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'''Stephen Crean''' (1947{{spaced ndash}}1985) was an Australian public servant, who was the son of [[Frank Crean]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://read.schoollibrary.com/articles/eng/Frank_Crean |title=FRANK CREAN |publisher=World Heritage Encyclopedia |access-date=18 December 2016 |first= |last= |date=}}</ref> and brother of [[Simon Crean|Simon]]<ref name="brother1">{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/16/1034561213053.html |title=Crean recalls loss of brother |publisher=[[The Age]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Louise |last=Dodson |date=17 October 2002}}</ref> and [[David Crean]], all politicians. |
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Crean came to national attention in [[Australia]] due to his disappearance while skiing and the scale of the unsuccessful search to find him. He disappeared after skiing out of [[Charlotte Pass, New South Wales]]. |
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'''Stephen Crean''' (1947{{spaced ndash}}1985) was an Australian public servant, who was the son of [[Frank Crean]] and brother of [[Simon Crean|Simon]] and [[David Crean]], all politicians. |
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==Education and adult life== |
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In August 1985, he set off from [[Charlotte Pass]] ski village, possibly intending to ski to the nearby [[Thredbo]] ski resort. It is believed that, as he travelled, Crean became lost in the falling snow and died of [[Exposure (environmental hazard)|exposure]]. His disappearance resulted in one of the most intensive searches undertaken in the Australian snowfields, but the search did not recover his body. Two years later, a skier found his body by chance, only a few kilometres from Charlotte Pass. |
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Crean was educated at [[Melbourne High School]] and studied at [[Monash University]]. He completed an arts degree at the [[Australian National University]]. He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in April, 1968, as a clerk with the Department of Supply and Transport. In 1972 he moved to the Department of Overseas Trade, and in 1974 joined the Department of Transport.<ref name="memserv">{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122522885 |title=Stephen Crean memorial service today |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first= |last= |date=16 August 1985}}</ref> |
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Crean was married with three children.<ref name="fam+search">{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122521316 |title=Missing skier: search goes on |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Philip |last=Castle |date=9 August 1985}}</ref> |
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Crean's disappearance resulted in an extensive debate about the methodology of searching for missing persons, and also about requiring new safety regulations for skiers and walkers using remote areas. {{cn|date=September 2014}} |
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For over six years Crean served on the executive of the Scout Association in Canberra.<ref name="memserv"/> |
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==Disappearance and search== |
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On 6 August 1985,<ref name="bones"/> he set off from [[Charlotte Pass]] ski village, possibly intending to ski to the nearby [[Thredbo]] ski resort. It is believed that, as he travelled, Crean became lost in the falling snow and died of [[Exposure (environmental hazard)|exposure]]. His disappearance resulted in one of the most intensive searches undertaken in the Australian snowfields,<ref name="fam+search"/> involving at times two helicopters and 50 searchers<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122521479 |title=Little hope for lost skier |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Philip |last=Castle |date=10 August 1985}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122521908 |title=Search hampered by misleading information |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Philip |last=Castle |date=11 August 1985}}</ref> but the search did not recover his body.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122521919 |title=Crean presumed dead, search scaled down |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first= |last= |date=12 August 1985}}</ref> |
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A final, unsuccessful, search was undertaken in November 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127539959 |title=No trace of Stephen Crean |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first= |last= |date=2 November 1985}}</ref> |
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==Discovery== |
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Eighteen months later in January 1987,<ref name="bones"> |
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*{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/119476409 |title=Police seek finder of Crean's wallet |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first= |last= |date=20 January 1987}} |
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*{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/119476582 |title=Search for Crean's remains today |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first= |last= |date=21 January 1987}} |
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*{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/119476797 |title=Bones found near Thredbo |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first= |last= |date=22 January 1987}} |
