Person

Kloot, Tess

Occupation
Librarian and Ornithologist

Summary

Tess Kloot's supplement to Whittell's 1954 book, The Literature of Australian Birds, was published by the Bird Observers' Club in 1995.

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Librarian and later archivist, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union for many years. Has published numerous articles in a series 'The Biography behind the Bird' and written two books on garden birds with Ellen McCulloch. Volunteer, National Museum of Victoria Bird Room with Allan McEvey (qv) for many years.

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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

Book Sections

  • Kloot, Tess, 'Iredale, Tom (1880-1972), conchologist and ornithologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 435-436, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090431b.htm. Details
  • Kloot, Tess, 'Hull, Arthur Francis Basset (1862-1945), public servant and naturalist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 401-402. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090397b.htm. Details
  • Kloot, Tess, 'Mattingley, Arthur Herbert Evelyn (1870-1950), photographer and ornithologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 449-450. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100440b.htm. Details
  • Kloot, Tess, 'Mathews, Gregory Macalister (1876-1949), ornithologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 441-442. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100430b.htm. Details
  • Kloot, Tess, 'Leach, John Albert (1870-1929), teacher and naturalist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 32-33. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100029b.htm. Details
  • Kloot, Tess, 'Whittell, Hubert Massey (1883-1954), ornithologist, soldier and farmer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), p. 478. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120536b.htm. Details
  • Kloot, Tess, 'Wilson, Herbert Ward (1877-1955), lecturer in science' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 523-524. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120588b.htm. Details
  • Kloot, Tess, 'Chandler, Leslie Gordon (1888-1980), ornithologist and photographer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), p. 401. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130445b.htm. Details
  • Kloot, Tess, 'Chisholm, Alexander Hugh (Alec) (1890-1977), journalist, ornithologist and encyclopaedist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 422-423. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130463b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Kloot, T., 'Lilian Medland: 1880-1955', Emu, 76 (4) (1976), 183-186. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • Kloot, Tess, 'High-flyer saved habitats for winged friends', The Age (2006), 14. Details

Resources

See also

  • Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details

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