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[Stub entry only. Contribution wanted] Dr. Russell Wylie gained his bachelors degree in physics from the University of Sydney, his masters degree from the University (while with CSIRO) and his PhD from the University of Bristol through a CSIRO postgraduate studentship. His theoretical and experimental research in phase nucleation, the interaction of water vapour with […]

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 […]

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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 […]