Ina Watson

Ina Watson worked professionally as Publicity Officer for the Fisheries and Wildlife Department in Victoria, but all her spare time was devoted to birds. She was an excellent field observer and photographer who contributed both photographs and text to a number of nature journals and published natural history stories for children including Silvertail: The Story of a Lyrebird (1946).

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Dorothy Forsaith

Dorothy Frances Forsaith was Assistant Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Western Australia from 1924 to 1927. In 1936 she was appointed Honorary Director, then Administrator of the Australian Red Cross’s Blood Transfusion Service.

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Dr Fauriel Lockett

Fauriel Lockett, the first female professor at the University of Western Australia, was Wellcome Research Professor of Pharmacology 1963-1972.

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Hilda Gardner

Hilda Gardner was a pioneer of laboratory medicine in Australia, with a particular interest in infections and infectious diseases.

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Dr Hildred Butler

Hildred Butler investigated the causes of infections during and after childbirth while working at the Baker Medical Research Institute and later the (Royal) Women’s Hospital from 1928 to 1971. She recorded her findings in twenty-one papers published both in Australia and overseas.

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Dora Lush

Dora Lush was a bacteriological research fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Liz Grant

Elizabeth Grant was a pharmacy proprietor and manager for many years. She was also a Member of the House of Assembly, Australian Capital Territory, 1979-1982.

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