Biographical entry Craik, Wendy (1949 - )

Summary

Wendy Craik was the first women to hold the position of executive officer of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The focus of her academic and research work has been biology and fisheries since studying for a Bachelor of Science with Honours degree at the Australian National University (ANU) in the 1970s.

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Events

1973

Award - University Medal (Zoology) received from the Australian National University (ANU)

1984 - 1990

Career position - Director of Research and Monitoring at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

1990 - 1992

Career position - Director of Planning and Management at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

1992 - 1995

Career position - Chair of the Queensland Catchment Management Co-ordinating Committee

1992 - 1995

Career position - Executive Officer of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

1992 - 1996

Career position - Member of the Marine Sub-committee of the Australian Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

1993 - 1995

Career position - Member of the Queensland Fisheries Policy Council

1994 - 1995

Career position - Chair of the Marine Sub-committee of the Australian Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

1995 - 2000

Career position - Executive Director of the National Farmers Federation

1995 - 2000

Career position - Trustee of the Australian Farmers Fighting Fund

1996 -

Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

1997 -

Career position - Member of the Australian Institute of Marine Science Council

1997 -

Career position - Member of the Institute of Land and Food Resources at the University of Melbourne

1997 - 1999

Career position - Member of the Australian Landcare Council

1997 - 2000

Career position - Chair of CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Land and Water Sector Advisory Committee

2000 -

Career position - Chair of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)

2000 -

Career position - Chief Executive of Earth Sanctuaries Limited

Related entries

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Biographical cuttings on Wendy Craik, former executive director of the National Farmers' Federation, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

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

Online Resources

• Bowen, Margarita, 'Wendy Craik and the Great Barrier Reef', WISENET Journal, vol. 34, March, 1994, http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/craik.htm. Details
• 'Craik, Wendy (1949-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-542632. Details

See also

• Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Handbook 2001, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Victoria, 2001, 271 pp. Details
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details