Background
Morrison was born in Hawthorn, Victoria.
Morrison was born in Hawthorn, Victoria.
He attended Auburn State School and University High School. He entered Melbourne University in 1921 where he studied zoology, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in 1924 and a Master of Science in 1926.
In 1918 he became a teacher at Wesley College. In 1926 Morrison joined the staff of the Melbourne Argus as a journalist. In 1938 he was persuaded by Keith Murdoch to accept the position of founding editor of a new monthly magazine, Wild Life.
In order to promote the magazine he also began a series of weekly radio broadcasts on the American Broadcasting Company (through 3AR), 3UZ and 3DB. His Wild Life series on 3DB ran for over 20 years and made him an admired radio personality.
lieutenant was syndicated throughout Australia on the Major Broadcasting Network. He was also a prominent panelist on 3DB"s popular Information Please, which was also heard Australia-wide through the Major network.
During the Second World War he also served for a while as the Victorian state publicity censor, and later with the broadcasting division of the federal Department of Information, until policy disagreements forced his departure. He also worked as a lecturer in natural history with the Victorian Council of Adult Education and, from 1942, with the Australian Army Education Service.
Morrison had long promoted the protection of wildlife and the need for proper management of national parks in his radio broadcasts and in Wild Life magazine.
In 1952 he became the inaugural chairman of the newly formed Victorian National Parks Association. In 1957 he was appoionted the first director of the Victorian National Parks Authority. 1941-1943 – President of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.