Joan Paton
Joan Paton was an amateur ornithologist in 20th century Australia.
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Joan Ford
Joan Ford was Research Biologist with the Department of Physics, University of Tasmania 1940-1950.
Dr Joan Crockford
Joan Crockford was an Australian geologist and invertebrate palaeontologist who specialised in Palaeozoic bryozoans.
Lilian Ross Fraser
Lillian Ross Fraser was a botanist whose work identifying fungi and viruses was hugely beneficial to the New South Wales citrus industry.
Andree Layton Roaf
Andree Yvonne Layton Roaf was an Arkansas attorney and jurist who distinguished herself in the fields of biology, law, and community service.
Lilian Marguerite Medland
Lilian Medland trained and worked for many years as a nurse in England and illustrated The Birds of the British Isles between 1906 and 1911, among other books.
Josephine Mackerras
Josephine Mackerras worked in the Division of Economic Entomology, CSIR, Canberra, the LHQ Medical Research Unit, Cairns during World War II, and was Senior Parasitologist at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research until 1961.
Kate Fitzherbert
Kate Fitzherbert works for Birds Australia as a fundraiser. Her major interests are in working for habitat protection through purchase of habitat reserves, encouraging community involvement in conservation and monitoring, and growing environmental awareness in rural communities.
Mabel Theodore Hobler
Mabel Theodore Hobler was an Australian collector of animals and insects, with a passion for beetles.
Margaret Keats
Margaret Keats pioneered women’s involvement in veterinary science in Australia.