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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-03-22 human Annette Alafaci updated 2026-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003166b.htm person McCulloch Ellen Margery OAM AACR2 23 April 1930 13 November 2005 Place of Birth Belgrave, Victoria, Australia Ornithologist Ellen McCulloch was a long-term member, Honorary Secretary (1975-1982) and Public Relations Officer of the Bird Observers Club of Australia (BOCA). She authored many books including two with Tess Kloot (Garden Birds of South-East Australia and Birds of Australian Gardens) and lectured and ran tours for the CAE (Council for Adult Education, Melbourne) for over ten years. Some of McCulloch's many other activities and contributions to Australian ornithology include: volunteer work at the ornithology department of the National Museum of Victoria with Allan McEvey for sixteen years, an inaugural member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Field Investigations Committee, she was instrumental in the establishment of the Land for Wildlife project (Victorian Fisheries and Wildlife division), was a non-government advisor on the Australia-Japan protection for migratory birds protection scheme, a member of the Royal Melbourne Institute of technology experimental ethics committee, BOCA delegate to the Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands, organized bird and butterfly surveys, and was a member of the advisory committee of the Australian Bird Environment Foundation. In 1991 Ellen McCulloch received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her outstanding contributions to ornithology. 1963 Career position - Member of the Bird Observers Club of Australia 1975 c. 1982 Career position - Honorary Secretary, Bird Observers Club of Australia 1978 1978 Career position - Birds in Victoria from 1770-1978 exhibition held at Ripponlea (Victoria) 1985 1985 Award - BOCA life membership 1987 1987 Career position - Your Garden Birds published 1990 1990 Award - Australian Natural History Medallion 1991 1991 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to ornithology 2000 2000 Career position - Birds in Your Garden published McEvey, Allan Reginald (1919 - 1996) Kloot, Tess Australian Natural History Medallion, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (1940 - )

Awarded the Medallion 1990

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 McCulloch, Ellen M (1930-2005)

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 'McCulloch, Ellen Margery', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McCulloch, Ellen Margery Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: High-flyer saved habitats for winged friends Kloot, Tess High-flyer saved habitats for winged friends Melbourne 2006 The Age 14 Newspaper Article: Obituary - Ailsa Macvey Swan - Conservationist McCulloch, Ellen Obituary - Ailsa Macvey Swan - Conservationist 1998 The Age Journal Article: Ellen Margery McCulloch OAM Kloot, Tess Ellen Margery McCulloch OAM 2006 The Victorian naturalist 123 2 111-112 Edited Book: The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Brown-May, Andrew and Swain, Shurlee The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Port Melbourne, Vic Cambridge University Press 2005 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