Smith, Meredith Joan

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English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-11-19 human Sara Maroske updated 2026-03-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007538b.htm person Smith Meredith Joan AACR2 Clark, Meredith Joan 10 February 1943 18 July 1998 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Zoologist Mammalogist Meredith Smith (née Clark) was a mammalogist, the early focus of her research being on red kangaroos. For three years from 1964 she was an Experimental Officer with the CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research in Canberra, where she this research. She returned to Adelaide in 1967 and completed her PhD on the embryology of diprotodont marsupials the following year. During the next few years she studied sugar gliders and Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Fat-tailed dunnart), as well as parrots, crustaceans and skinks. She also became involved in the investigation of fossil deposits at Victoria Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia, becoming expert in identifying small fossil vertebrates. From these deposits she described Wonambi naracoortensis, a giant python, the first extinct snake to be found in Australia. In 1981 Smith was appointed Laboratory scientific officer (part-time) to work on a captive colony of sugar gliders and their reproductive cycle at the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science of the South Australian Department of Agriculture. She transferred to the South Australian Museum when the Institute became part of the Museum as the Evolutionary Biology Unit. Here she continued to work with live animals until the Unit changed focus and ceased this work. She was also involved in the identification of mammal and fossil collections, and managed the histology laboratory. At the time of her death Smith was a Senior Scientist. 1963 1998 Career position - Member, Australian Mammal Society 1964 1964 Award - CSIRO Junior Postgraduate Scholarship 1964 1964 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc (hons)), University of Adelaide January 1964 December 1966 Career position - Experimental Officer, CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research, Canberra 1966 1966 Award - CSIRO Senior Postgraduate Scholarship 1968 1968 Education - PhD, University of Adelaide 1968 1968 Award - Bolliger Award, Australian Mammal Society 1968 1969 Career position - Treasurer, Australian Mammal Society 1974 1974 Career event - Appointed part time demonstrator in Zoology, University of Adelaide 1975 1976 Career position - Editor, Australian Mammal Society May 1981 1982 Career position - Laboratory Scientific Officer, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, South Australian Department of Agriculture 1983 1998 Career position - Laboratory Scientific Officer (later Senior Scientist), Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum Williams, William David (1936 - ) Sharman, Geoffrey Bruce (1925 - 2015) Australian Mammal Society (1958 - )

Member 1963 - 1998; Treasurer 1968 - 1969; Editor 1975 - 1976

South Australian Museum (1940 - )

Laboratory Scientific Officer (later Senior Scientist), Evolutionary Biology Unit 1983 - 1998

Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Royal Adelaide Hospital (1938 - 2008)

Laboratory Scientitific Officer 1981 - 1982

'Smith, Meredith Joan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Smith, Meredith Joan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Establishment of a captive colony of Bettongia tropica (Marsupialia: Potoroidae) by cross-fostering; and observations on reproduction Smith, Meredith J. Establishment of a captive colony of Bettongia tropica (Marsupialia: Potoroidae) by cross-fostering; and observations on reproduction 1998 Journal of zoology 244 43-50 Journal Article: Late Pleistocene faunal remains from Seton rock shelter, Kangaroo Island, South Australia Hope, J. H., Lampert, R. J., Edmondson, E., Smith, M. J. and Van Tets, G. F. Late Pleistocene faunal remains from Seton rock shelter, Kangaroo Island, South Australia 1977 Journal of biogeography 4 4 363-85 Journal Article: Aspects of the natural history of three Australian skinks, Morethia boulengeri, Menetia greyii and Lerista bougainvillei Smyth, Michael and Smith, Meredith J. Aspects of the natural history of three Australian skinks, Morethia boulengeri, Menetia greyii and Lerista bougainvillei 1974 Journal of herpetology 8 329-35 Journal Article: The vertebrae of four Australian elapid snakes Smith, Meredith J. The vertebrae of four Australian elapid snakes 1975 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 99 2 71-84 Journal Article: Small fossil vertebrates from Victoria Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia IV: reptiles Smith, Meredith J. Small fossil vertebrates from Victoria Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia IV: reptiles 1976 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 100 1 39-51 Journal Article: Small fossil vertebrates from Victoria Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia III: birds (Aves) Van Tets, G. F. and Smith, Meredith J. Small fossil vertebrates from Victoria Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia III: birds (Aves) 1974 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 98 4 225-8 Journal Article: Small fossil vertebrates from Victoria Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia II. Peramelidae, Thylacinidae and Dasyuridae (Marsupialia) Smith, Meredith J. Small fossil vertebrates from Victoria Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia II. Peramelidae, Thylacinidae and Dasyuridae (Marsupialia) 1972 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 96 3 125-37 Journal Article: Small fossil vertebrates from Victoria Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia I. Potoroinae (Macropodidae), Petauridae and Burramyidae (Marsupialia) Smith, Meredith J. Small fossil vertebrates from Victoria Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia I. Potoroinae (Macropodidae), Petauridae and Burramyidae (Marsupialia) 1971 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 95 185-98 Journal Article: The inhibition of ovulation by the corpus luteum in the red kangaroo, Megaleia rufa Sharman, G .B. and Clark, Meredith J. The inhibition of ovulation by the corpus luteum in the red kangaroo, Megaleia rufa 1967 Journal of reproduction and fertility 14 1 129-37 Journal Article: Pregnancy in the lactating pygmy possum, Cercartetus concinnus Clark, M. J. Pregnancy in the lactating pygmy possum, Cercartetus concinnus 1967 Australian journal of zoology 15 4 673-83 Book: Marsupials of Australia volume 2: carnivorous marsupials and bandicoots Aslin, Heather J. and Smith, Meredith J.; illustrations by Rosemary Woodford Ganf Marsupials of Australia volume 2: carnivorous marsupials and bandicoots Sydney Lansdowne Editions 1987 Book: Marsupials of Australia, vol. 1: possums, the koala and wombats Smith, Meredith J.; illustrations by Rosemary Woodford Ganf Marsupials of Australia, vol. 1: possums, the koala and wombats Melbourne Lansdowne Editions 1980 Journal Article: A taxonomic revision of Australian species of Paratya (Crustacea: Atyidae) Williams, W. D. and Smith, M. J. A taxonomic revision of Australian species of Paratya (Crustacea: Atyidae) 1979 Australian journal of marine and freshwater research 30 815-32 Journal Article: Obituary: Meredith Joan Smith 10 February 1943 - 18 July 1998 Medlin, Graham C. Obituary: Meredith Joan Smith 10 February 1943 - 18 July 1998 1998 Records of the South Australian Museum 31 119-25 Journal Article: Obituary: Meredith Joan Smith (nee Clark) Barker, Shelley Obituary: Meredith Joan Smith (nee Clark) 2000 Australian mammalogy 21 2 269-74