Biographical entry Hill, Dorothy (1907 - 1997)

Summary

Dorothy Hill was Research Professor of Geology, University of Queensland 1959-72 and served for six months as President of the Australian Academy of Science, Canberra in 1970. She was the first female elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and has published widely on palaeontology, stratigraphy and geology. She is commemorated by Dorothy Hill Chair in Palaeontology & Stratigraphy at the University of Queensland, established 1972 and the Dorothy Hill Library, University of Queensland.

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Events

1928

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Queensland

1930 - 1932

Education - University of Queensland Foundation Travelling Scholarship received and went to Cambridge

1932

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Cambridge, UK

1932 - 1935

Career position - Queensland Students' Research Fellowship received

1936 - 1937

Career position - Senior Studentship Exhibition of 1851

1937 - 1942

Career position - Research Fellow at the University of Queensland

1942

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

1942 - 1945

Career position - Second Officer in the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS)

1946 - 1952

Career position - Lecturer in Geology at the University of Queensland

1949 - 1950

Career position - President of the Royal Society of Queensland

1955 - 1956

Career position - Chairman of the Geological Society of Australia, Queensland division

1955 - 1959

Career position - Reader in Geology at the University of Queensland

1956 -

Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1959 - 1972

Career position - Research Professor in Geology at the University of Queensland

1962

Career position - Foundation member of the Queensland Palaeontographical Society

1964

Award - Lyell Medal received from the Geological Society of London

1965

Career position - Elected to the Royal Society - first Australian woman to achieve this

1966

Award - Clarke Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1967

Award - Bancroft Oration and Medal received from the Australian Medical Association, Queensland branch

1967

Award - ANZAAS Mueller Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)

1970

Career position - President of the Australian Academy of Science - first female

1971

Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

1971 - 1972

Career position - First woman in an Australian university to be president of her university's Professorial board

1973 - 1975

Career position - President of the Geological Society of Australia

1973 - 1997

Career position - Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Queensland

1981

Award - W.R. Browne Medal received from the Geological Society of Australia

1983

Award - ANZAAS Medalist (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)

1993

Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)

Related entries

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

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• Australasian Science, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/journal.htm. Details
• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Books

• Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940, University of Queensland Library, St Lucia, 1987, 180 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Hill, Dorothy, 'Jack, Robert Logan (1845-1921), geologist and explorer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, p. 466. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040526b.htm. Details
• Hill, Dorothy, 'Richards, Henry Caselli (1884-1947), Professor of Geology', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 373-374. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110383b.htm. Details

Edited Books

• McKay, Judith (ed.), Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, 1997, 80 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Campbell, K. S. W.; Jell, J. S. Campbell, K.S.W. and Jell, J.S., 'Dorothy Hill 1907-1997', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 12, no. 2, Australian Academy of Science, 1998, pp. 205-228. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9981220205.htm. Details
• Giles, G. G. ; Hill, D. J. and Silver, B., 'The Lung Cancer Epidemic in Australia, 1910 to 1989', Australian Journal of Public Health, vol. 15, no. 3, 1991, pp. 245-247. Details
• Hill, Dorothy, 'Robert Logan Jack: a Memorial Address', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. lviii, no. 7, 1946, pp. 113-124. Details
• Hill, Dorothy, '[Obituary]: Edward Oswald Marks, 1882-1971 [including list of publications]', Queensland Naturalist, vol. 20, no. 4/6, 1972, pp. 124-129. Details
• Hill, Dorothy, 'The First Fifty Years of the Department of Geology of the University of Queensland', University of Queensland, Department of Geology, vol. 10, no. 1, 1981, pp. 1-68. Details
• Hill, Dorothy, 'The Great Barrier Reef Committee, 1922-82: the First Thirty Years', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 1, 1984, pp. 1-18. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9840610001.htm. Details
• Hill, Dorothy, 'The Great Barrier Reef Committee, 1922-1982, Part 2: the last Three Decades', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 2, 1985, pp. 195-221. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9850620195.htm. Details
• Hill, Dorothy, 'Edwin Sherbon Hills, 1906-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 79-95. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870710079.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Hill, Dorothy (1907-1997), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0064b.htm. Details
• Campbell, Ken, 'Obituary: Dorothy Hill', WISENET Journal, vol. 45, November, 1997, http://www.wisenet-australia.org/ISSUE45/dhill.htm. Details
• 'Hill, Dorothy', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-754082. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'Finding Life in Ancient Corals: Dorothy Hill', Australasian Science, vol. Summer, 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_hill.htm. Details

See also

• Glaessner, M. F. , Shergold, J. H. and Teichert, C., 'Armin Alexander Öpik 1898-1983', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 2, 1985, pp. 267-276. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9850620267.htm. Details