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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-01-09 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2025-12-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004916b.htm person Fraser Lilian Ross AACR2 c. 1908 5 October 1987 Place of Birth Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia Botanist Public servant Lillian Ross Fraser was a botanist whose work identifying fungi and viruses was hugely beneficial to the New South Wales citrus industry. She identified several highly destructive diseases including Phytophthora citrophthora fungus (root rot), seedling yellows, woody gall and Australian citrus dieback. She also did pioneering research on many other established diseases.

In 1940 Lilian Ross Fraser was employed as assistant plant pathologist at the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, the first woman to be employed in that position.

In the early 1940s she identified the soil-inhabiting Phytophthora citrophthora root rot fungus, which had caused major damage to the New South Wales citrus industry. She was the first person to do so, and also established which citrus species were resistant to the fungus.

For this work she became the first woman accepted into the Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science.

In 1960 she was appointed Senior Biologist at the Department, before being promoted to Chief Biologist at their Biological and Chemical Research Institute in 1968. In 1973 she retired from the Institute.

1930 1930 Education - Bachelor of Science in Botany (Hons.), University of Sydney 1931 1936 Award - Linnean Macleay Fellowship (Botany), for study at the University of Sydney 1937 1937 Education - Doctorate of Science in Botany, University of Sydney c. 1938 c. 1938 Education - Studied fungal taxonomy at the Imperial Mycological Institute, London c. 1938 c. 1938 Education - Studied fungal taxonomy at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London 1939 1940 Career position - Commonwealth Research Fellow studying fungal decay in apples, University of Sydney 1940 1960 Career position - Assistant Plant Pathologist, New South Wales Department of Agriculture 1948 1949 Career position - President. Linnean Society of New South Wales 1957 1958 Career position - President. Linnean Society of New South Wales 1960 1968 Career position - Senior Biologist, New South Wales Department of Agriculture 1963 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 1968 1970 Career position - Chief Biologist, New South Wales Division of Scientific Services 1970 1973 Career position - Chief Biologist, Biological and Chemical Research Institute, New South Wales 1973 1973 Life event - Retired from the Biological and Chemical Research Institute. 1976 1976 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales Biological and Chemical Research Institute, State of New South Wales (1970 - 1992)

Chief Biologist 1970 - 1973

 New South Wales Department of Agriculture, State of New South Wales (1908 - 2004)

Senior Biologist 1960 - 1968

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

President 1948 - 1949, 1957 - 1957

 Linnean Macleay Fellowship (1905 - )

Awarded the Fellowship (Botany) 1940 - 1944

 Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

Awarded the Medal 1976

 Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (1935 - 1996)

Fellow 1963 - 1987

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 Fraser, Lilian Ross (1908-19871005)

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 'Fraser, Lilian Ross', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fraser, Lilian Ross Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Daniel McAlpine Memorial Lecture: diseases of citrus trees in Australia - the first hundred years Fraser, Lilian R. Daniel McAlpine Memorial Lecture: diseases of citrus trees in Australia - the first hundred years 1976 Australasian Plant Pathology Society newsletter 5 37-42 Journal Article: Lilian Ross Fraser 1909-1987 Barkley, P. Lilian Ross Fraser 1909-1987 1987 Australasian Plant Pathology 16 4 96