Theo Clemens Hall
Physician Theo Hall’s exceptional personality, capacity for work, professional competence, teaching skills and regard for patients’ needs earned her the respect and affection of all who knew her.
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Thistle Yolette Harris
Through her teaching and writing, she did a great deal to popularize knowledge about Australian flora, to encourage domestic gardeners to include native plants in their gardens and to persuade a wider audience of the need for conservation measures. She published twelve books about Australian plants and teaching nature studies between 1938 and 1980, and contributed widely to scientific journals and reference books including The Australian Naturalist, Australian Wild Life, Australian Encyclopaedia and Science Wonders of Australia. She was also editor, at various times, of New Horizons in Education, Australian Wildlife and Wildlife Research News.
Dr Liz Dennis
Australian plant molecular biologist and a chief scientist at the plant division of CSIRO Canberra.
Dr Margaret Chattaway
Dr. Margaret Chattaway was a senior member of the research staff of the CSIRO Division of Forest Products.
Dr Megan Clark
Dr Megan Clark was appointed to the Board of Rio Tinto and stepped down as Chief Executive of CSIRO 20 November 2014.
Dr Mildred Barnard
Australian statistician
Dr Joanne Daly
CSIRO Chief of Entomology
Helen Alma Newton Turner
Internationally recognised for her work on sheep breeding.
Dr Joy Bear
Australian chemist and the first woman to be awarded the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Leighton Medal.
Dr Mary Ann Augustin
Prominent CSIRO scientist whose main area of research is in protein structure and immunoparasitology.