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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-11-26 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006714b.htm person Ludbrook Nelly Hooper MBE AACR2 Woods, Nelly 14 June 1907 9 May 1995 Place of Birth Yorketown, South Australia, Australia Geologist Palaeontologist Nelly Ludbrook, née Woods, was the first South Australian born palaeontologist to demonstrate the importance of palaeontology to the mining industry and founded what is now known as the Biostratigraphy Section of Mines and Energy, South Australia. Interested in geology and palaeontology from her undergraduate years at the University of Adelaide, where she completed Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees, she was able to pursue her interest in Cainozoic molluscs when she married Wallis Verco Ludbrook in 1935 and moved to Canberra. She had written a paper on the subject while working as a high school teacher at Mount Barker for which she was awarded the Tate Medal from the University of Adelaide. Her subsequent career included appointment as assistant geologist with the Commonwealth Government from 1942-1949, a period in London from 1950 at the Imperial College where she gained a PhD in geology and the DIC in palaeontology for a study of Pliocene molluscs from strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. On the death of her husband she returned to South Australia in 1952 where she was employed as technical information officer for the Mines Department, and in 1957 was appointed palaeontologist, a position she held until her retirement in 1967 as senior palaeontologist. She published more than 70 scientific papers and monographs, and at least 17 fossil species and one genus of fossil mollusc have been named in her honour. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1981 'for service to science'. 1928 1928 Education - BS, University of Adelaide 1930 1930 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Adelaide 1942 1949 Career position - Assistant Geologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources 1952 1952 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London 1952 1952 Education - DIC in palaeontology, Imperial College, London 1952 1957 Career position - Technical Information Officer, South Australian Department of Mines 1953 1956 Career position - Foundation Secretary, South Australian Division, Geological Society of Australia 1956 1959 Career position - Secretary, Geological Society of Australia 1957 1967 Career position - Palaeontologist (later Senior Palaeontologist), South Australian Department of Mines 1961 1962 Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia 1963 1963 Award - Sir Joseph Verco Medal, Royal Society of South Australia 1967 1967 Life event - Retired 1967 1980 Career position - Editor, Handbooks of the flora and fauna of South Australia 1967 1993 Career position - Consultant in palaeontology to the South Australian Department of Mines 1968 1968 Career position - President, Geological Society of Australia 1976 1995 Award - Honorary Member, Geological Society of Australia 1981 Career position - Honorary Associate, South Australian Museum 1981 1981 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Sir Joseph Verco Medal, Royal Society of South Australia (1928 - )

Awarded the Medal 1963

 South Australian Department of Mines, Colony and State of South Australia (1894 - 1977)

Palaeontologist (later Senior Palaeontologist) 1957 - 1967

 Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

President 1961 - 1962

 Geological Society of Australia Inc (1952 - )

President 1968; Honorary Member 1976 - 1995

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 'Ludbrook, Nelly Hooper', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ludbrook, Nelly Hooper Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Howchin, Walter (1845-1937), geologist and clergyman Ludbrook, N. H. Howchin, Walter (1845-1937), geologist and clergyman Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 377-378 Resource: Australian geology hall of fame Geological Society of Australia Australian geology hall of fame Earth Sciences History Group, Geological Society of Australia 2022 ESHG Biographies Journal Article: Obituary: Nelly Hooper Ludbrook, MBE, MA, PhD, DIC, FGS 14.vi.1907 - 8.v.1995 Alley, Neville F. Obituary: Nelly Hooper Ludbrook, MBE, MA, PhD, DIC, FGS 14.vi.1907 - 8.v.1995 1996 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 120 2 74-7 Journal Article: Nelly Hooper Ludbrook (1907-1995) Cooper, Barry and Keith Johns Nelly Hooper Ludbrook (1907-1995) 1995 The Australian Geologist 95 48 Journal Article: Invincible but mostly Invisible: Australian Women's Contribution to Geology and Palaeontology Turner, S. Invincible but mostly Invisible: Australian Women's Contribution to Geology and Palaeontology 2007 Geological Society Special Publication 281 165-202