 Here he was instrumental in founding the ACT Group of the RAOU, which later became the Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG).He also initiated the RAOU Nest Record Scheme and was a founding member of the RAOU Field Investigations Committee.As part of a reformist makeover of the RAOU, in order to strengthen its scientific rigor and ornithological credibility, in 1968 he became Editor of the RAOU's journal the "Emu", which he transformed into an internationally respected scientific journal.