Biographical entry Lush, Dora Mary (1910 - 1943)

Summary

Dora Lush was a bacteriological research fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, where she worked closely with Macfarlane Burnet. After a period of time in England Lush returned to the Institute in 1942. On 27 April 1943, while working on a vaccine for scrub typhus, Lush accidentally pricked her finger while inoculating a mouse. She died of the disease three weeks later.

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Events

1932

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

1934

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

1934 - 1939

Career position - Bacteriological Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

1939 - 1942

Career position - Researcher at the National Institute for Medical Research, London

1942 - 1943

Career position - Bacteriological Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Published resources

Book Sections

• Rasmussen, Carolyn, 'Lush, Dora Mary (1910-1943), Bacteriologist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 137-138. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150169b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: Miss Dora Lush, MSc', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 5, no. 6, 1943, pp. 193-194. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Lush, Dora Mary', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469950. Details

See also

• Burnet, Macfarlane, Sir, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1915-1965, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1971, 193 pp. Details
• Fenner, F., 'Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 39-77. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870710039.htm. Details