Biographical entry Sherratt, Timothy Paul (1962 - )

Summary

Tim Paul Sherratt has had a long involvement with the history and archives of Australian science and technology. In 2005 he was awarded a PhD for his work on 'Atomic Wonderland' which, in his words, reflects 'a continuing battle with the meaning of progress, the involvement of science and the nature of the atomic age'. Tim was a key staff member of the Australian Science Archives Project and was one of the prime movers that led to the development of ASAP's web presence, in particular Bright Sparcs.

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1985

Education - BA(Hons), University of Melbourne, majoring in History and Philosophy of Science. Awarded the Dwight Prize for Final Year Honours.

1985 - 1986

Career position - Research Assistant to Professor R.W. Home, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, working on various projects concerned with the history of physics in Australia, including Physics in Australia to 1945.

1985 - 1988

Career position - Casual Tutor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, teaching 'History of Astronomy' and 'Upheavals in Science'.

1987 - 1989

Education - PhD Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, supported by an Australian Postgraduate Research Award, investigating the 'atomic age' in Australia.

1989 - 1991

Career position - Assistant Archivist with the Australian Science Archives Project, University of Melbourne, with major responsibility for processing the records Edwin Sherbon Hills.

1991 - 1997?

Career position - Editor of the History of Australian Science Newsletter, published by the Australian Science Archives Project, University of Melbourne

1992

Career position - Archivist with the Australian Science Archives Project, University of Melbourne. Organised a major national conference: Recovering Science - Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future

1993

Career position - Senior Archivist, Australian Science Archives Project, University of Melbourne, appointed to establish the ASAP Canberra Office at the Australian Academy of Science.

1994 - 1997

Career position - Manager, Canberra Office and Head of Information Services, Australian Science Archives Project, University of Melbourne. Initiated the development of ASAP's Internet publishing and outreach program.

Related entries

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• Australasian Science, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/journal.htm. Details
• The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/omp.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; et al, Pasteur in Australia, a Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/pasteur/pasteur.htm. Details

Articles

• Sherratt, Tim, "A physicist would be best out of it" - George Briggs and the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, Voices, vol. Autumn, 1993. Also available at http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/tps_briggs_and_unaec.htm. Details

Books

• Brash, Stuart; Conde Anne-Marie; Robin, Libby; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim, A Guide to the Records of Philip Crosbie Morrison, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1993, 178 pp. Details
• McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar; O'Sullivan, Lisa; Sherratt, Tim, A Guide to the Records of Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1993, 156 pp. Details
• O'Sullivan, Lisa; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim, A Brief Guide to the Records of Armin Aleksander Öpik, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1992, 47 pp. Details
• Scillio, Mark; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt,Tim, A Brief Guide to the Records of Minerals Separation Ltd, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1992, 29 pp. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; McCarthy, Gavan, A Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1992, 150 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Robin, Libby, 'Migrants and Nomads', in Tim; Griffiths Sherratt and Libby Tom; Robin (eds), A Change in the Weather: Climate and Culture in Australia, National Museum of Australia Press, Canberra, 2005, pp. 42-53. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'CSIRO', in Graeme Davison; John Hirst; Stuart Macintyre (ed.), Oxford Companion to Australian History, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1998, pp. 164-165. Also available at http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/csiro_history.htm. Details

Conference Papers

• Sherratt, Tim, '"On the beach": Australia's nuclear history', Paper presented at French Worlds, Pacific Worlds Conference, 16 July 1996. Also available at http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/tps_on_the_beach.htm. Details

Conference Proceedings

• Sherratt, Tim; Jooste, Lisa; Clayton, Rosanne (ed.), Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1995, 124 pp. Details

Edited Books

• Sherratt, Tim; Griffiths, Tom; Robin, Libby (ed.), A Change in the Weather: Climate and Culture in Australia, National Museum of Australia Press, Canberra, 2005, 216 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Sherratt, Tim, 'A Political Inconvenience: Australian Scientists at the British Atomic Weapons Tests, 1952-53', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 2, 1985, pp. 137-152. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9850620137.htm. Details

