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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002194b.htm person Blackwood Margaret DBE AACR2 26 April 1909 1 June 1986 Place of Birth South Yarra, Victoria, Australia Place of Death East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Botanist Geneticist Academic Dame Margaret Blackwood was Lecturer in Botany after World War II and was Dean of Women at the Mildura Branch of the University of Melbourne. She was at Cambridge 1948-1950 before returning to Melbourne where she was a Senior Lecturer until her retirement in 1975. 1938 1938 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1939 1939 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1939 1941 Career position - Caroline Kay Research Scholar in Plant Cytology and Genetics 1941 1946 Military service - Second World War. Wing Officer, Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) 1946 1948 Career position - Lecturer in Botany and Dean of Women at the Mildura Branch of the University of Melbourne 1948 1950 Career position - Newnham College at Cambridge 1951 1975 Career position - Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne 1954 1954 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge 1957 1958 Career position - Australian and New Zealand Chairman of Soroptimist International Association 1958 1959 Award - Carnegie travelling scholarship, studied at University of Wisconsin 1964 1964 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) - Senior Botany Lecturer at Melbourne University 1975 1975 Life event - Retired 1975 1983 Career position - Member of Council, University of Melbourne 1981 1981 Award - Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) - In recognition of service to the education 1981 1983 Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne 1983 1983 Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne Blackwood, Robert Rutherford (1906 - 1982)

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 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Deputy Vice-Chancellor 1981 - 1983; Member of Council 1975 - 1983; Senior Lecturer, Botany 1951 - 1975.

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Blackwood, Margaret (1909-1986), Biographical Entry

 Blackwood, Margaret (1909-)

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 'Blackwood, Margaret', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blackwood, Margaret Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Thesis: Departing from their sphere: Australian women and science, 1880-1960 Carey, Jane Departing from their sphere: Australian women and science, 1880-1960 Melbourne The University of Melbourne 2003 Thesis: Barrier Unknown? Margaret Blackwood's Life in Science Carey, Jane Barrier Unknown? Margaret Blackwood's Life in Science Department of History, University of Melbourne 1995 Book Section: Margaret Blackwood (1909-1986) botanist Falk, Barbara Margaret Blackwood (1909-1986) botanist Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology Heather Radi Book: Women and Science at the University of Melbourne: Reflections on the Career of Dame Margaret Blackwood Carey, Jane Women and Science at the University of Melbourne: Reflections on the Career of Dame Margaret Blackwood Melbourne University of Melbourne, History of the University Project 1996 Journal Article: Margaret Blackwood (1909-1986) Carey, Jane Margaret Blackwood (1909-1986) 1999 Australasian Science 20 3 46 Edited Book: 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Radi, H. 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 Resource: A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Resource: A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Book Section: Blackwood, Dame Margaret (1909-1986), botanist and geneticist Carey, Jane Blackwood, Dame Margaret (1909-1986), botanist and geneticist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 110-111 Book Section: Learning and Teaching Science: Women Making Careers 1890-1920 Kelly, Farley Learning and Teaching Science: Women Making Careers 1890-1920 Melbourne Text Publishing Company 1993 On the Edge of Discovery: Australian Women in Science Farley Kelly 35-75 Journal Article: Australian Genetics: a Brief History McCann, D. A.; and Batterham, P. Australian Genetics: a Brief History 1993 Genetica 90 2-3 81-114 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1944 Alexander, John A. Who's who in Australia 1944 12th Melbourne, Victoria The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1944 Margaret Blackwood - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Margaret Blackwood - Records 1946 - 1984 Personal correspondence 1948-83; field books and maize pedigree book recording maize planting 1949-74 (work begun by Blackwood and continued by Olive Lawson); travel diaries 1948, 1959, 1971-72, 1981-82 and 1984; speeches, newsclippings, reports, appointments 1946-83; lectures, guides and notes on teaching of cytology and genetics c1954-75; certificates; files relating to University and other committees [1 m]. 1 m