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Hill, Dorothy (1907 - 1997)

CBE, AC

Born
10 September 1907
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died
23 April 1997
Occupation
Geologist and Palaeontologist

Summary

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).

Details

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.

Archival resources

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

  • Dorothy Hill - Records, 1962, OM72-19; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

The University of Queensland Archives

  • Dorothy Hill - Records, 1930 - 1988; The University of Queensland Archives. Details

Published resources

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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

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Created: 9 February 2001, Last modified: 1 June 2010

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