Hill, Dorothy (1907 - 1997)

Dorothy Hill was the first female Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1956); the first Australian woman elected to the Royal Society (1965); the first female President of the Australian Academy of Science (1970); and the first woman in an Australian university to be president of her university's professorial board (1971-1972).

Hill was Research Professor of Geology at the University of Queensland from 1959-1972 and published widely on palaeontology, stratigraphy and geology.

She was awarded the CBE in 1971 for services to geology and palaentology, and received an AC in 1993.

Related Corporate Bodies

• Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) (1942 - 1984)

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Australian Women Exhibitions

• Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, March 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html. [ Details... ]

Journal Articles

• Campbell, K.S.W. and Jell, J.S., 'Dorothy Hill 1907-1997', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 12, no. 2, 1998, pp. 205-228. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• 'Hill, Dorothy (1907 - 1997), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000494b.htm. [ Details... ]
• Campbell, K.S.W. and Jell, J.S., 'Dorothy Hill 1907-1997', AAS Biographical Memoirs, 1998, http://www.science.org.au/academy/memoirs/hill.htm. [ Details... ]
• Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'HILL, DOROTHY', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=N&VeteranID=1191187. [ Details... ]
• Sherratt, Tim, 'Finding Life in Ancient Corals: Dorothy Hill', Australasian Science, Summer, Australian Science Archives Project, 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_hill.htm. [ Details... ]

See also

• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 'Where are the Women in Australian science?', 22 August 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. [ Details... ]