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Inventor. Engineer. Businessman. Known for. Popularising the electric fence. Relatives. Bill Gallagher (son) Alfred William Gallagher MBE (17 May 1911 – 8 August 1990) was a New Zealand inventor, manufacturing engineer and businessman. He is notable for popularising the electric fence.
An electric fence is a barrier that uses electric shocks to deter people and other animals [note 1] from crossing a boundary. The voltage of the shock may have effects ranging from discomfort to death. Most electric fences are used for agricultural fencing and other forms of non-human animal control, although they are also used to protect high ...
Bill Gallagher – developer of the electric fence and founder of Gallagher Group Limited [5] Ernest Godward – inventor of the eggbeater [6] A. J. Hackett – popularised of commercial Bungy jumping [7] Bill Hamilton – developed the modern jetboat [8] Frederick Hanson – inventor of chipseal, known in New Zealand as tar seal [citation needed]
Silver beech discovered at Maungatautari in April 2006.. Maungatautari, as an eroded volcano was chosen as a suitable site for a major ecological project for a number of reasons, including the diversity of its terrain, the relative integrity of natural areas in spite of some human engineered changes, the commitment of surrounding communities, and the feasibility of fence-construction given ...
Zealandia, formerly known as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, [ 1 ] is a protected natural area in Wellington, New Zealand, the first urban completely fenced ecosanctuary, [ 2 ] where the biodiversity of 225 ha (just under a square mile) of forest is being restored. The sanctuary was previously part of the water catchment area for Wellington ...
Brook Waimārama Sanctuary. The Brook Waimārama Sanctuary is a nearly 700 hectare mainland "ecological island" sanctuary located 6 km south of Nelson, New Zealand. The sanctuary is the largest fenced sanctuary in New Zealand's South Island and the second largest in the country; it is the only sanctuary to feature mature New Zealand beech forest.
Gallagher was born on 22 January 1941, the son of Bill Gallagher [2] and Millie Gallagher (née Murray). [3] [4]The younger Bill Gallagher and his brother John took increasing roles in the business and marketing side of the family firm through the 1960s, with Bill leading the company's export push into Australia and becoming the Chief Executive and Chairman in 1973. [4]
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