Person

Wagstaff, Barbara E.

Occupation
Geologist, Palaeogeologist and Palynologist

Summary

Barbara Wagstaff is a palynologist and palaeogeologist who has contributed significantly to understanding of the evolution of the Victorian climate and flora, particularly in the Otway and Gippsland basins, and their effect on the polar fauna of the region. Her research focuses on quantitative palynological analyses of the Cretaceous, Tertiary and Quaternary eras. Wagstaff has an extensive publications record, many papers co-authored with colleagues Patricia Vickers-Rich, Tom Rich and Stephen John Gallagher. In 2024 she was awarded the Selwyn Medal by the Victorian Division of the Geological Society of Australia. Wagstaff is a research Association at the University of Melbourne.

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Chronology

1991
Education - PhD, Monash University
2009 - 2019?
Career position - Treasurer, Victorian Division, Geological Society of Australia
2024
Award - Selwyn Medal, Victorian Division, Geological Society of Australia

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Journal Articles

  • Anon, 'Barbara Wagstaff wins the 2024 Selwyn Medal', TAG: the Australian geologist, 212 (2024), 21. Details
  • Holdgate, Guy, Wagstaff, Barbara E. and Gallagher, Stephen John, 'Did Port Phillip Bay nearly dry up between 2800 and 1000 cal. yr BP? Bay floor channelling evidence , seismic and core dating', Australian journal of earth sciences, 59 (2011), 157-75, https://doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2011.546429. Details
  • Kershaw, Peter and Wagstaff, Barbara, 'The southern conifer family Araucariaceae: history, status, and value for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction', Annual review of ecology and systematics, 32 (2001), 397-414, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.32.081501.11405. Details
  • Korasidis, Vera A. and Wagstaff, Barbara E., 'The rise of flowering plants in the high southern latitudes of Australia', Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 272 (6) (2019), 104-26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.104126. Details
  • Wagstaff, Barbara E., Gallagher, Stephen John, Hall, W. Michael and Korasidis, Vera A., 'Palynological-age determination of early Cretaceous vertebrate-bearing beds along the south Victorian coast of Australia, with implications for the spore-pollen stratigraphy of the region', Alcheringa, 44 (3) (2020), 460-74, https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2020.1754464. Details

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Created: 17 July 2025

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