Posts by Helen Wolff

Mildred Barnard Prentice

Early life Mildred Barnard was born in Melbourne but when she was four the family moved to the newly established […]

Sir John Percival Vissing Madsen [1879-1969]

Sir John Madsen helped pioneer Australian radio and radar research and played a major role in the development of national engineering standards.

CSIRO Annual Report 2016-17

Our CSIRO Annual Report 2016-17 presents details of the activities of the organisation throughout 2016–17. (188 pages)

Herbert Eric Dadswell [1903-1964]

Dr. H. E. Dadswell was a pioneer in the field of wood anatomy and Australia's foremost expert in eucalypt anatomy.

Allan Walkley [1906-1961]

Dr. Allan Walkley made important contributions in a number of fields of research including soil chemistry, hydrometallurgy, and electrochemistry.

Mervyn Clarence Franklin [1905-1967]

Dr. M. C. Franklin was one of Australia's best known livestock scientists.

Bertram Thomas (Bert) Dickson [1886–1982]

Dr Bertram Thomas Dickson was Chief of the Division of Plant Industry until his retirement in 1951.

Terry Cutler [1948-2020]

Terrence Austin Cutler made contributions to Australian public policy across extraordinarily wide areas – the arts, telecommunications, science and innovation and design. He was particularly interested in the connections between all these areas of thought.

William Ivo (Bill) Whitton [1924-2019]

Early life Bill Whitton was born in Sandringham, a bayside suburb of Melbourne, on 4 October 1924 and died in […]