The Queen's Birthday 2009 Honours List - Governor-General of the ...

MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISIONMr George Herbert BROOKS,C/- Lourdes Valley ‘The Lodge’, 18 Cross Road, Myrtle Bank SA 5064For service to the community through the research and documentation of early SouthAustralian motoring history.For more than 40 years Mr Brooks has conducted research that has enabled him to recreatethe records of all motor vehicles registered in South Australia up until the end of 1918; hehas since compiled a companion set of information for vehicles from 1919-1930.Foundation Committee Member, National Motor Museum (formerly Birdwood Mill AdvisoryCouncil), 1964; has donated several of his motor vehicles to the Museum, along with hisworld renowned library and photographic collection.Editor/contributor, Veteran Car in South Australia journal, for 11 years; was responsible forproducing a series of 12 books containing historic motoring pictures for the Sporting Car Clubof South Australia called 'Brooks' books, 1977-2005.Volunteer, History Trust of South Australia, for many years; involved in the identification,verification and cataloguing of many items held in The Trust's Photographic Collection of16,000 glass negatives.Foundation Member, The Vintage Sports Car Club of South Australia Inc, 1945; Secretary,1945-1946; Life Member, 1963.Chairman, Dating Committee; The Sporting Car Club of South Australia, for many years;responsible for the accurate dating of historic motor vehicles; Member, 1945; Life Member,1985.Foundation Member, The Vintage Sports Car Club of Australia, 1944.First Australian Member, Veteran Car Club of Great Britain; as the club’s Australiancorrespondent he wrote regular reports for its journal on the Australian historic motoringscene and contributed to several British books on the same subject.Co-Author, South Australian Motor Cars 1881-1942, 1987.146