Research Dataset

Australian Scientists in History (1985 - )

From
1985
Functions
History and Philosophy of Science
Legal Status
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Location
eScholarship Research Centre Level 2, Thomas Cherry Building The University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC 3010

Summary

This dataset is the outcome of research that began in 1985 and is ongoing. It encompasses the biographical and professional profiles of scientists who worked in the fields of science and technology in Australia, between the mid-19th century and current day.

Data collected on the scientists includes: name and alternative names; date and place of birth and death, if known; occupations or fields of specialisation; a summary note outlining their life and work; a timeline of career positions; reference to related people, organisations and archival holdings; and a list of relevant published resources.

The data was structured to comply with ISAAR (CPF) guidelines.

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Rebecca Rigby

Created: 21 September 2011, Last modified: 31 October 2011

EOAS ID: biogs/P004858b.htm

This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
Reference: https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/indigenous-weather-knowledge/indigenous-seasonal-calendars/gariwerd-calendar#bom-anchor-list__item-kooyang-season-of-eels

Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology.

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
What do we mean by this?

The Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation uses the Online Heritage Resource Manager (OHRM), a relational data curation and web publication system developed by the eScholarship Research Centre and its predecessors at the University of Melbourne 1999-2020. The OHRM has been maintained by Gavan McCarthy since 2020.

Cite this page: https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004858b.htm

For earlier editions see the Internet Archive at: https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.eoas.info

"... the rengitj, as a visible mark or imprint on the land, is characterised as a place of origin, the repository of all names, as well as a kind of mapped visual expression of the connection between people and places which is to be carried out in the temporal sequence of the journey." Fanca Tamisari (1998) 'Body, Vision and Movement: In the footprints of the ancestors'. Oceania 68(4) p260