Person

Dickson, Flora (1930s - ?)

Born
1930s
Warragul, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Teacher

Summary

Flora Dickson was a science teacher and principal of Banyule High School 1979-1987.

Details

Chronology

1947
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1948
Education - Diploma of Education (DipEd), University of Melbourne
1949 - 1954
Career position - Science Teacher at Sale High School
1950 - 1957
Career position - Maffra
1958 - 1959
Career position - Fulbright exchange teacher to Portland, Oregon
1970 - 1978
Career position - Warragul briefly, Rosanna (later La Trobe), Oak Park ('special class', later reclassified as 'deputy principal'), deputy principal at Banyule High School
1979 - 1987
Career position - Principal of Banyule High School

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

Book Sections

  • Rasmussen, Carolyn, 'Science was so Much More Exciting: Six Women in the Physical Sciences' in On the Edge of Discovery: Australian Women in Science, Farley Kelly, ed. (Melbourne: Text Publishing Company, 1993), pp. 105-131. 108, 124-126. Details

Resources

Rosanne Walker

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