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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-05-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000496b.htm person Hill Gerald Freer AACR2 16 February 1880 18 January 1954 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Naturalist Entomologist Gerald Hill was Naturalist to the Commonwealth Government Exploration Party, Central Australia and Northern Territory from 1911 to 1912. His research focused on mosquitoes and this led him to various positions including one at Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville (1919-1922). He also became the first entomologist appointed to the CSIR, where he worked from 1928 to 1941. In this period he turned his focus to the study of termites. 1912 1917 Career position - Government Entomologist of the Northern Territory 1917 1919 Career position - Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Fellow of Veterinary Science 1919 1919 Taxonomy event - He was honoured by J.H. Maiden with the naming of Eucalyptus hillii Maiden (= E. oligantha Schau. (1843)) 1919 1922 Career position - Entomologist to the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville 1922 1926 Career position - Entomologist to the National Museum of Victoria 1928 1941 Career position - Entomologist to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus apodophylla Blakely & Jacobs. Hill was joint collector of the type 1934 1934 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus nesophila Blakeley. Hill collected the type CSIR/O Division of Economic Entomology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1928 - 1949)

Entomologist 1928 - 1941

 The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (1915 - )

Worked at the Institute 1917 - 1919

 National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Entomologist 1922 - 1926

 Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine (1910 - 1930)

Scientific researcher 1919 - 1922

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 'Hill, Gerald Freer', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hill, Gerald Freer Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Scientific papers from the Division of Economic Entomology published elsewhere than in the Council's publications Tillyard, R.J. Scientific papers from the Division of Economic Entomology published elsewhere than in the Council's publications Melbourne Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1932 Journal of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 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 Book: Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Musgrave, A. Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Sydney Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1932 Journal Article: Obituary: Gerald Freer Hill Gay, F. J. Obituary: Gerald Freer Hill 1954 Australian Journal of Science 16 5 182 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 Gerald Freer Hill - Records National Herbarium, Melbourne Gerald Freer Hill - Records 1911 Field diary of the Northern Territory Survey 1911. 1 volume