Person

Gillies, Belinda Jane (1956 - )

Born
15 December 1956
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Museum curator and Naturalist

Summary

Belinda Jane Gillies worked in the Birds section of the Museum of Victoria from 1979 to 1992 and was Secretary of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (now Birds Australia) from 1988 to 1992.

Details

Chronology

1977
Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), Monash University, Victoria
1978
Education - Diploma in Education (DipEd), Monash University
1979 -
Career position - Member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union's (RAOU)
1979 - 1980
Career position - Temporary Assistant to the Curator of Birds at the Museum of Victoria (Jan - March)
1979 - 1988
Career position - Secretary of Science and Humanities at the Museum of Victoria
1980 - 1984
Career position - Assistant Curator of Birds at the Museum of Victoria (from September)
1982
Career position - RAOU North West Australia Wader expedition
1983
Career position - RAOU North West Australia Wader expedition
1984 - 1987
Career position - Acting Curator of Birds
1984 - 1988
Career position - Editor of Emu the RAOU scientific journal
1987 - 1992
Career position - Assistant Curator of Birds
1988 - 1992
Career position - Secretary of RAOU
1989 - 1992
Career position - RAOU representative on the Council of the Gould League of Victoria
1992 -
Career position - Co-manager of a natural history bookshop in Prahran, Victoria

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

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