Person
Fletcher, Harold Oswald (1903 - 1996)
Polar Medal
- Born
- 26 February 1903
New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 3 August 1996
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Palaeontologist
Summary
Harold Fletcher was Curator of Palaeontology, Australian Museum, Sydney from 1941 and Deputy Director 1956-1967 after having joined the museum in 1918. He was a member of the British, Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expeditions (BANZARE) 1929-1930, 1930-1931.
Details
Chronology
- 1929 - 1930
- Career position - Assistant biologist, British, Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE)
- 1930 - 1931
- Career position - Assistant biologist, British, Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE)
- 1934
- Award - Polar Medal, British, Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) 1929-1931
- 1941 -
- Career position - Curator of Palaeontology, Australian Museum, Sydney
- 1949
- Career position - Honorary Abstractor (Geology/Palaeontology), Australian Science Abstracts, Australian National Research Council
- 1956 - 1957
- Career position - Deputy Director, Australian Museum, Sydney
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
- Harold Oswald Fletcher - Records, 1918 - 1975, DeB 818-820; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
Published resources
Books
- Fletcher, Harold Oswald, Antarctic Days with Mawson: a Personal Account of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929-31 (London: Angus & Robertson, 1984), 313 pp. Details
Newspaper Articles
- 'Medal Awards - For Antarctic Research Expedition', The Canberra Times (1934), 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2350520. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66077004. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/262082081. Details
- 'Fletcher, H O (1903-1996)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-469732. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 31 January 2024
- Foundation Supporter - Committee to Review Australian Studies in Tertiary Education