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</ref> a walker found his skeletal remains by chance, only a few kilometres from Charlotte Pass and Thredbo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fJAPTvn5sP0C&pg=PT132&lpg=PT132&dq=stephen+crean&source=bl&ots=MU5bdd51lk&sig=KNWbvG9_XqFM_Zll3lXNArSmXdk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjC6aTx4P3QAhVGKJQKHYAlANE4FBDoAQg-MAg#v=onepage&q=stephen%20crean&f=false |title=Australia's Worst Disasters |publisher=Hachette UK |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Malcolm |last=Brown |date=1 November 2010}}</ref> Police at [[Khancoban]] received by mail Crean's wallet and identity papers. Police later arrested Stephen James Forsythe, who had stumbled upon a skeleton while walking in Kosciuszko and had reportedly removed the skull.<ref name="find1">{{cite web |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canadian-hiker-prabhdeep-srawn-still-missing-a-year-after-kosciuszko-disappearance-20140515-zrduo.html |title=Canadian hiker Prabhdeep Srawn still missing a year after Kosciuszko disappearance |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Scott |last=Hannaford |date=16 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1659872_1659465_1659442-2,00.html |title=A Cold Coming |publisher=[[TIME Magazine]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Roy |last=Callinan |date=7 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/119477022 |title=Skull identified as being that of Stephen Crean |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first= |last= |date=23 January 1987}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118117279 |title=Six months' jail for bone collector |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Teresa |last=Mannix |date=5 February 1987}}</ref> |
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==Outcomes== |
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Crean's disappearance resulted in an extensive debate about the methodology of searching for missing persons. The police were criticised for failing to utilise local knowledge and experience, the lack of experience of many of the police involved in the search, and poor co-ordination of air support. They were also criticised for being overly optimistic, which possibly resulted in initial complacency at Crean's safe return.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/119677799/ |title=Lost and Found |publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Anthony |last=Dennis |date=21 August 1999}}</ref> |
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Crean's disappearance, and consequent search for him, is considered a reference event, and is refered to in contemporaneous comment and the reporting of later similar events, and also by members of the public, over the following decades.<ref> |
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*{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122521785 |title=When white is black and six kilometres is an eternity |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Crispin |last=Hill |date=11 August 1985}} |
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*14 years later {{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/119677799/ |title=Lost and Found |publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Anthony |last=Dennis |date=21 August 1999}} |
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* 22 years later {{cite web |url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1659872_1659465_1659442-2,00.html |title=A Cold Coming |publisher=[[TIME Magazine]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Roy |last=Callinan |date=7 September 2007}} |
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*28 years later {{cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/how-does-a-bushwalker-go-missing-never-to-be-found/news-story/8a784ed4e5594e7a74576455b015a1ab |title=How does a bushwalker go missing, never to be found? |publisher=[[The Australian]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Ricky |last=French |date=31 August 2013}} |
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*28 years later {{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/letters/walker-invited-danger-20130603-2nm16.html |title=Letters to the editor: Walker invited danger |publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Roger |last=Quarterman |date=4 June 2013}} |
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*29 years later {{cite web |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canadian-hiker-prabhdeep-srawn-still-missing-a-year-after-kosciuszko-disappearance-20140515-zrduo.html |title=Canadian hiker Prabhdeep Srawn still missing a year after Kosciuszko disappearance |publisher=[[The Canberra Times]] |access-date=18 December 2016 |first=Scott |last=Hannaford |date=16 May 2014}} |
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*30 years later {{cite web |url=https://52adventuresblog.com/tag/best-walk-in-the-snowy-mountains/ |title=UNDERESTIMATED AND UNDER THREAT – THE BEST OF THE SNOWIES ON FOOT |publisher=52adventuresblog |access-date=18 December 2016 |first= |last= |date=23 December 2015}} |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1659872_1659465_1659442-2,00.html TIME magazine article on Crean] |
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* [http://nordicskiclub.org.au/kag_arch/a_week_at_charlottes.shtml Nordic Ski Club article on Crean] |
* [http://nordicskiclub.org.au/kag_arch/a_week_at_charlottes.shtml Nordic Ski Club article on Crean] |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 14:27, 23 December 2016
Stephen Crean (1947 – 1985) was an Australian public servant, who was the son of Frank Crean[1] and brother of Simon[2] and David Crean, all politicians.
