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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001062b.htm person Fenner Charles Albert Edward AACR2 18 May 1884 9 June 1955 Place of Birth Dunach, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Rose Park, South Australia, Australia Science educator Geographer Charles Fenner qualified as a teacher and taught geography, including at the Ballarat School of Mines where he was joint Principal, before becoming Superintendent of Technical Education for South Australia in 1916. His distinguished career in this position continued after he became South Australian Director of Education in 1937. His appointment as part-time Lecturer in geography at the University of Adelaide in 1929 ultimately led to the establishment of a course in geography at the University. Fenner's research interests lay in geomorphology and australites, on which he became an acknowledged expert. He published widely on these subjects, as well as making frequent contributions to newspapers. For 20 years, under the pen-name Tellurian, he wrote the "Science notes" for the Melbourne newspaper, the Australasian. Fenner was active in local scientific societies, serving terms as President of the Royal Society of South Australia and the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch. 1913 1913 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), Melbourne Teachers' College 1913 1913 Education - Diploma of Education (DipEd), Melbourne Teachers' College 1914 1916 Career position - Joint Principal, Ballarat School of Mines 1915 1916 Career position - President, Ballarat Science and Field Naturalists Club 1916 1937 Career position - Superintendent of Technical Education, South Australia 1917 1917 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1919 1919 Award - Sachse Medal, Royal Society of Victoria 1923 1932 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Geography), Australian National Research Council 1924 1933 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of South Australia 1928 1928 Career position - President, Section P (Geography and Oceanography), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1929 1929 Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne 1929 1929 Award - Grant for the preparation of a paper dealing with the physiography of the Murray River valley, Science and Industry Endowment Fund 1929 1939 Career position - Lecturer in geography, University of Adelaide 1930 1931 Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia 1931 1931 Career position - Delegate of Australian geographers, British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting, London 1931 1932 Career position - President, South Australian Branch, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia 1932 c. 1954 Career event - Elected Member (Geography), Australian National Research Council 1933 1938 Career position - Editor, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1937 1946 Career position - Director of Education, South Australia 1947 1947 Award - John Lewis Gold Medal, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch Fenner, Frank John (1914 - 2010) Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

President 1930 - 1931: Member of Council 1924 - 1933

 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

Editor 1933 - 1938

 Ballarat School of Mines (1871 - c. 1976)

Joint Principal 1914 - 1916

 David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize 1929

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section P (Geography and Oceanography) 1928

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Associate Member (Geography) 1923 - 1932; Member (Geography) 1932 - c1954

 Science and Industry Endowment Fund - CSIR/O, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1926 - )

Grant for the preparation of a paper dealing with the physiography of the Murray River valley 1929

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

Fellow 1937 -

 Ballarat Field Club and Science Society (1882 - 1918)

President, Ballarat Science and Field Naturalists Club 1915 - 1916

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Part-time Lecturer in Geography 1929 - 1939

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 Fenner, Charles (1884-1955)

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 'Fenner, Charles Albert Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fenner, Charles Albert Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Australia: a study of warm environments and their effect on British settlement Taylor, Griffith Australia: a study of warm environments and their effect on British settlement London Methuen & Co. 1940 Resource Section: Fenner, Charles Albert Edward - Ms 178 Fenner, Charles Albert Edward - Ms 178 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Book Section: Fenner, Charles Albert Edward (1884-1955), educationist, geographer and author Trethewey, Lynne Fenner, Charles Albert Edward (1884-1955), educationist, geographer and author Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 481-482 Journal Article: Charles Fenner and Early Landform Studies in South Australia Twidale, C. Rowland Charles Fenner and Early Landform Studies in South Australia 2010 Historical Records of Australian Science 21 2 149-63 Book: Nature, Nurture and Chance: the Lives of Frank and Charles Fenner Fenner, Frank Nature, Nurture and Chance: the Lives of Frank and Charles Fenner Canberra ANU Press 2006 Thesis: A voice for nature: a history of the Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat Kruss, Susan A voice for nature: a history of the Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat Federation University Australia 2024 Journal Article: The Science and Industry Endowment Fund: supporting the development of Australian science Smith, Susan and Spurling, Thomas H. The Science and Industry Endowment Fund: supporting the development of Australian science CSIRO Publishing 2015 Historical Records of Australian Science 26 1 58-83 Charles Albert Edward Fenner - Records State Records of South Australia Charles Albert Edward Fenner - Records 909, 1926... 1926 - 1929 Records in the Education Department of South Australia correspondence files [909/1926 and 1594/1929]. 2 files Charles Fenner - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Charles Fenner - Records MS 178 c. 1890 - c. 1985 Biographical material, 1926-1985; family history; Charles Fenner, childhood; career 1895-1916; Superintendent of Technical Education, South Australia, 1916-1939; education activities as Superintendent of Technical Education, 1917-1939; education activities as Director of Education, 1940-1946; scientific activities, physiography and geology, 1920-1954; scientific writing; historical interests and writing. 0.42 m, 3 boxes