Cecily Fearnley
Cecily Lydia Fearnley was awarded the Queensland Natural History Award in 2001 and has published several popular books on the flora and fauna of Noosa and surrounding areas.
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Beth Lloyd
Australian dietician
Beth Tuffley
Beth Tuffley was at the University of Queensland doing post-graduate work in biochemistry when she was selected as the inaugural winner of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Masson Award in 1941.
Dr Carol Oliver
Since 2002 Carol Oliver has held multiple roles at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology (ACA) becoming the Deputy Director in 2012.
Graceanna Lewis
American ornithologist, illustrator, and activist in the anti-slavery, temperance, and women’s suffrage movements.
Beryl Splatt
Beryl Splatt worked as a biochemist and metabolist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1923 to 1964 and also demonstrated in clinical biochemistry at the University of Melbourne from 1940 to 1961.
Dr Barbara York Main
Barbara Main is one of Australia’s foremost experts on the taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of spiders, particularly trapdoors and funnelwebs.
Belinda Gillies
Belinda Jane Gillies worked in the Birds section of the Museum of Victoria from 1979 to 1992 and was Secretary of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (now Birds Australia) from 1988 to 1992.
Dr Belle Bruce Reid
Belle Reed is regarded as the first formally recognised female veterinary surgeon in the world. In 1906 she graduated from the Melbourne Veterinary College, was accepted as a member of the Veterinary Board of Victoria, and established her own Veterinary Practice in Melbourne.
Dr Aola Mary Richards
Aola Richards was an renowned entomologist much of whose research was on the taxonomy of cave crickets (Rhaphidophoridae) of Australia and New Zealand.