Weste, Gretna Margaret

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English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2002-08-15 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004131b.htm person Weste Gretna Margaret AM AACR2 Parkin, Gretna Margaret 5 September 1917 September 2006 Place of Birth Dumfries, Scotland Place of Death Kingston Beach, Tasmania, Australia Botanist Gretna Weste worked in the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne 1961-1982, retiring as Reader. She was the foremost authority in Australia on the biological behaviour of the cinnamon fungus, Phytophthora cinnamoni, which travels in disturbed soil and was responsible for the 'dieback' disease in forests of Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia. 1938 1938 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1939 1939 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1939 1941 Career position - Plant Pathologist at the Forests Commission of Victoria 1955 1960 Career position - Biology Teacher at Firbank Church of England Girls' Grammar School 1961 1982 Career position - Co-ordinator and Reader in Botany, University of Melbourne (Assistant Lecturer 1965-74, Senior Lecturer 1974-80, Reader 1980-82) 1968 1968 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne 1982 Career position - Senior Associate in the School of Botany, University of Melbourne 1983 1983 Career position - Chair, Organising Committee, 4th International Congress of Plant Pathology, Melbourne 1983 1983 Award - Daniel McAlpine Lecturer, Australasian Plant Pathology Society 1983 1983 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1989 1989 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to science, particularly in the field of botany 1992 2006 Award - Honorary Member, Australasian Plant Pathology Society 1999 2006 Career position - President, Australasian Mycological Society Australasian Mycological Society (1993 - )

President 1999 - 2006

School of Botany, The University of Melbourne (1880s - )

Senior Lecturer (later Reader) 1974 - 1982

Australasian Plant Pathology Society (1969 - )

Honoray Fellow 1992 - 2006; Daniel McAlpine Lecturer 1983

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Weste, Gretna M (1917-)

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'Weste, Gretna Margaret', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Weste, Gretna Margaret Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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 Edited Book: Cambridge - Castlemaine: a Tribute to John Stewart Turner on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday Clifford, Harold T. Cambridge - Castlemaine: a Tribute to John Stewart Turner on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday St Lucia Botany Department, University of Queensland 1988 Journal Article: The dieback cycle in Victorian forests: a 30 year study of changes caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi in Victorian open forests, woodlands and heathlands Weste, G. The dieback cycle in Victorian forests: a 30 year study of changes caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi in Victorian open forests, woodlands and heathlands 2003 Australasian plant pathology 32 247-56 Journal Article: Phytophthora cinnamomi infestation - a 24 year study of vegetation change in forests and woodlands of the Grampians, Western Victoria Weste, Gretna, Brown, Kenneth, Kennedy, Jill and Walshe, Terry Phytophthora cinnamomi infestation - a 24 year study of vegetation change in forests and woodlands of the Grampians, Western Victoria 2002 Australian journal of botany 50 2 247-74 Journal Article: The biology of Phytophthora cinnamomi in Australasian forests Weste, G. and Marks, G. C. The biology of Phytophthora cinnamomi in Australasian forests 1987 Annual review of phytopathology 25 207-29 Journal Article: Invasion of native forest by Phytophthora cinnamomi, III: threat to the National Park, Wilson's Promontory, Victoria Weste, G. and Law, C. Invasion of native forest by Phytophthora cinnamomi, III: threat to the National Park, Wilson's Promontory, Victoria 1973 Australian journal of botany 21 31-51 Journal Article: Invasion of native forest by Phytophthora cinnamomi, I: Brisbane Ranges, Victoria Weste, G. M. and Taylor, P. Invasion of native forest by Phytophthora cinnamomi, I: Brisbane Ranges, Victoria 1971 Australian journal of botany 19 281-94 Journal Article: A long and varied fungal foray Weste, G. M. A long and varied fungal foray 2005 Australasian Plant Pathology 34 433-7 Resource: APPS honour board Australasian Plant Pathology Society APPS honour board Australasian Plant Pathology Society 2024 Journal Article: "Where does a female plant pathologist work?": Gretna Weste (née Parkin) AM DSc Guest, David I. "Where does a female plant pathologist work?": Gretna Weste (née Parkin) AM DSc 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 235-40 Journal Article: Preservation of native forests: the contribution of an Australian woman scientist [Gretna Margaret Weste] Allen, Nessy Preservation of native forests: the contribution of an Australian woman scientist [Gretna Margaret Weste] 2000 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 86 2 176-96 Journal Article: Vale Dr Gretna Weste AM (1917 - 2006) Simpson, J. A.; Smith, I. W. and Grgurinovic, Cheryl Vale Dr Gretna Weste AM (1917 - 2006) 2006 Australasian mycologist 25 3 90-1 Resource Section: Interview with Dr Gretna Weste (1917-2006), botanist Millis, Nancy Interview with Dr Gretna Weste (1917-2006), botanist Australian Academy of Science 2002 Interviews with Australian scientists Journal Article: Dr Gretna Margaret Weste AM, 5 September 1917 - 30 August 2006 Gillbank, Linden Dr Gretna Margaret Weste AM, 5 September 1917 - 30 August 2006 2007 The Victorian naturalist 124 3 183-7