Biographical entry Currie, George Alexander (1896 - 1984)

Summary

George Alexander Currie was appointed Hackett Professor of Agriculture, University of Western Australia in1939. He was specially commissioned in 1945 to make a survey and report to the Commonwealth Department of Post-War Reconstruction on rural training for ex-service personnel.

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Events

1923

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) / Agricultural Science (BScAgr) completed at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland

1923 - 1926

Career position - Manager of Salter Estates Co in Sarina, Queensland

1926 - 1929

Career position - Assistant Entomologist with the Cotton Section Department of Agriculture and Stock in Brisbane

1929 - 1937

Career position - Senior Research Officer in the Noxious Weeds Section of CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) in Canberra

1936

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Aberdeen

1937 - 1939

Career position - Principal Research Officer for CSIR's Noxious Weeds Investigations

1939

Career position - Hackett Professor of Agriculture at the University of Western Australia

1940 - 1945

Career position - Vice-Chancellor (part time) at the University of Western Australia

1946 -

Career position - Vice-Chancellor at the University of Western Australia

Published resources

Books

• Currie, G. A., A Scientist in Search of Education. John Murtagh Macrosan Memorial Lecture, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1948. Details

Resource Sections

• Hutchison, D. E., Currie, Sir George Alexander (1896-1984), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, vol. 17, Australian National University, 2007. Also available at http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/currie-sir-george-alexander-12384/text22257. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Currie, George', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-805362. Details

See also

• Sherratt, Tim, 'CSIRO', in Graeme Davison; John Hirst; Stuart Macintyre (ed.), Oxford Companion to Australian History, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1998, pp. 164-165. Also available at http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/csiro_history.htm. Details