Person

Johnson, Cynthia Mary (1921 - 2010)

Born

2 January 1921
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Died

7 September 2010
Tasmania, Australia

Occupation

Physicist

Alternative Names

Alexander, Cynthia Mary (married name)

Summary

Cynthia Johnson was a research assistant at the University of Tasmania 1941-1942.

Details

Chronology

1939 -: Education - Studied for a Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Tasmania
1941 -: Career event - President, University Union, University of Tasmania [first female elected as President]
1941 - 1942: Career position - Research assistant, University of Tasmania
1943 -: Career event - Vice-President, National Union of Australian University Students
1943 - 1946: Military service - Second World War. Lance Corporal, Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section, Australian Army Medical Womens Services (AAMWS)

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 regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Resources

CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: B883, TFX14925', B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=6500365. Details
'Johnson, Cynthia Mary (1921-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474254. Details

Resource Sections

'Johnson, Cynthia Mary', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001708p.htm. Details

EOAS ID: biogs/P001708b.htm

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