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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1999-05-28 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003062b.htm person Cameron Margaret Alison AM AACR2 10 September 1937 29 September 2023 Place of Birth Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Librarian Ornithologist University Administrator Margaret Cameron was foundation University Librarian at Deakin University from 1977 to 1996, after a career in public and Australian university libraries, and Pro Vice-Chancellor 1986-1990. She was a keen ornithologist, an expert at bird identification in the field and a skilled bander and counter of birds. As President of the Royal Australasian Ornithological Union she steered the Union from being a volunteer organisation to one staffed by professionals. Cameron also took an active role in the Victorian Wader Study Group and with BATH (Birders Aiding the Handbook). Her broader interest in natural history saw her serve as a Member and Chair of several government bodies, including Museum Victoria, the Research Advisory Committee of the Victorian Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands, and the Advisory Committee of the Australian Biological Resources Study. 1959 1962 Career position - Librarian at the Public Library of Queensland 1962 1963 Career position - Librarian, Australian Reference Library in New York, USA 1964 1965 Career position - Thatcher Librarian, University of Queensland 1965 1969 Career position - Librarian at Flinders University of South Australia 1969 1977 Career position - Reader Services Librarian at Macquarie University, New South Wales 1977 1996 Career position - Foundation University Librarian at Deakin University, Victoria 1980 1987 Career position - Editor of Geelong Naturalist 1980 1993 Career position - Chair, Library Committee, Royal Australasian Ornithological Union 1983 1986 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Australasian Ornithological Union 1984 1987 Career position - Member, Advisory Committee, Australian Biological Resources Study 1986 Career position - Chair, Research Advisory Committee, Victorian Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands 1986 1989 Career position - President, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1986 1990 Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor at Deakin University, Victoria 1987 1987 Career position - Fellow, Library Association of Australia 1987 1991 Career position - Chair of the Australian Biological Resources Study Advisory Committee 1987 1998 Career position - Member of Council, Museum of Victoria 1990 1990 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) -in recognition of service to library services, education and to ornithology 1993 1993 Career position - Fellow, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1996 1996 Life event - Retired 1997 2011 Award - Fellow, Birds Australia 1998 2000s Career position - Member of Council, Museum Victoria 1999 1999 Award - Honorary Doctorate, Deakin University 2012 2023 Award - Fellow, BirdLife Australia Birds Australia (1997 - 2011)

Fellow 1997 - 2011

 Deakin University (1974 - )

Foundation University Librarian 1977 - 1996; Pro Vice-Chancellor 1986 - 1990

 Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1910 - 1997)

President 1986 - 1989; Fellow 1993 - 1997

 Museum Victoria (1998 - )

Member of Council 1998 - early 2000s

 Museum of Victoria (1983 - 1998)

Member of Council 1987 - 1998

 BirdLife Australia (2012 - )

Fellow 2011 - 2023

 Cameron, Margaret (19370910-)

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 'Cameron, Margaret Alison', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cameron, Margaret Alison Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: RAOU Fellow: Citation - Margaret Alison Cameron AM, FLAA Anon RAOU Fellow: Citation - Margaret Alison Cameron AM, FLAA 1993 Emu 93 4 229 Journal Article: Vale Prof Margaret Cameron AM (1937 - 2023) Olsen, Penny and Newman, Mike Vale Prof Margaret Cameron AM (1937 - 2023) 2023 Emu: austral ornithology 123 4 370-1 Book: The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Robin, Libby The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2001