Reviews

• Anderson, Warwick, review of Sherratt, Tim, Griffiths, Tom, Robin, Libby (ed.) A change in the weather: climate and culture in Australia (2005), Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 16, no. 2, 2005, pp. 251-253. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=HR05012.pdf. Details
• Noble, Ian, review of Sherratt, Tim; Griffiths, Tom; Robin, Libby, ed., A change in the weather: climate and culture in Australia (2005), Australian Book Review, 2005, pp. 50-51. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, review of Reynolds, Wayne, Australia's Bid for the Atomic Bomb (2000), Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 13, no. 4, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 2000, pp. 536-538. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/109/issue/3266.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, review of Cain, Frank, 'Arming he Nation: a History of Defence Science and Technology in Australia' (1999), Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 13, no. 4, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 2001, pp. 538-539. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/109/issue/3266.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, review of Frame, Tom and Faulkner, Don, Stromlo: an Australian Observatory (2003), Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 15, no. 1, 2004, pp. 121-124. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=HR03015.pdf. Details

Talks

• Sherratt, Tim, Inigo Jones - the Weather Prophet, given at the Sydney Observatory, Wednesday 6pm, Australian Science History Club, Sydney, 15 June 2005. Details

Online Resources

• Brash, Stuart; Condé, Anne-Marie; Robin, Libby; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim, Philip Crosbie Morrison Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/morr/morrison.htm. Details
• Carlson, Laurie; Evans, Joanne; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim; et al, History of Australian Science and Technology Bibliography, Updated edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, ASAPWeb, Melbourne, 1995? Onwards, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/bib_home.htm. Details
• McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar; O'Sullivan, Lisa; Tropea, Rachel; Sherratt, Tim, Guide to the Records of Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Original online edn, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1993, republished 2001 at, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/burn/burn.htm. Details
• McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar; O'Sullivan, Lisa; Tropea, Rachel; Sherratt, Tim, Frank Macfarlane Burnet Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/burn/burn.htm. Details
• McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim; Evans, Joanne; et al, Bright Sparcs, Updated edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 15 July 1994 onwards, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/. Details
• 'Sherratt, Tim', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-479364. Details
• O'Sullivan, Lisa; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim, Armin Aleksander Öpik Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/opik/opik.htm. Details
• Scillio, Mark; McCarthy, Gavan; Sherratt, Tim, Minerals Separation Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/mine/mine.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'A Passion for Physics; Joan Freeman', Australasian Science, vol. Winter, 1993, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_freeman.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'A Model Scientist? Edwin Hills', Australasian Science, vol. Autumn, 1993, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_hills.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'No Standing Back: Dame Jean Macnamara', Australasian Science, vol. Summer, 1993, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_macna.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'From Beetles to a Nobel Prize: Macfarlane Burnet', Australasian Science, vol. Autumn, 1994, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_burnet.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'Finding Life in Ancient Corals: Dorothy Hill', Australasian Science, vol. Summer, 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_hill.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'The Many Battles of Jock Marshall', Australasian Science, vol. Winter, 1996, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_marshall.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'Political Fallout: Australian Scientists and the Atomic Bomb', Australasian Science, vol. Spring, 1996, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_fallout.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; Condé, Anne-Marie, 'Communicating with Wild Life', Australasian Science, vol. Summer, 1992, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_morri.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; Condé, Anne-Marie, 'A War Against Disease', Australasian Science, vol. Spring, 1994, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_keogh.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; Condé, Anne-Marie, A Wartime Observatory Observed - the Mount Stromlo Community, 1940-1945, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1994, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/tps_stromlo_draft.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; et al, 'Career Outline', in Guide to the Records of Edwin Sherbon Hills, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1993, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/hill/HIP0001.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; et al, 'The Optical Munitions Panel', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/org/panel.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; et al, 'Howard Florey', a Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/nobel/florey.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; McCarthy, Gavan, Edwin Sherbon Hills Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/hill/hills.htm. Details