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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-11-21 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005895b.htm person Bartholomai Alan AM AACR2 17 December 1938 17 December 2015 Place of Birth Boonah, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Vertebrate palaeontologist Museum director Alan Bartholomai was Director of the Queensland Museum for 30 years and a palaeontologist renowned particularly as an authority on Cretaceous fish. As Director he oversaw the relocation of Museum, the re-establishment of the Museum's Board (in abeyance since 1907), and the creation of regional branches. He fostered research programs that significantly expanded the recording and understanding Queensland's biodiversity, palaeontological record and cultural heritage. Bartholomai's wider role in Australia's museums included serving on such bodies as the Advisory Committee on Illegal Movement of Cultural Property and the committee for establishing the National Maritime Museum of Australia. In his palaeontological research Bartholomai worked with colleagues on Cenozoic marsupials, fossil turtles, and Triassic vertebrates from Western Australia. With Ralph Molnar he described the Australian dinosaur Muttaburrasaurus. In retirement he returned to his research on the fish faunas of the Great Australian Basin. Many of the groups for which he produced major reviews had not previously been recorded from the southern hemisphere and hence provided insights into the palaeogeography of Cretaceous fish faunas. 1960 1960 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland 1960 1966 Career position - Curator of Geology, Queensland Museum Curator of Geology, Queensland Museum 1966 1968 Career position - Research Curator (Geology), Queensland Museum 1969 1969 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Queensland 1969 1999 Career position - Member, Council of Australian Museum Directors 1969 1999 Career position - Director, Queensland Museum 1970 1970 Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland 1973 1973 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland 1985 1987 Career position - Chairman, Council of Australian Museum Directors 1994 1999 Career position - Member of the Board, CRC for Tropical Rainforest and Ecology and Management 1999 2015 Career position - Emeritus Director, Queensland Museum 2000 2000 Award - Queensland Museum Medal 2012 2012 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to the advancement of science, particularly through administrative roles with the Queensland Museum Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

President 1970

 CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (1993 - 2006)

Member of the Board 1994 - 1999

 Council of Australian Museum Directors (1978 - ?)

Chairman 1985 - 1987

 Queensland Museum

Director 1969 - 1999

 Queensland Museum Medal (1987 - )

Awarded the Medal 2000

 Bartholomai, Alan (19381217-20151217)

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 'Bartholomai, Alan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bartholomai, Alan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Congratulations: Australia Day honours Congratulations: Australia Day honours 2012 TAG: the Australian geologist 162 40 Journal Article: Obituary of Dr Alan Bartholomai 1938 - 2015 Anon Obituary of Dr Alan Bartholomai 1938 - 2015 2017 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 122 113 Journal Article: In memoriam Alan Bartholomai (1938 - 2015) Rozefelds, Andrew C. F. In memoriam Alan Bartholomai (1938 - 2015) 2017 Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Nature 60 119-31