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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2004-02-24 human Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004558b.htm person Perry Rayden Alfred AO FTSE AACR2 2 July 1925 4 January 2004 Place of Birth Port Noarlunga, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Western Australia, Australia Environmental scientist Science administrator Rayden Perry was an environmental scientist whose expertise was in rangeland management. He joined the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in 1947: after a 40-year career spent largely with CSIRO divisions concerned with rangelands research, he retired in 1986 as Chief of the Division of Groundwater Research. During this time he pioneered methods of surveying land forms, geology and vegetaion which were essential for land use planning. Perry was active in scientific societies, being a founding member and President of the Australian Rangelands Society, and President of the Ecological Society of Australia. Perry made significant collections of plant specimens in the northern and arid areas of Australia: many of these are in the National Herbarium of New South Wales. In retirement he organised research into the failure of nacre development in the cultured pearl industry. 1947 1947 Career position - Research Officer in the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Division of Soils 1948 1948 Career position - Research Officer in the CSIR Division of Plant Industry 1954 1954 Career position - Senior Research Officer in the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Land Research and Regional Survey 1959 1959 Career position - Principal Research Officer in the CSIRO Divisions of Land Research and Regional Survey 1965 1966 Career position - President, Ecological Society of Australia 1967 1967 Career position - Senior Principal Research Officer in the CSIRO Division of Land Research and Regional Survey 1969 1969 Career position - Leader of the CSIRO Rangelands Research Unit 1973 1982 Career position - Chief of CSIRO Land Resources Management 1975 1987 Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1982 1986 Career position - Chief of CSIRO Division of Groundwater Research 1983 1985 Career position - President, Australian Rangeland Society 1986 2000 Career position - Secretary, Western Australian Division of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1987 2004 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Foundation Fellow AATS 1975] 1988 1991 Career position - President, International Rangeland Congress 1988 2004 Career position - Executive Director of Perry Consulting Pty. Ltd. 1991 1991 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to science and to the environment, particularly through land resources management 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in research and development Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Foundation Fellow 1975 - 1987

 CSIRO Rangeland Research Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1986? - 1995?)

Leader, Rangelands Research Unit 1969

 CSIRO Division of Land Resources Management, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1973 - 1982)

Chief of the Division 1973 - 1982

 CSIRO Division of Groundwater Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1982 - 1986)

Chief of the Division 1982 - 1986

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1987 [Foundation Fellow AATS 1975]

 CSIRO Division of Land Research and Regional Survey, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1957 - 1965)

Senior Research Officer (later Senior Principal Research Officer) 1954 - 1967

 National Herbarium of New South Wales, Colony and State of New South Wales (1896 - )

The Herbarium holds Perry's plant collections

 Ecological Society of Australia, Inc (1960 - )

President 1964 - 1966

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 Perry, R A (1925-2004)

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 'Perry, Rayden Alfred', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Perry, Rayden Alfred Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Arid lands of Australia Slatyer, R. O.; and Perry, R. A. Arid lands of Australia Canberra ANU Press 1969 Book: Pasture lands of the Northern Territory, Australia Perry, R. A. Pasture lands of the Northern Territory, Australia Melbourne CSIRO 1960 Journal Article: Ray Perry: the father of rangeland science in Australia Friedel, Margaret H. Ray Perry: the father of rangeland science in Australia 2025 Historical records of Australian science 36 1-14 Journal Article: Rayden Alfred Perry Wilcox, D. G. Rayden Alfred Perry 2004 Range management newsletter 4 March 9-10