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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000340b.htm person Currie George Alexander AACR2 13 August 1896 4 May 1984 Place of Birth Grange, Banffshire, Scotland Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Agricultural scientist Vice-Chancellor George Currie was appointed Hackett Professor of Agriculture, University of Western Australia in 1939. He was specially commissioned in 1945 to make a survey and report to the Commonwealth Department of Post-War Reconstruction on rural training for ex-service personnel. 1923 1923 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) / Agricultural Science (BScAgr), University of Aberdeen in Scotland 1923 1926 Career position - Manager of Salter Estates Co in Sarina, Queensland 1926 1929 Career position - Assistant Entomologist with the Cotton Section Department of Agriculture and Stock in Brisbane 1929 1937 Career position - Senior Research Officer in the Noxious Weeds Section of CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) in Canberra 1936 1936 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Aberdeen 1937 1939 Career position - Principal Research Officer for CSIR's Noxious Weeds Investigations 1939 1939 Career position - Hackett Professor of Agriculture, University of Western Australia 1940 1945 Career position - Vice-Chancellor (part time), University of Western Australia 1946 1952 Career position - Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia 1952 1962 Career position - Vice-Chancellor, University of New Zealand 1955 1955 Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Hackett Professor of Agriculture 1939 - 1946, Vice Chancellor 1940 - 1952

 CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014)

Senior Research Officer 1929 - 1937; Principle Research Officer 1937 - 1939 for the Noxious Weeds Section at the Division of Plant Industry.

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 'Currie, George Alexander', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Currie, George Alexander Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 Tillyard, R.J. The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 Melbourne Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) 1929 Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Journal Article: Sir George Currie The Jolly Doctor Lives On Sir George Currie The Jolly Doctor Lives On The University of Western Australia 2011 Currie Connect 2 1 Book Section: Currie, Sir George Alexander (1896-1984), agricultural scientist and university vice-chancellor Hutchison, D. E. Currie, Sir George Alexander (1896-1984), agricultural scientist and university vice-chancellor Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore Book: A Scientist in Search of Education. John Murtagh Macrosan Memorial Lecture Currie, G. A. A Scientist in Search of Education. John Murtagh Macrosan Memorial Lecture Brisbane University of Queensland Press 1948 Journal Article: CSIR 1926-1939 Currie, George and Graham, John CSIR 1926-1939 1974 Public Administration 33 230-52 Book Section: CSIRO Sherratt, Tim CSIRO Melbourne Oxford University Press 1998 Oxford Companion to Australian History Graeme Davison; John Hirst; Stuart Macintyre 164-165 Eleventh Monthly Conference of Senior Officers. October 1st and 2nd, 1929 - Minute of Meeting CSIRO Archives, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Eleventh Monthly Conference of Senior Officers. October 1st and 2nd, 1929 - Minute of Meeting Copy (pdf) held by the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 2 October 1929 Minutes of the Eleventh Monthly Conference of Senior Officers [male staff] of the CSIR Division of Economic Entomology detailing four points why women should not be appointed to scientific positions. Attenders: R.J. Tillyard, G.F. Hill, I.M Mackerras, G.A. Waterhouse, G.A. Currie, A.L. Tonnoir. Possibly submitted to the CSIR Executive Committee. 1 page Print and pdf