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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005787b.htm person Worrell Eric Arthur Frederic AACR2 27 October 1924 13 July 1987 Place of Birth Granville, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Wyoming, New South Wales, Australia Naturalist Herpetologist Eric Worrell was a herpetologist and naturalist renowned for his role in the development of antivenenes and for establishing the Australian Reptile Park. In 1950 he set up the Ocean Beach Aquarium on the New South Wales central coast which provided a base for his research on reptiles. Using his skill at milking snakes he became a major supplier of venom from tiger snakes and taipans to the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories for the development of antivenenes. The Australian Reptile Park was opened to the public in 1959. Here Worrell expanded his venom-producing activities to include other Australian and exotic snakes and the Sydney Funnel-web Spider. Between 1950 and 1975 he published eleven books, including Dangerous Snakes of Australia (1952). Worrell published prolifically in popular magazines, including under pseudonyms., and made significant contributions to reptile taxonomy and systematics. His Reptiles of Australia (1963) was the first book to deal comprehensively with the Australian reptile fauna 1970 1970 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE ) 1981 1981 Award - National Australia Bank humanitarian award for contribution to the development of antivenom for the Sydney Funnel-web Spider Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL), Commonwealth of Australia (1916 - 1961)

Supplier of snake venom for the development of antivenenes.

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 'Worrell, Eric Arthur Frederic', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Worrell, Eric Arthur Frederic Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Balancing biography and institutional history: Eric Worrell's Australian Reptile Park Cushing, N.; and Markwell, K. Balancing biography and institutional history: Eric Worrell's Australian Reptile Park 2009 Public History Review 19 78-91 Book: Snake-bitten: Eric Worrell and the Australian Reptile Park Markwell, Kevin and Cushing, Nancy Snake-bitten: Eric Worrell and the Australian Reptile Park Sydney University of New South Wales Press 2010 Book Section: Worrell, Eric Arthur Frederic (1924-1987), naturalist and herpetologist Markwell, Kevin and Cushing, Nancy Worrell, Eric Arthur Frederic (1924-1987), naturalist and herpetologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 634-5 Journal Article: Eric Worrell Sutherland, Struan Eric Worrell 1988 Medical Journal of Australia 148 151 15 Journal Article: The Pioneers of Venom Production for Australian Antivenoms Mirtschin, Peter The Pioneers of Venom Production for Australian Antivenoms 2009 Toxicon 48 7 899-918 Journal Article: "Immunisation is as Popular as a Death Adder": the Bundaberg Tragedy and the Political Deployment of Medical Science in Interwar Australia Hobbins, Peter G. "Immunisation is as Popular as a Death Adder": the Bundaberg Tragedy and the Political Deployment of Medical Science in Interwar Australia 2011 Social History of Medicine 24 2 426-44 Journal Article: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Australian Snake Taxonomists and a history of the Taxonomy of Australia's Venomous Snakes Williams, David, Wuester, Wolfgang and Fry, Bryan Grieg The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Australian Snake Taxonomists and a history of the Taxonomy of Australia's Venomous Snakes 2009 Toxicon 48 7 919-930