Person
Wallace, Douglas (1923 - 2012)
OAM
- Born
- 24 April 1923
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 2012
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Arachnologist and Carpenter
Summary
Douglas Wallace was a carpenter who was also an expert amateur arachnologist. He was self-taught, his passion for spiders being sparked by observing orb-weaving spiders in Papua New Guinea while serving with the Australian Imperial Forces during World War II. For many years he identified spiders for doctors and the ambulance service in the Rockhampton area. Wallace often accompanied Queensland Museum scientists in their field excursions. He formed an arachnology society in Rockhampton and was the long-term editor of its newsletter. Wallace's collection of over 300 spider specimens was lodged with the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens. Several spider species were named in his honour.
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Chronology
- 1979
- Career position - Founding Member, Australasian Arachnological Society
- 2004
- Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to natural science through the study of arachnids, particularly in the Central Queensland region
- 2005
- Award - Honorary Master of Applied Science, Central Queensland University
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Douglas Wallace (1923 - 2012)', Entomological Society of Queensland news bulletin, 46 (2) (2018), 29. Details
- Wallace, Diane, 'Obituary: Douglas Wallace OAM (1923 - 2012)', Australasian arachnology, 85 (2013), 13-5. Details
See also
- Archive of past Queensland entomologists, Entomological Society of Queensland, 2019. https://www.esq.org.au/archive-intro.html. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 12 March 2019, Last modified: 12 January 2023