Person
Waddell, Winifred (1884 - 1972)
MBE
- Born
- 8 October 1884
Nook's Head, Cumberland, England - Died
- 1972
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist
Summary
Winifred Waddell was a mathematics teacher who was passionate about Australian plants. In 1949 she formed a wildflower preservation group within the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. This group became the Native Plants Preservation Society of Victoria in 1952, with Waddell as Secretary. She worked tirelessly to establish wildflower sanctuaries around Victoria, the first of over 70 being at Tallarook in 1949. A collection of articles written by Waddell for the "Junior section" of The age newspaper between 1960 and 1964 was edited for publication as Wildflower diary (1976) by Jean Galbraith.
Details
Educated Royal Holloway College, London (BSc)
Chronology
- 1906
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Royal Holloway College, University of London
- 1916 - 1940
- Career position - Mathematics Teacher at Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School
- 1935 - 1941
- Career position - Chief of Staff, Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School
- 1937 - 1939
- Career position - Acting Head Mistress, Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School
- 1941
- Career position - Tutor at Trinity College
- 1942
- Life event - Retired
- 1942 - 1945
- Career position - Tutor, University of Melbourne
- 1949 - 1952
- Career position - Established Wildflower Preservation Group within Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- 1952 - 1966
- Career position - Founder and Secretary, Native Plants Preservation Society of Victoria
- 1964
- Award - Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists' Club
- 1964
- Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Related entries
Archival resources
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
- Waddell, Winifred, 1884-1972, papers, 1906 - 1965, MS 9403 (MSB 463); State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. 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
- Waddell, W.: edited by Jean Galbraith, Wildflower diary: a memorial volume compiled from articles published in the Junior Age during the period 1960-64 (Melbourne: Native Plants Preservation Society of Victoria, 1976), 150 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Marks, Robin, 'From Head's Nook to the High Plains: Winifred Waddell and the Native Plants Preservation Society of Victoria', Australian Garden History, 22 (2) (2011), 13-8. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8025425. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/4565152331607103260007. Details
- 'Waddell, Winifred (1884-1972)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-754083. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Waddell, Winifred (1884-1972), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0116b.htm. Details
See also
- Houghton, Sheila, '"If it is not against the rules": women in the FNCV 1880 - 1980', The Victorian naturalist, 122 (6) (2005), 290-306. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 26 February 2019