Person

Money, Catherine Anne (1940 - )

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Born: 18 August 1940
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Industrial chemist

Summary

Catherine Money is one of the world's leading experts in the field of leather production. Her extensive research has been directed towards the minimisation of waste and maximisation of efficiency in the tanning industry, and the development of less environmentally-damaging processing methods. Much of her research required visiting meatworks and tanneries across Australia. The processes she developed have been widely used in Australia and overseas for over 40 years. Money worked within the CSIRO's Leather Research Centre from 1966 until its closure in 2005, after which she established herself as an independent consultant to the leather industry.

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Chronology

1960: Education - BSc, University of Melbourne
1963: Education - MSc, University of Melbourne
1963 - 1965: Career position - Postgraduate research student, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, United Kingdom
1966 - 1987: Career position - Experimental Officer, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Protein Chemistry
1987 - 1988: Career position - Senior Research Scientist, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Protein Chemistry
1988 - 1989: Career position - Senior Research Scientist, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Wool Technology
1989 - 1998: Career position - Principal Research Scientist and Deputy Leader, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Wool Technology
1991 -: Career position - President, The Leather Guild
1991: Award - John Arthur Wilson Memorial Lecturer, American Leather Chemists Association
1993 -: Career position - Member, Environmental Commission, International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies
1995: Award - Proctor Memorial Lecture, Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists, United Kingdom
1998: Award - Public Service Medal
1999 - 2001: Career position - Group Manager, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Textile and Fibre Technology
2001 - 2005: Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Textile and Fibre Technology
2004 - 2007: Career position - Chair, Environment Working Group, Australian Industry Group
2005 -: Career position - Principal, Catherine Money Consulting
2005: Life event - Retired

Related Corporate Bodies

CSIRO Division of Textile and Fibre Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1999 - )
Officer-in-Charge, Leather Research Centre 2001 - 2005
CSIRO Division of Wool Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 1999)
Principal Research Scientist and Deputy Leader, Leather Research Centre 1989 - 1998

Related Cultural Objects

CSIRO Oral History Project (2016 - )
Interviewed 8 December 2021

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

Books

Spurling, Heather; and Symington, David, Catherine Money (Blackburn, Vic.: Dove Communications, 1986), 8 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/People-in-Science-Catherine-Money.pdf. Details

Journal Articles

McNamara, Nicole; Kopinathan, Anitha; Wolff, Helen; Spurling, Thomas H.; Simpson, Gregory; and Locock, Katherine E. S., 'Breaking down barriers: standing on the shoulders of Australia's early female chemists', Australian journal of chemistry, 76 (2) (2023), 63-73. https://www.publish.csiro.au/CH/pdf/CH22235. Details

Resources

'Money, Catherine Anne (19400818-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1514329. Details

Resource Sections

Lee. Tim, 'The woman who changed the leather industry forever still working at age 82', in Landline, ABC News, 2022. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-12/catherine-money-freezing-hides-before-tanning/100824592. Details
Spurling, Tom; Healy, Terry; and Money, Catherine, 'Catherine Money, interviewed by Tom Spurling and Terry Healy, 8 December 2021', in CSIRO Oral History Project, video, text summary and transcript, CSIROpedia, 8 December 2022. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interview-with-catherine-money/. Details
Ward, C., 'Catherine Anne Money', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Money-Catherine-Anne. Details

Rebecca Rigby and Helen Cohn

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