January 31

Australian Scientists

Many Australian scientists have made incredible discoveries, which have improved our knowledge and helped many people. Here is a list of some of those scientists, with some resources to start your search.

Remember to take brief notes into your scaffold!

Two great places to start your search are:

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

Australian Dictionary of Biography

(look also at the online resources listed for that person)

Remember to reference your work correctly. Check the guide here.

 

Scientist

Resources

Raymond Begg

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Australian Dictionary of Biography

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian

Health

 

Isobel (Ida) Bennett

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

 Australian Museum

Wikipedia

 609.94 CUL Inventive Australians

 

Sir William Lawrence Bragg

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

509.2 CLA Legends of Science Bk 1

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

 

Sir Thomas Brisbane

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Macfarlane Burnet

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

610.69 FER Australia’s Best Medical Workers

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian

Health

509.2 GOT Australia’s Best Scientists

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

 

Helen Caldicott

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Helen Caldicott, M.D.

Graeme Clark 

 

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

 Australian Academy of Science

Cochlear

Graeme Clark Foundation

610.69 FER Australia’s Best Medical Workers

609.94 WES Inventors & Inventions

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian

Health

609.94 CUL Inventive Australians

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

920.094 CON Those Who Dared

Ian Clunies Ross

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

509.2 CLA Legends of Science Bk 1

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

Sir Ian Clunies-Ross, Australia on Net

 

Sir John Warcup Cornforth

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

Nobel Prize

Sydney Morning Herald

Wikipedia

Richard Daintree

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

Bright Sparcs

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Wikipedia

Sir Edgeworth David

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

509.2 CLA Legends of Science Bk 1

Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Amalie Dietrich

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Wikipedia

Peter Doherty

Encyclopedia of Australian Science  

Nobel Prize

Australian Academy of Science

610.69 FER Australia’s Best Medical Workers

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian

Health

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

Sir John Eccles

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Nobel Prize

Australian National University

610.69 FER Australia’s Best Medical Workers

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian

Health

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

920.094 ONE 100 Famous Australian Lives

William Farrer 

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Wikipedia

609.94 CUL Inventive Australians

509.2 GOT Australia’s Best Scientists

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

609.94 MCP The Dictionary of Australian

Inventions and Discoveries

920.094 GRE The Greats

920.094 ONE 100 Famous Australian Lives

 

Frank Fenner

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

Australian Academy of Science

Britannica Online Encyclopedia

The Australian

Lord Howard Florey 

 

 

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Nobel Prize

ABC

610.92 FLO:M Howard Florey: Miracle Maker

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian

Health

509.2 GOT Australia’s Best Scientists

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

920.094 ONE 100 Famous Australian Lives

920.094 CON Those Who Dared

920.094 CEN A Century of Great Australians

Book 2 (D – G)

Ian Frazer

Australian Academy of Science

Britannica Online Encyclopedia

‘Interview with Professor Ian Frazer’,

The Australian

Norman Gregg

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Molecular Biology

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian

Health

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

Lawrence Hargrave

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Monash University

609.2294 GOT Australia’s best inventors

609.94 WES Inventors & Inventions

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

609.94 MCP The Dictionary of Australian

Inventions and Discoveries

920.094 ONE 100 Famous Australian Lives

Fred Hollows

Encyclopedia of Australian Science  

Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Fred Hollows Foundation

610.92 HOL:B Seeing is believing

610.92 HOL:D Fred Hollows

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian

Health

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

Elizabeth Kenny 

 

 

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Australian Dictionary of Biography

ABC

610.69 FER Australia’s Best Medical Workers

610.92 KEN:C Elizabeth Kenny

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian

Health

609.94 CUL Inventive Australians

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

920.094 ONE 100 Famous Australian Lives

920.094 CEN A Century of Great Australians Bk3

Barry Marshall (& Robin Warren)

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

Australian Academy of Science

Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Nobel Prize

Sir Douglas Mawson 

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Australian Antarctic Division

509.2 GOT Australia’s Best Scientists

920.094 GRE The Greats

920.094 ONE 100 Famous Australian Lives

920.094 CEN A Century of Great Australians Bk4

998.9 MAW:M Douglas Mawson

998.9 ANT Antarctica

William McBride

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Wikipedia

Sydney Morning Herald

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

Stanley W.O. “Bill” Menzel

Encyclopedia of Australian Science  

Bright Sparcs

Trove

Donald Metcalf

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

Australian Academy of Science

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian

Health

Nancy Millis

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

Australian Academy of Science

Wikipedia

CSIRO

509.2 GOT Australia’s Best Scientists

509.2 BHA Profiles Australian Women Scientists

Ferdinand von Mueller

Museum Victoria

Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Famous People

509.2 GOT Australia’s Best Scientists

920.094 ONE 100 Famous Australian Lives

Sir Gustav Nossal 

Australian Academy of Science

Walter & Eliza Hall Institute

ABC

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian

Health

509.2 GOT Australia’s Best Scientists

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

920.094 CEN A Century of Great Australians Bk4

Sir Marcus (Mark) Oliphant

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Wikipedia

ABC

509.2 GOT Australia’s Best Scientists

509.2 OLI:M Sir Mark Oliphant

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

920.094 ONE 100 Famous Australian Lives

920.094 SIM Australian Legends

920.094 BRA Great Australians

Earl Owen

 509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists 

‘Owen, Earl Ronald’, University of Sydney

A baton, a scalpel and a lasting bond’,  SMH

Limelight

David Rivett

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

509.2 THO Australia’s Greatest Scientists

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Wikipedia

Phyllis Rountree

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

509.2 GOT Australia’s Best Scientists

Susan Serjeantson

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Australian National University

509.2 GOT Australia’s Best Scientists

920.094 CEN A Century of Great Australians Bk5

Fiona Stanley

Encyclopedia of Australian Science  

Australian Academy of Science

Fiona Stanley, Wikipedia 

Telethon Kids

John Tebbutt

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

509.2 GOT Australia’s Best Scientists

Australian Dictionary of Biography

John Tebbutt, Australia on Net

Museum of Applied Arts & Science

Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

Australian Academy of Science

David Warren

609.94 WES Inventors & Inventions

Wikipedia

‘Dave Warren’, Australia. Department of

Defence 

ABC News

Carl Wood

Encyclopedia of Australian Science 

610.92 MUR Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health

Edwin Carlyle Carl Wood’, The Medical Journal

of Australia

Carl Wood: IVF Miracle Worker for

Families’, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Fiona Wood

Australian Academy of Science  

Fiona Wood, Encyclopedia Britannica

Fiona Wood Foundation

 

 

 

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