Biographical entry Barnard, Mildred Macfarlan (1908 - 2000)

Summary

Mildred Macfarlan Barnard was an assistant biometrician at CSIR Divisions of Forest Products and Animal Health 1936-41. She resumed her career in 1956, demonstrating and later lecturing in the Mathematics Department of the University of Queensland.

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Events

1931

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

1932

Education - Master of Arts (MA) completed at the University of Melbourne

1933 - 1934

Career position - Tutor at Janet Clarke Hall and Trinity College at the University of Melbourne

1936

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at University College London

1936 - 1941

Career position - Assistant Biometrician in the Divisions of Forest Products and Animal Health at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)

1941 - 1956

Career position - Some part-time lecturing at the University of Melbourne and tutoring at the Women's College

1956 - 1970

Career position - Demonstrator in the Mathematics Department at the University of Queensland

1970 - 1978

Career position - Lecturer in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Queensland

1972

Career position - First Chairwoman of the Brisbane Branch of the International Biometrics Society, Australasian Region

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Barnard, Mildred Macfarlan', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001596p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Barnard, Mildred Macfarlan', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475551. Details