Person
Barnard, Marjorie Faith (1897 - 1987)
OAM
- Born
- 16 August 1897
- Died
- 1987
- Occupation
- Librarian and Writer
Summary
Marjorie Barnard was Librarian-in-charge at the Radiophysics Division of CSIR. She was commissioned to write a history of radar which she completed in 1946.
Details
Educated University of Sydney (BA). Author of novels and general works, some written in collaboration with Flora Eldershaw under the name M. Barnard Eldershaw. "A House is Built", published in 1929, remained in print for 50 years.
Chronology
- 1980
- Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Marjorie Faith Barnard - Records, 1946, MS 016; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Marjorie Faith Barnard - Records, 1940 - 1946, ML MSS 887; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. 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
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6766218. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/44670202. Details
- 'Barnard, Marjorie Faith (1897-1987)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458551. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Barnard, Marjorie Faith - Ms 16', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms016.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 12 February 2018
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