Person

Besly, Mary Ann Catherine (1929 - 1994)

Born
1929
Died
16 July 1994
Occupation
Zoologist

Summary

Mary Besly was a lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, until her retirement in 1989.

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Educated University of Sydney (BA 1938, BSc 1952, PhD 1963). Remained as a member of the academic staff of the University of Sydney until her retirement as Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences in 1989. A garden in the University grounds has been named after her to recognise her service on the Students' Union and the Mary Besly Memorial Fund provides an annual award for a second-year student in Biological Sciences.

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

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This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
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"... the rengitj, as a visible mark or imprint on the land, is characterised as a place of origin, the repository of all names, as well as a kind of mapped visual expression of the connection between people and places which is to be carried out in the temporal sequence of the journey." Fanca Tamisari (1998) 'Body, Vision and Movement: In the footprints of the ancestors'. Oceania 68(4) p260