Biographical entry Barnard, Marjorie Faith (1897 - 1987)

Summary

Marjorie Faith Barnard was Librarian-in-charge at the Radiophysics Division of CSIR. She was commissioned to write a history of radar which she completed in 1946.

Details

Educated University of Sydney (BA). Author of novels and general works, some written in collaboration with Flora Eldershaw under the name M. Barnard Eldershaw. "A House is Built", published in 1929, remained in print for 50 years.

Events

1980

Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) received

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Marjorie Faith Barnard - Records, 1946, MS 16; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Marjorie Faith Barnard - Records, 1940 - 1946, ML MSS 887; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Barnard, Marjorie Faith - Ms 16', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms016.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Barnard, Marjorie', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458551. Details