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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-04-19 human Helen Cohn updated 2024-08-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006940b.htm person Dixon Joan Maureen AACR2 4 May 1937 24 June 2019 Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mammalogist Zoologist Museum curator Joan Dixon was a highly-respected expert on Australia's mammal species. For over 35 years she was Curator of the vertebrate, and particularly the mammal collections, at the National Museum of Victoria (later Museum Victoria). Her principal research was into cetaceans and smaller marsupials, but extended to galaxiid fish and stingrays, and extinct mammalian species. As Curator she had oversight of the collections of Baldwin Spencer, and the zoological specimens of Donald Thomson. She produced reports on the vertebrate fauna and sites of zoological significance in various parts of Victoria, some for the Land Conservation Council. Other publications included providing updated notes for modern reproductions of the works of John Gould. Dixon was an active member of the Australian mammal Society and served a term as President. 1959 1959 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Tasmania 1960 1960 Career position - Demonstrator in zoology, University of Queensland 1961 1963 Career position - Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Zoology and Comparative Physiology, Monash University 1963 1963 Career event - Joined the staff of the National Museum of Victoria 1966 1978 Career position - Curator of Vertebrates, National Museum of Victoria 1975 1979 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Mammal Society 1978 1983 Career position - Curator of Mammals, National Museum of Victoria 1982 Career position - Associate (later Fellow), Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne 1983 1994 Career position - Curator of Mammals, Museum of Victoria 1994 1998 Career position - Senior Curator, Mammalogy, Museum of Victoria 1998 2001 Career position - Senior Curator, Mammalogy, Museum Victoria Museum Victoria (1998 - )

Senior Curator, Mammalogy 1998 - 2001

 Museum of Victoria (1983 - 1998)

Curator of Mammals 1983 - 1994; Senior Curator, Mammalogy 1994 - 1998

 National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Curator of Vertebrates,1966 -1978; Curator of Mammals 1978 - 1983

 'Dixon, Joan Maureen', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Dixon, Joan Maureen Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The cetacean collection of the Museum of Victoria: an annotated catalogue Dixon, Joan M.; and Frigo, Lina The cetacean collection of the Museum of Victoria: an annotated catalogue Croydon, Vic. Australian Deer Research Foundation 1994 Book: The mammals of Australia, with modern notes by Joan M. Dixon Gould, John The mammals of Australia, with modern notes by Joan M. Dixon South Melbourne Macmillan 1983 Book: Kangaroos, with modern commentary by Joan M. Dixon Gould, John Kangaroos, with modern commentary by Joan M. Dixon South Melbourne Macmillan 1973 Edited Book: Donald Thomson's mammals and fishes of northern Australia Dixon, Joan M.; and Huxley, Linda Donald Thomson's mammals and fishes of northern Australia Melbourne Thomas Nelson 1985 Book: A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or Family of Kangaroos Gould, John A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or Family of Kangaroos Melbourne Lansdowne Editions 1981 Book Section: Historical Aspects of Collection Conservation in Australia Dixon, Joan M. Historical Aspects of Collection Conservation in Australia Lubbock Texas Tech University Press 1987 Mammal Collection Management Hugh L. Genoways; Clyde Jones and Olga L. Rossolimo 157-172 Journal Article: Obituary: Joan Dixon 1937 - 2019 Paddle, R. N. Obituary: Joan Dixon 1937 - 2019 2021 Australian zoologist 41 4 806-7