Biographical entry Mackerras, Ian Murray (1898 - 1980)

Summary

Ian Mackerras was Director of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane 1947-1961, and Research Fellow, CSIRO, Canberra 1961-1974.

Details

Born Balclutha, New Zealand, 19 September 1898. Died 21 March 1980. President, Australian Entomological Society, 1965-1967. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1954.

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Ian Murray Mackerras - Records, 1886 - 1980, MS 122; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Williams, Lesley, 'Mackerras, Ian Murray (1898-1980) and Josephine Mackerras (1896-1971), Medical Scientists', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 248-250. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150290b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Mackerras, I., 'A. J. Turner Memorial Address', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. 60, 1948, pp. 69-79. Details
• Mackerras, I. M., 'Gilruth's Part in Sheep Blowfly Research', Australian Veterinary Journal, vol. 13, 1937, pp. 116-118. Details
• Mackerras, I. M., 'Alexander John Nicholson', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 2, no. 1, 1971, pp. 66-81. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9710210066.htm. Details
• Mackerras, I. M., 'Francis Ratcliffe (1904-1970): Obituary', Search, vol. 2, no. 3, 1971, pp. 74-75. Details
• Mackerras, I. M., 'Edward Holbrook Derrick', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 4, no. 1, 1979, pp. 82-102. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9790410082.htm. Details
• MacKerras, I. M. and MacKerras, M. J., 'Problems of Parasitology and Entomology in Australia. Report Prepared for the Indian Ocean Science Congress', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 15, 1953, pp. 183-189. Details
• Mackerras, I. M. and Marks, Elizabeth N., 'The Bancrofts: a century of scientific endeavour [includes lists of publications]', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. 84, no. 1, 1973, pp. 1-34. Details
• Mackerras, I.M., 'Alfred Jefferis Turner and Amateur Entomology in Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. lx, no. 7, 1948, pp. 69-88. Details
• Marks, E. N. and Mackerras, I. M., 'Evolution of a National Entomological Society in Australia', Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, vol. 11, no. 2, 1972, pp. 81-90. Details
• Norris, K. R., 'Ian Murray Mackerras 1898-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 98-114. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9810520098.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Mackerras, Ian Murray - Ms 122', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms122.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Mackerras, Ian Murray', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468644. Details
• Norris, K. R., 'Ian Murray Mackerras 1898-1980', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/mackerras.html. Details

See also

• Sprent, J. F. A., 'Ronald Harry Wharton 1923-83', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 2, 1985, pp. 293-301. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9850620293.htm. Details