P005810 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-07-18 human Elizabeth Daniels updated 2025-06-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005810b.htm person Fennessy Bernard Vincent AACR2 Bunny Fennessy 16 November 1923 6 August 2006 Place of Birth North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Agricultural scientist Bernard Fennessy made a significant contribution to the control of wild rabbits and adult agricultural education. He played a key role in the CSIRO programme to introduce myxomatosis into Australian wild rabbit populations. Upon retirement Bernard Fennessy volunteered as a Australian Botanic Garden guide and narrated over 100 'talking' books for people with impaired vision. [16 November 1923] [6 August 2006] Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc), University of Melbourne [16 November 1923] [6 August 2006] Career position - Division of Animal Health, CSIRO CSIRO Division of Animal Health, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1959 - 2000) Fennessy, B V (19231116-20060806)

Trove

 'Fennessy, Bernard Vincent', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fennessy, Bernard Vincent Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Fennessy, Bernard Vincent (1923 - 2006) Fennessy, Bernard Vincent (1923 - 2006) 2015 Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Australian National Herbarium, Biographical Notes Book Section: Into the Land of the Mountain Cattlemen: Maisie Fawcett's Ecological Investigations on the Bogong High Plains Gillbank, Linden Into the Land of the Mountain Cattlemen: Maisie Fawcett's Ecological Investigations on the Bogong High Plains Melbourne Text Publishing Company 1993 On the Edge of Discovery: Australian Women in Science Farley Kelly 133-154 Portrait of Bernard Fennessy National Library of Australia Portrait of Bernard Fennessy PIC NL38858 9 July 2001 Photographer: Seselja, Loui Photographs Bernard Fennessy interviewed by Chris Woodland for the Chris Woodland folklore collection National Library of Australia Bernard Fennessy interviewed by Chris Woodland for the Chris Woodland folklore collection ORAL TRC 4772 2001 Audio