 "Fauna" As a keen student of natural history, he is also credited as the instigator of the "Fauna Protection Act" 1948 (NSW).He was acting Premier from August to December 1948, when he had a heart attack.Baddeley was chairman of State Coal Mine Authority from his retirement until his death of cerebrovascular disease at St Luke's Hospital in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst, survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters.