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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-06-18 human Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000958b.htm corporateBody Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board AACR2 Prickly Pear Board 1919 1935 Start Place Australia Conservation or Environment Advisory or Regulatory Body The Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board was constituted by the Federal Government, along with the New South Wales and Queensland Governments, to try to eradicate the infestation of Prickly Pear in the two states. Prickly Pear (Opuntia stricta had been introduced into Australia by the 1830s for use as a hedging and ornamental plant. It proved to be an aggressive weed: by the mid-1920s millions of hectares of farming and grazing land had been overrun. Early attempts at control by spraying poison and shooting birds to stop the spread were unsuccessful: the Commonwealth Government's reward offered for a solution was never claimed. The Board began its work with a study tour in the United States, Central America and Mexico. Three research stations were established in Queensland and one in New South Wales. A program was instituted of importation and testing of insects, 52 species in all, in an attempt to find an effective control mechanism. In 1926 larvae from the Argentinian moth Cactoblastis cactorum were released and proved highly effective. This, together with the cochineal bug Dactylopus opuntiae, largely eradicated Prickly Pear in New South Wales and Queensland within ten years. The Board consequently ceased operations. Johnston, Thomas Harvey (1881 - 1951)

Controller, Laboratories 1920 - 1923

 Dodd, Alan Parkhurst (1896 - 1981)

Chief Entomologist 1925 - 1929

 Alexander, Wilfred Backhouse (1885 - 1965)

Biologist 1920 - 1924; Officer-in-Charge 1924 - 1925

 Advisory Council of Science and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia (1916 - 1920)

Associated body 1919 - 1920

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 'Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: Institute of Science and Industry, Second Annual Report of the Director: for the period 1st July, 1922 to the 31st December, 1923 Knibbs, George H. Institute of Science and Industry, Second Annual Report of the Director: for the period 1st July, 1922 to the 31st December, 1923 Melbourne Commonwealth Government Printer Report: Institute of Science and Industry, First Annual Report of the Director: for the period from the date of his appointment (18th March, 1921) to the 30th June, 1922 Knibbs, George H. Institute of Science and Industry, First Annual Report of the Director: for the period from the date of his appointment (18th March, 1921) to the 30th June, 1922 Melbourne Commonwealth Government Printer 1922 Report: The work of the Division of Economic Botany for the year 1928-29 Dickson, B.T. The work of the Division of Economic Botany for the year 1928-29 Melbourne Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) 1929 Journal Article: The conquest of Prickly Pear Dodd, A. P. The conquest of Prickly Pear 1945 Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland 3 5 351-61 Journal Article: Prickly pear menace in eastern Australia 1880 - 1940 Freeman, Donald B. Prickly pear menace in eastern Australia 1880 - 1940 1992 Geographical review 82 4 413-29 Journal Article: The Fight Against Cacti Pests in Queensland Johnston, W. R. The Fight Against Cacti Pests in Queensland 1982 Queensland Agricultural Journal 108 July/August 215-221 Book: Report on the Prickly Pear Travelling Commission, 1st Nov 1912 - 30th April 1914 Johnston, T. Harvey and Tryon, Henry Report on the Prickly Pear Travelling Commission, 1st Nov 1912 - 30th April 1914 Brisbane Government Printer 1914 Book: The prickly pear in Australia Alexander, W. B. The prickly pear in Australia Melbourne Executive Committee of the Advisory Council of Science and Industry 1919 Journal Article: The conquest of prickly-pear Williams, W. Wynne The conquest of prickly-pear 1941 Australian quarterly 13 2 67-72 Journal Article: The campaign against Prickly Pear in Australia: work of the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board Dodd, Alan P. The campaign against Prickly Pear in Australia: work of the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board 1926 Nature 117 2948 625-6 Book: The biological campaign against Prickly Pear Dodd, A. P. The biological campaign against Prickly Pear Brisbane Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board 1940 Book Section: The biological control of Prickly Pear in Australia Dodd A. P. The biological control of Prickly Pear in Australia Dordrecht, Netherlands Springer 1959 Biogeography and ecology in Australia Keast, A.; Crocker, R.L.; and Christian, C.S. 565-77 Book: The progress of biological control of prickly pear in Australia Dodd, Alan P. The progress of biological control of prickly pear in Australia Brisbane Government Printer 1929 Journal Article: Containing Queensland Prickly Pear: Buffer Zones, Closer Settlement, Whiteness Frawley, Jodi Containing Queensland Prickly Pear: Buffer Zones, Closer Settlement, Whiteness 2014 Journal of Australian Studies 38 139-56 Journal Article: The control and eradication of Prickly Pear in Australia Dodd, A. P. The control and eradication of Prickly Pear in Australia 1936 Bulletin of entomological research 27 3 503-17 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Journal Article: Prickly Pear Land: Transnational Networks in Settler Australia Frawley, Jodi Prickly Pear Land: Transnational Networks in Settler Australia 2007 Australian Historical Studies 38 130 323-38 Journal Article: Biological control of weeds in Australia: the last 120 years Cullen, J. M.; Palmer, W.A.; and Sheppard, A. W. Biological control of weeds in Australia: the last 120 years 2023 Austral entomology 62 133-48 Journal Article: Making good use of arsenic's toxicity to control pests and diseases Rae, Ian D. Making good use of arsenic's toxicity to control pests and diseases 2020 ChemTexts 6 24 1-10