01/12/2005: "DR ROBERT ENDEAN .......working at his gold mine"

Not afraid of hard work, the late Dr Robert Endean also had a gold mine west of Brisbane which he worked at some weekends. Elsewhere he bred beef cattle at another property.

The former Reader in Zoology at the University of Queensland, Bob had a colourful marine biology career and was often quoted in the media (crown of thorns starfish plagues warnings especially).

His warnings on future starfish infestations fell on deaf government ears at the time, (Bjelke-Petersen era) but not so today with problems reported further north and south of original Cairns outbreaks.

Funds were allocated to dive teams this week to help control the problem.

See archives for Crown of Thorns starfish stories.

01/12/2005: "DR ROBERT ENDEAN .......working at his gold mine"

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