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Dr. Katherine Locock

Dr Katherine Locock leads the Drug Discovery Chemistry team in the Manufacturing Business Unit of the CSIRO in Melbourne, Australia. […]

Elizabeth Gordon Heij

Stub entry only — contributions wanted Dr. Elizabeth Heij was born in Tasmania, and educated in New Zealand and the […]

Dr. Mary Margaret Chattaway

Dr. Margaret Chattaway was a senior member of the research staff of the Division of Forest Products.

Mildred Barnard Prentice

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

Enid Plante, circa 1940s

Enid Campbell Plante

Early life Enid Campbell Plante was born in Albury, New South Wales on 8 October 1918. Enid was Head Prefect […]

Taisa Demediuk

Taisa Demediuk (1922-2011)

Dr Taisa Demediuk began her chemistry career amidst the upheavals of wartime Western Europe. In 1950s Australia, she applied her great intellect and character to almost a decade of research at the CSIRO.

Joanne Daly

Joanne Christine Daly

Early life Joanne grew up in suburban Sydney in a housing commission suburb.  She was the middle of three children.  […]

June Norma Olley

Early life After completing her PhD in 1950 and working with the the Medical Research Council, Dr Olley spent 18 years […]

Vice-Chancellor Professor Annabelle Duncan

Professor Annabelle Duncan

Early life Annabelle Duncan was born in Nelson, New Zealand. She was the younger daughter of Gordon (small business owner) […]

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