extinct shrub, Banksia kingii.

King was a tin miner by profession and followed his father, Charlie to Melaleuca in 1936. Here he built a house, accommodation for workers as well as the airstrip which opened up tourism for the South West Wilderness. He was instrumental in preserving the habitat of the Orange-bellied Parrot and it was in Melaleuca that he discovered Banksia kingii. King also discovered a species of eyebright, Euphrasia kingii, as well as a flowering evergreen in the Protea family: King's Lomatia (also known as King's Holly, Lomatia tasmanica).

In 1975, King was made a Member of the Order of Australia.

References

Christobel Mattingley (2001). King of the Wilderness. The Text Publishing Company. ISBN 1-877008-41-9. 

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Date of birth	1909
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Date of death	1991
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