Donald Burns BlackwoodTasmanian Times (3 November 1884 – 25 June 1967) was the third bishop of Gippsland from 1942 to 1954.Diocesan history The Times, 28 April 1942; p3, "New Bishop Of Gippsland"
Blackwood was educated at the University of Tasmania and ordained in 1908.Who was Who, 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, The Clergy List, London, Kelly’s, 1913 From 1912 to 1920 he was a chaplain in the Australian Armed Forces. Later he held incumbencies at Latrobe and Cressy. Whilst incumbent of Cressy (1921-24), he was also Warden of St Wilfrid's Theological College, Cressy. In 1929 he was appointed archdeacon of Hobart,Holy Trinity Hobart a position he held until his ordination to the episcopate.
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