Eric Worrell

Eric Worrell

Eric Worrell (1924 - 1987) was an Australian herpetologist and writer who was a pioneer in the production of snake anti-venom in Australia. [http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1458014 Everything: Eric Worrell] ]

Worrell was born in Sydney and grew up in Paddington. During the second world war he worked as a civilian blacksmith on the installation of shore artillery in Darwin while studying and collecting reptiles.

In 1948 Worrell opened the Ocean Beach Aquarium at Umina on the New South Wales Central Coast. It was here that he first started supplying snake venom to the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) in Melbourne. In 1958 he moved to Wyoming, New South Wales, establishing the Australian Reptile Park. It later (1996) moved to Gosford.

In 1970 Worrell received an MBE in recognition of his lifesaving role in the development of snake anti-venoms. In the same year the ARP began supplying funnel-web spider venom to the CSL in the process of developing an anti-venom. He died of a heart attack, aged 63, in 1987.

Bibliography

Apart from numerous scientific papers and popular natural history articles in Walkabout, Wildlife, Australian Outdoors, Pix and People Magazine, books authored, coauthored or contributed to by Worrell include:
* 1953 - "Dangerous Snakes of Australia and New Guinea". (Angus and Robertson)
* 1958 - "Song of the Snake". (Angus and Robertson)
* 1962 - "Australian Reptile Park (A.R.P.)". (Angus and Robertson)
* 1964 - "Reptiles of Australia". (Angus and Robertson)
* 1966 - "Australian Wildlife". (Angus and Robertson)
* 1966 - "Australian Snakes, Crocodiles and Tortoises". (Angus and Robertson)
* 1966 - "The Great Barrier Reef". (Angus and Robertson)
* 1966 - "The Great Extermination". (part author) – (Heinemenn) by Alan Moorhead
* 1967 - "Trees of the Australian Bush". (co-author) (Angus and Robertson)
* 1968 - "Making Friends with Animals". (Angus and Robertson)
* 1970 - "Australian Birds and Animals". (Angus and Robertson)
* 1977 - "Things that Sting". (Angus and Robertson)

References

External links

* [http://www.reptilepark.com.au/ Australian Reptile Park]


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