Person

Rountree, Phyllis Margaret (1911 - 1994)

Born
1911
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Died
27 July 1994
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Bacteriologist

Summary

Phyllis Rountree worked at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, as Research Bacteriologist 1944-1961, Chief Bacteriologist 1961-1971 and after her retirement as Consultant Bacteriologist 1971-1992.

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Chronology

1930
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1931
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1931 - 1934
Career position - CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) fellowship at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute
1934 - 1935
Career position - Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
1936 - 1937
Career position - Worked at the Public Health Laboratory in London, while studying for a post-graduate Diploma in Bacteriology at the School of Hygiene in London
1938 - 1943
Career position - Clinical Bacteriologist in the Bacteriology Laboratory at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
1943 - 1944
Career position - Brief war service as a food control tester for the Australian Defence Forces
1944 - 1961
Career position - Research Bacteriologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1950
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
1961 - 1971
Career position - Chief Bacteriologist the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1967
Career position - Chairman, New South Wales branch of the Australian Society for Microbiology
1971 - 1992
Career position - Consultant Bacteriologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1971 - 1992
Career position - Honorary Research Associate in Medical Microbiology at University of New South Wales

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Phyllis Margaret Rountree - Records, 1915 - 1993, MLMSS 6482; 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

Books

  • Hooker, Claire, Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004), 215 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Dean, Katrina, 'Rountree, Phyllis Margaret (1911-1994), microbiologist and bacteriologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 19: 1991 - 1995 A-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2021), pp. 735-736, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rountree-phyllis-margaret-27706. Details
  • Rountree, P. M, 'The Pasteur Institute and Australia' in Louis Pasteur and the Pasteur Institute in Australia, J. Chaussivert and M. Blackman, eds (Sydney: University of New South Wales French-Australian Research Centre, 1988), pp. 9-16. Details

Journal Articles

  • Dean, Katrina, 'Phyllis Rountree: a Scientist of her Generation', Australasian Science, 19 (3) (1998), 56. Details
  • Rountree, P. M, 'Jean Danysz - a Forgotten Visitor to Australia', Australian Microbiologist, 9 (1988), 35-42. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

Theses

  • Carey, Jane, 'Departing from their sphere: Australian women and science, 1880-1960', PhD thesis, The University of Melbourne, 2003, 356 pp. Details

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