Person

Sweet, Georgina (1875 - 1946)

OBE

Born
22 January 1875
Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Died
1 January 1946
Canterbury, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Zoologist

Summary

Georgina Sweet was Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Melbourne 1920-1924. Her research included the zoology of Australian native animals and the parasites infesting Australian stock and native fauna.

Details

Chronology

1896
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1896 - 1907
Career position - Taught in several Melbourne secondary schools
1898
Award - MacBain Scholarship received from the University of Melbourne
1898
Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1898 - 1901
Career position - Demonstrator in Biology at the University of Melbourne
1901 - 1908
Career position - Lecturer in Biology at Queen's College at the University of Melbourne
1904
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
1909 - 1920?
Career position - Lecturer in Parasitology in the Veterinary School at the University of Melbourne
1909 - 1920?
Career position - Lecturer and Demonstrator in Biology at the University of Melbourne
1911
Award - Davis Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne
November 1916 - March 1917
Career position - Australia's first female acting Professor
1920 - 1924
Career position - Associate Professor of Zoology at the University of Melbourne - the University's first female one
1924 - 1926
Career position - Lecturer at the Veterinary School at the University of Melbourne (part-time)
1935
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Related Corporate Bodies

  • The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

    Georgina Sweet held multiple positions at The University of Melbourne including Demonstrator in Biology (1898 - 1901), Lecturer in biology (1901 - 1908), Lecturer in Parasitology (1909 - 1920), Professor of Zoology (1916 - 1917) and Associate Professor of Zoology (1920 - 1924). She continued Lecturing part-time until 1926.

    Date: 1898 - 1926

Archival resources

Museum Victoria

  • Georgina Sweet - Records, 1896 - 1930; Museum Victoria. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Georgina Sweet - Records, 1896 - 1946; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

University of Melbourne Central Registry

  • Georgina Sweet - Records, 1892 - 1946; University of Melbourne Central Registry. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Articles

Books

  • Hooker, Claire, Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004), 215 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • MacCallum, Monica, 'Georgina Sweet (1875-1946) zoologist' in 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Heather Radi, ed. (Sydney: Women's Redress Press Inc, 1988). Details
  • MacCallum, Monica, 'Sweet, Georgina (1875-1946), Zoologist, Academic and Philanthropist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 12 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 149-150. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120168b.htm. Details

Edited Books

  • Radi, H. ed., 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology (Sydney: Women's Redress Press Inc, 1988), 268 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Agar, W. E., 'Obituary: Dr. Georgina Sweet', Australian Journal of Science, 9 (1) (1946), 15. Details
  • Anderson, Fay, 'Georgina Sweet: a Brilliant Career', Australasian Science, 21 (4) (2000), 46. Details
  • Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Georgina Sweet', Uni News, 12 (13) (2003), 4. Details
  • Handman, Emanuela, 'Remembering Georgina Sweet', Australian Society for Parasitology newsletter, 25 (1) (2014), 6-8. Details
  • Sweet, Georgina, 'Gilruth and the Melbourne University Veterinary School and the Research Institute. 1909-1912', Australian Veterinary Journal, 13 (1937), 108-110. Details
  • Way, Karla; and Young, David, 'A special connection: Georgina Sweet and the Tiegs Zoology Museum', University of Melbourne collections, 23 (2018), 10-5. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

See also

  • Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details
  • Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne (Melbourne: Department of History, University of Melbourne, 2003), 168 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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