Crean came to national attention in Australia due to his disappearance while skiing and the scale of the unsuccessful search to find him. He disappeared after skiing out of Charlotte Pass, New South Wales.
Education and adult life
Crean was educated at Melbourne High School and studied at Monash University. He completed an arts degree at the Australian National University. He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in April, 1968, as a clerk with the Department of Supply and Transport. In 1972 he moved to the Department of Overseas Trade, and in 1974 joined the Department of Transport.[3]
Crean was married with three children.[4]
For over six years Crean served on the executive of the Scout Association in Canberra.[3]
Disappearance and search
On 6 August 1985,[5] he set off from Charlotte Pass ski village, possibly intending to ski to the nearby Thredbo ski resort. It is believed that, as he travelled, Crean became lost in the falling snow and died of exposure. His disappearance resulted in one of the most intensive searches undertaken in the Australian snowfields,[4] involving at times two helicopters and 50 searchers[6][7] but the search did not recover his body.[8]
A final, unsuccessful, search was undertaken in November 1985.[9]
Discovery
Eighteen months later in January 1987,[5] a walker found his skeletal remains by chance, only a few kilometres from Charlotte Pass and Thredbo.[10] Police at Khancoban received by mail Crean's wallet and identity papers. Police later arrested Stephen James Forsythe, who had stumbled upon a skeleton while walking in Kosciuszko and had reportedly removed the skull.[11][12][13][14]
Outcomes
Crean's disappearance resulted in an extensive debate about the methodology of searching for missing persons. The police were criticised for failing to utilise local knowledge and experience, the lack of experience of many of the police involved in the search, and poor co-ordination of air support. They were also criticised for being overly optimistic, which possibly resulted in initial complacency at Crean's safe return.[15]
Crean's disappearance, and consequent search for him, is considered a reference event, and is refered to in contemporaneous comment and the reporting of later similar events, and also by members of the public, over the following decades.[16]
External links
References
- ^ "FRANK CREAN". World Heritage Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Dodson, Louise (17 October 2002). "Crean recalls loss of brother". The Age. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Stephen Crean memorial service today". The Canberra Times. 16 August 1985. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ a b Castle, Philip (9 August 1985). "Missing skier: search goes on". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ a b
- "Police seek finder of Crean's wallet". The Canberra Times. 20 January 1987. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- "Search for Crean's remains today". The Canberra Times. 21 January 1987. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- "Bones found near Thredbo". The Canberra Times. 22 January 1987. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Castle, Philip (10 August 1985). "Little hope for lost skier". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Castle, Philip (11 August 1985). "Search hampered by misleading information". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Crean presumed dead, search scaled down". The Canberra Times. 12 August 1985. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "No trace of Stephen Crean". The Canberra Times. 2 November 1985. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Brown, Malcolm (1 November 2010). "Australia's Worst Disasters". Hachette UK. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Hannaford, Scott (16 May 2014). "Canadian hiker Prabhdeep Srawn still missing a year after Kosciuszko disappearance". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Callinan, Roy (7 September 2007). "A Cold Coming". TIME Magazine. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Skull identified as being that of Stephen Crean". The Canberra Times. 23 January 1987. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Mannix, Teresa (5 February 1987). "Six months' jail for bone collector". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Dennis, Anthony (21 August 1999). "Lost and Found". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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- Hill, Crispin (11 August 1985). "When white is black and six kilometres is an eternity". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- 14 years later Dennis, Anthony (21 August 1999). "Lost and Found". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- 22 years later Callinan, Roy (7 September 2007). "A Cold Coming". TIME Magazine. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- 28 years later French, Ricky (31 August 2013). "How does a bushwalker go missing, never to be found?". The Australian. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- 28 years later Quarterman, Roger (4 June 2013). "Letters to the editor: Walker invited danger". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- 29 years later Hannaford, Scott (16 May 2014). "Canadian hiker Prabhdeep Srawn still missing a year after Kosciuszko disappearance". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- 30 years later "UNDERESTIMATED AND UNDER THREAT – THE BEST OF THE SNOWIES ON FOOT". 52adventuresblog. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2016.