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Kerr, John, 1942-
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- Kerr, J. D., 1942-
- Kerr, J. D., (John Douglas), 1942-
- Kerr, John Douglas, 1942-
- Kerr, John, 1942-2003
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1942-2003
History
Historian, statistician and writer. A long-serving Councillor of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland and a founder of the Professional Historians' Association (Queensland). An authority on Australian railways and the sugar industry, he published extensively in the Australian Railway Society's Bulletin, and wrote Triumph of narrow gauge: A history of Queensland railways. In 1959 he began the compilation of an historical database on Queensland railways, a resource which he regularly updated and re-supplied to Australian libraries from 1966 until his death.
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Revised, AM, 02-Jun-2020.
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Kowald, Margaret (2004). 'John Douglas Kerr, 8 Aug 1942 - 26 Nov 2003'. Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 18(11): 468-477.