Biographical entry Rountree, Phyllis Margaret (1911 - 1994)

Summary

Phyllis Margaret Rountree worked at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, as Research Bacteriologist 1944-61, Chief Bacteriologist 1961-71 and after her retirement as Consultant Bacteriologist 1971-92.

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Events

1930

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

1931

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1931 - 1934

Career position - CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) fellowship at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute

1934 - 1935

Career position - Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

1936 - 1937

Career position - Worked at the Public Health Laboratory in London, while studying for a post-graduate Diploma in Bacteriology at the School of Hygiene in London

1938 - 1943

Career position - Clinical Bacteriologist in the Bacteriology Laboratory at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

1943 - 1944

Career position - Brief war service as a food control tester for the Australian Defence Forces

1944 - 1961

Career position - Research Bacteriologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1950

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

1961 - 1971

Career position - Chief Bacteriologist the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1967

Career position - Chairman of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Society for Microbiology

1971 - 1992

Career position - Consultant Bacteriologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1971 - 1992

Career position - Honorary Research Associate in Medical Microbiology at University of New South Wales

Archival resources

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

• Phyllis Margaret Rountree - Records, 1915 - 1993, MLMSS 6482; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Rountree, P. M, 'The Pasteur Institute and Australia', in J. Chaussivert and M. Blackman (eds), Louis Pasteur and the Pasteur Institute in Australia, University of New South Wales French-Australian Research Centre, Sydney, 1988, pp. 9-16. Details

Journal Articles

• Dean, Katrina, 'Phyllis Rountree: a Scientist of her Generation', Australasian Science, vol. 19, no. 3, 1998, p. 56. Details
• Rountree, P. M, 'Jean Danysz - a Forgotten Visitor to Australia', Australian Microbiologist, vol. 9, 1988, pp. 35-42. Details

Theses

• Carey, Jane, 'Departing from their sphere: Australian women and science, 1880-1960', PhD thesis, The University of Melbourne, 2003, 356 pp. Details
• Carey, Jane, 'Departing from their sphere: Australian women and science, 1880-1960', PhD thesis, The University of Melbourne, 2003, 356 pp. Details

Online Resources

• Guide to the Records of Phyllis Margaret Rountree, Australian Science Archives Project, 1993, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/guides/rountree/. Details
• 'Career Summary', in Guide to the Records of Phyllis Margaret Rountree, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/guides/rountree/roun_his.htm. Details
• Phyllis Margaret Rountree Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/roun/rountree.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Rountree, Phyllis M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-565956. Details