People

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Wilfred (Wilf) Ernest Ewers (1919-2020)

Early life Wilfred (Wilf) Ernest Ewers was born in Perth on 23 December 1919 and did his primary education at […]

Wayne Stewart Meyer

Wayne Stewart Meyer was Deputy Chief and Business Director for CSIRO Land and Water from 2002 to 2004. For his […]

Alfred Howard [1906-2010]

Alfred (Alf) Howard [1906-2010]

Early life and education Dr Alfred Howard was born in Melbourne and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) in […]

Cyril Angus Appleby

Early life Cyril Angus Appleby was born on 6 July 1928 at Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia. After completing his […]

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Dr Bruce Lee

Studies and early career Dr Bruce Lee completed a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Hons) at the University of Sydney […]

Michael Jermyn

Early life Mike Jermyn was a New Zealander. He first came to Australia in 1941 to work as a munitions […]

David Edward Peters

Early life David Peters was born in England in 1938 and came to Australia as a schoolboy. Tertiary education and […]

William Percy Rogers [1914-1997]

Stub entry only. Biography in preparation. William Percy Rogers was an Australian zoologist known for his work in parasitology. He […]

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Gerald Lightfoot [1877–1966]

Mr. Lightfoot came to Australia in 1906 and joined the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics where he was responsible for establishing the Bureau's Labour and Industrial Branch and extending it to the main industrial centres of the Commonwealth.