Charles Fenner

[3] During that time he completed research work for his D.Sc and from 1929[4] lectured in geography at the University of Adelaide, and in 1937 went on an extended overseas tour.

In September 1939 he succeeded Adey as Director of Education and held that position until 1946, when he retired due to ill health.

[5] He worked as a volunteer for the South Australian Museum, pursuing his research into tektites, among other interests, and contributed numbers of articles to Walkabout,[6] until 1954 when he suffered a stroke, and died a year later.

Fenner was president of the Royal Society of South Australia in 1931, and a member of the board of governors of the Public Library.

[4] He was particularly interested in australites, small glassy, often button-shaped, objects found on the Nullarbor Plain and elsewhere in southern Australia, believed to be ejecta from a large meteorite that landed in China.