Director of the Taronga Sydney Zoo, Australia
"From the arrival of Albert Le Souef to the Australian shores in 1838, the Le Souef family has played an integral, and certainly colourful, part in the country's history. Upon Albert's arrival, he was appointed the Protector of Aborigines on the Goulburn River in northern Victoria. Three of his sons, William, Ernest and Albert arrived a couple of years later, and following in his father's footsteps, William took over the directorship of the Melbourne Zoo in 1902. Of Albert's other son's, Ernest went on to establish the Perth Zoo in 1897, and Albert Sherbourne established the Taronga Zoo in 1916. One of William's sons, Cecil Le Souef, nicknamed"Zoo", established an Aquarium at Rosebud in Victoria in the 1950's. He went on to discover various species of native flora and fauna, including a species of Butterfly in Victoria's North-East."*
*As quoted by Lisa O'Sullivan, "This family's passion has had a huge impact on our knowledge and awareness of Australian wildlife".
