He was born in Pretoria in 1883, but grew up in Potchefstroom as a minister's son, where the local amateur ornithologist, Thomas Ayres, was his mentor.
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The sanctuary is named after South Africa's well-known ornithologist and mammalogist, J. Austin Roberts.
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