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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-03-19 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006331b.htm person Main Barbara York OAM AACR2 27 January 1929 14 May 2019 Place of Birth Kellerberrin, Western Australia, Australia Arachnologist Barbara Main is one of Australia's foremost experts on the taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of spiders, particularly trapdoors and funnelwebs. Her research included studies of spider longevity and arachnids as monitors of habitat, with implications for ecosystem management. Main collected specimens across Australia and made extensive studies of those in overseas collections. In the 1990s she was the Australian representative of the Centre International Documentation de Arachnologique. Her publications included works on the changing ecology of the Western Australian wheatbelt, the country in which she grew up. Main has been a member of the editorial boards of both the Fauna of Australia and the Zoological catalogue of Australia. The genera Bymainiella and Mainosa (spiders), and Barbarella (pseudoscorpion) were named in her honour. 1947 Career position - Member, Western Australian Naturalists Club 1950 1950 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Western Australia 1951 1951 Career position - Assistant Lecturer, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 1953 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Western Australia 1956 1956 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Western Australia 1958 1958 Award - Alice Hamilton Fellowship, International Federation of University Women 1965 Career position - Member, Australian Entomological Society 1979 1996 Career position - Honorary Lecturer in Zoology (later Senior Honorary Research Fellow), University of Western Australia 1982 1996 Career position - Trustee, Western Australian Museum 1984 1989 Career position - Member, Advisory Committee, Australian Biological Resources Study 1996 Career position - Adjunct Professor, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia 1998 Career position - Member, Advisory Panel, International Centre for Landscape and Language, Edith Cowan University 2001 Award - Honorary Member, International Society of Arachnology 2002 2002 Award - Butler Medal for Natural History Research 2011 2011 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to science and conservation as a researcher and educator in the field of arachnology, and to the community of Western Australia 2018 2018 Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia Main, Albert Russell (Bert) (1919 - 2009) Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (1924 - )

Awarded the Medal 2018

 Western Australian Museum (1891 - )

Trustee 1982 - 1996

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 'Main, Barbara York', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Main, Barbara York Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Barbara York Main OAM 27 January 1929 - 14 May 2019 Mason, Leanda Barbara York Main OAM 27 January 1929 - 14 May 2019 2021 Western Australian naturallist 32 1 35-40 Journal Article: Islands of yesterday: the ecological writing of Barbara York Main Hughes-D'Aeth, T. Islands of yesterday: the ecological writing of Barbara York Main 2008 Westerly 53 12-26 Journal Article: Tribute to Dr Barbara York Main Mason, Leanda; and Kennedy, Patricia Tribute to Dr Barbara York Main 2020 Australasian arachnology 89 50-1 Journal Article: Tribute to Dr Barbara York Main OAM, arachnologist and nature writer (27 January 1929 to 14 May 2019) Mason, Leanda D.; and Kennedy, Patricia L. Tribute to Dr Barbara York Main OAM, arachnologist and nature writer (27 January 1929 to 14 May 2019) 2020 Pacific conservation biology 26 iii-vi Journal Article: Professor Barbara York Main BSc, PhD (UWA), OAM 27th January 1929 - 14th May 2019 Harvey, Mark Professor Barbara York Main BSc, PhD (UWA), OAM 27th January 1929 - 14th May 2019 2019 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 102 28-9 Journal Article: Barbara York Main Hodgkin, Ernest P. Barbara York Main 1995 Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 52 vii-xv Resource: Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division [Australia Day 2011: M-R] Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division [Australia Day 2011: M-R] Canberra Governor General's Office 2011