Dawn Frith and her husband carried out long-term studies of bower birds and birds of paradise in northern Queensland and in New Guinea, from which they wrote the first – and often the only – accounts of the nesting biology and behaviour of these species.
Elaine Browne was demonstrator, senior tutor and lecturer in chemistry at the University of Tasmania 1958-1992. She made major research contributions in the field of heterocyclic chemistry.
Ellen McCulloch was a long-term member, Honorary Secretary (1975-1982) and Public Relations Officer of the Bird Observers Club of Australia (BOCA). She authored many books and lectured and ran tours for the CAE (Council for Adult Education, Melbourne) for over ten years.
Pat Marks was one of Australia’s leading entomologists and malaria experts.
A teacher, poet, and playwright, she was also a professor at the National School of Medicine and the National School of Nursing. A polyglot, she founded the magazine La Mujer Mexicana and contributed to El Mundo Ilustrado.
One of Australia’s foremost bryologists, focussing on cytology, taxonomy and distribution checklists, particularly of Bryaceae, Sematophyllaceae and Macromitrium
Jeanette Covacevich was a herpetologist whose research interests were mainly in the taxonomy, zoogeography and conservation of Australo-Papuan reptiles, especially those from rainforests, deserts and heaths. Her research also included Aboriginal history, envenomation, and documenting the range and status of the Queensland fauna, particularly endangered vertebrates.
Enid Robertson was a systematic botanist whose roles at both the Waite Agricultural Research Institute and the Department of Botany at the University of Adelaide included as curator of their herbaria.
Botanist recognised as an authority on Australian vascular aquatic plants.
Australian botanist, geneticist and illustrator