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AUST RALIA~-
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA TUESDAY, 15 JUNE 1982
DR RICHARD ST BARBE BAKER
S I was saddened to learn of the death last week of
Dr Richard St Barbe Baker, the noted Canadian authority
on trees.
Dr St Barbe Baker was Senior Patron of the Australian Year
of the Tree Campaign which I launched on World Environment
Day earlier this month.
Dr Baker was also well known as the founder of. the international
Men of the Trees movement. He had visited Australia several
times most recently in March 1982, after he had accepted the
Patronage of the Australian Year of the Tree.
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AI-Australians wi l note with: sadness the passing of
Dr St Barbe Baker and acknowledge his long devotion to tree
planting throughout the world. The Australian Year of the
Tree campa-Lgn is a fitting memorial to his efforts.