Person
Weste, Gretna Margaret (1917 - 2006)
AM
- Born
- 5 September 1917
Dumfries, Scotland - Died
- September 2006
Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist
Summary
Gretna Weste worked in the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne 1961-1982, retiring as Reader. She was the foremost authority in Australia on the biological behaviour of the cinnamon fungus, Phytophthora cinnamoni, which travels in disturbed soil and was responsible for the 'dieback' disease in forests of Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.
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Chronology
- 1938
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1939
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1939 - 1941
- Career position - Plant Pathologist at the Forests Commission of Victoria
- 1955 - 1960
- Career position - Biology Teacher at Firbank Church of England Girls' Grammar School
- 1961 - 1982
- Career position - Co-ordinator and Reader in Botany at the University of Melbourne (Assistant Lecturer 1965-74, Senior Lecturer 1974-80, Reader 1980-82)
- 1968
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1982 -
- Career position - Senior Associate in the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne
- 1983
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
- 1989
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
- 1995
- Award - Australasian Plant Pathology Society Medal received
- 1999 - 2006
- Career position - President, Australasian Mycological Society
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Edited Books
- Clifford, Harold T. ed., Cambridge - Castlemaine: a Tribute to John Stewart Turner on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday (St Lucia: Botany Department, University of Queensland, 1988), 71 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Gillbank, Linden, 'Dr Gretna Margaret Weste AM, 5 September 1917 - 30 August 2006', The Victorian naturalist, 124 (3) (2007), 183-7. Details
- Simpson, J. A.; Smith, I. W. and Grgurinovic, Cheryl, 'Vale Dr Gretna Weste AM (1917 - 2006)', Australasian mycologist, 25 (3) (2006), 90-1. Details
- Weste, G. M., 'A long and varied fungal foray', Australasian Plant Pathology, 34 (2005), 433-7. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21612514. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/3403153184546327100001. Details
- 'Weste, Gretna M (1917-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1029838. Details
Resource Sections
- Millis, Nancy, 'Interview with Dr Gretna Weste', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 8 June 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/w/gw.html. Details
Theses
- Carey, Jane, 'Departing from their sphere: Australian women and science, 1880-1960', PhD thesis, The University of Melbourne, 2003, 356 pp. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 15 August 2002, Last modified: 13 September 2022