Born: 1948, Australia (assumed)
Died: NA
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: NA
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Carolyn Rasmussen is an historian and biographer whose interests include the history of science and technology and the institutions associated with them.
Educated at the University of Melbourne where she is currently an Honorary Fellow, her work as a public historian since 1985 has ranged over the history of Victorian public institutions, the history of science and technology, education history, the involvement of women in all of the above, and biography. She is chair of the Victorian Working Party of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Science and technology publications include Vital Connections: Melbourne and its Board of Works 1891 to 1991, (with Tony Dingle), (1991), A Museum for the People: A history of Museum Victoria and its predecessors, 1854-2000 , (2001), Increasing Momentum: Engineering at the University of Melbourne 1861-2004 , (2004), Double Helix, Double Joy: David Danks the Father of Clinical Genetics in Australia, (2010).