Biographical entry Davies, Valerie Ethel (1920 - )

Summary

Valerie Davies was appointed Curator of Arachnids at the Queensland Museum in 1972. She built up the collection by organising and attending numerous expeditions and systematically sorted and identified each specimen herself. Davies has authored over forty publications.

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Events

1939

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at Otago University in New Zealand

1942

Education - Master of Science with Honours (MSc (Hons)) completed at Otago University, New Zealand

1943 - 1944

Career position - Research Assistant in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Otago, New Zealand

1944 - 1945

Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Otago in New Zealand

1948

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Somerville College, Oxford, UK

1962 - 1963

Career position - Nuffield Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology at the University of Otago, New Zealand

1964 - 1972

Career position - Tutor in the Department of Zoology (part-time) at the University of Queensland

1972 - 1974

Career position - Curator of Arachnids at the Queensland Museum

1974 - 1978

Career position - Research Curator at the Queensland Museum

1976 - 1985

Career position - Honorary Consultant for the Department of Entomology at the University of Queensland

1978 - 1985

Career position - Senior Curator at the Queensland Museum

1984

Career position - Participant in Expedition Wanderlust to Hinchenbrook Island

1985

Life event - Retired

1989 - 1992

Career position - Vice-President of the Centre Internationale Documentaire Arachnologique

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• 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

Edited Books

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

Online Resources

• 'Davies, Valerie Todd', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-589165. Details