SIR WALTER BULLER

1. SIR WALTERBULLER

2. FACTS ABOUT BULLER • He was an Ornithologist • I chose him because he studied our native birds and told the world about them. • I chose him because I LIKE BIRDS!

3. AND WE’VE GOT ‘BULLERS BIRDS’

4. WHAT DID HE DO??? • He was the first native-born New Zealander to make a name for himself in the international world of science. • He wrote a book called ‘A history of the birds of New Zealand’. This is now known as ‘Bullers Birds’.

5. FACTS ABOUT BULLER • He was born on October the 9th 1838 in Hokianga, New Zealand. • He died 105 years ago on July the 19th 1906 in England • He married Charlotte and had four children.

6. FACTS ABOUT BULLER • He went to Wesley college same as Jonah Lomu and Paul Brown. • He could speak Maori and he was a judge for the Maori land court. • He started writing for a competition and people thought he was very good.

7. WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE… • He still took specimens (killed birds) even when they were endangered.

8. MEDALS AND AWARDS • FLS 1858 - fellow of the Linnean society • CMG 1875 – companion of the most distinguished order of St Michael and St George • FRS 1879 – fellow of the royal society • KCMG 1886 – Knight commander of the most distinguished order of St Michael and St George

9. THE PAGE I LIKED