People

Early life Ian was born in Adelaide on 28 May 1917 and attended the Peters College, Adelaide from 1926 to 1935. In his final year at school he won prizes in chemistry, physics and mathematics. Tertiary education and early career In 1936 he started a science course at the University of Adelaide, but had to […]

Early life Joanne grew up in suburban Sydney in a housing commission suburb.  She was the middle of three children.  Her early life was carefree and involved lots of activities with a neighbourhood full of children who roamed freely, climbing trees, building billy-carts and playing games. Her parents encouraged her education against social pressure for […]

Dr. Ebbe Nielsen was a pioneer of Australian biodiversity research and Director of the Australian National Insect Collection. He was passionate about life, a passion that drove him from the learned surroundings of the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) at CSIRO in Canberra, where he was Director, to being the most successful global advocate for the science […]

Early life Jack Cusack was born in Walpiri country 700 km south-west of Darwin in 1935, but was taken from his family when he was a young boy and raised in a mission on the Tiwi Islands, 80 kilometres north of Darwin. Time at CSIRO Jack Cusack was CSIRO’s longest serving Aboriginal staff member, working […]

John Busby retired as the inaugural General Manager of the Australian Government’s Office of Spatial Data Management, a whole-of-government initiative to facilitate use of spatial data within government agencies. John has over 30 years’ experience with biodiversity data management in multi-jurisdictional networks. With the Australian Biological Resources Study, he coordinated the Australian Biogeographic Information System […]

Early life Michael grew up on a dairy farm at Camden NSW and attended Camden state school. Tertiary education and early career Michael studied mathematical sciences at the University of Sydney, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours (First Class) in 1972. This was followed by a Master of Science in 1974, a […]

Early life Dr Roy Montague Green was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire on 25 October 1935 and attended Ilkeston Grammar School. Tertiary education and early career Roy completed a BSc (Hons) in physics at Liverpool University and then moved to Canada to work as a trainee engineer with Westinghouse in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He then obtained his […]

Henry Nix AO

Early life Peter was born on 6 July 1948 in Newcastle NSW, the second of 3 sons to Wilfred (Deputy Chief Electrical Engineer at Shortland County Council) and Henrietta (home maker). Peter’s secondary education was at Callaghan College in Newcastle where he gained University Entrance and was School Captain in 1965. He married Jan Winton […]