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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-03-04 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007629b.htm person Gale Gwendoline Fay AO AACR2 13 June 1932 3 May 2008 Place of Birth Balaklava, South Australia, Australia Geographer Vice-Chancellor Fay Gale was Australia's foremost cultural geographer and a committed advocate of equal opportunity for women and for Aboriginal people. Her interest in Aboriginal women stemmed from childhood when three girls of the "stolen generation" (who became life-long friends) lived with her family, and her realisation of why they were treated differently. This led directly to her PhD thesis A study of assimilation: part Aborigines in South Australia and some of her most critically important books such as Women's role in Aboriginal society (1970) and We are bosses ourselves (1993). Her early research with Aboriginal communities often represents the only written records of some people. Gale's career was a series of firsts, often achieved in the face of entrenched resistance: first female Professor at the University of Adelaide; first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Australia; first female President of the Institute of Australian Geographers and the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. At the Universities of Adelaide and Western Australia she worked to achieve equitable treatment of women. Many of her publications highlighted failures of government policy and embedded silencing of women's voices. In 2008 the Australian Academy of Social Sciences inaugurated the Fay Gale Annual Lecture honouring a distinguished woman social scientist from among the Academy Fellows. The Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender was established at the University of Adelaide in 2009. 1954 1954 Education - BA, University of Adelaide 1960 1960 Education - PhD, University of Adelaide 1966 1971 Career position - Lecturer in Geography, University of Adelaide 1971 1975 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Adelaide 1972 1972 Career position - Visiting Lecturer, Geography School, University of Oxford 1975 1978 Career position - Reader in Geography, University of Adelaide 1978 Award - Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia 1978 1978 Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Washington 1978 1988 Career position - Professor of Geography, University of Adelaide 1988 1989 Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Adelaide 1989 1989 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in recognition of service to social science, particularly in the fields of geography and Aboriginal studies 1989 1995 Career position - Member, Australian Heritage Commission 1990 1997 Career position - Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia 1991 1991 Career position - Boyer Lecturer (with Ian Lowe) - "Changing Australia(changes through technology)" 1993 2008 Award - Honorary Fellow, Institute of Australian Geographers 1996 1997 Career position - President, Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee 1997 1997 Life event - Retired 1998 2000 Career position - President, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia 2000 2000 Award - John Lewis Gold Medal, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 2001 2001 Award - Griffith Taylor Medal, Institute of Australian Geographers 2001 2004 Career position - President, Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (1971 - )

Fellow 1978 - ; President 1998 - 2000

 Griffith Taylor Medal, Institute of Australian Geographers (1989 - )

Awarded the Medal 2001

 Institute of Australian Geographers (1959 - )

Honorary Fellow 1993 - 2008

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Professor of Geography 1978 - 1988; Pro Vice-Chancellor 1988 - 1989

 The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Vice-Chancellor 1990 - 1997

 John Lewis Gold Medal, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australia Branch (1947 - )

Awarded the Medal 2000

 'Gale, Gwendoline Fay (Fay)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gale, Gwendoline Fay (Fay) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Monitoring visitor behaviour at rock art sites Gale, Fay Monitoring visitor behaviour at rock art sites 1985 Rock art research 2(2):112-8 Book: Tourism and the protection of Aboriginal cultural sites Jacobs, Jane M. and Gale, Fay Tourism and the protection of Aboriginal cultural sites Canberra Australian Government Publishing Service 1994 Book: Cultural geographies Anderson, Kay and Gale, Fay Cultural geographies 2nd South Melbourne Addison Wesley 1999 Book: Urban Aborigines Gale, Fay; assisted by Alison Brookman Urban Aborigines Canberra Australian National University Press 1972 Edited Book: We are bosses ourselves: the status and role of Aboriginal women today Gale, Fay We are bosses ourselves: the status and role of Aboriginal women today Canberra Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1993 Edited Book: Women's role in Aboriginal society Gale, Fay Women's role in Aboriginal society Canberra Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1970 Thesis: A study of assimilation: part Aborigines in South Australia Gale, Gwendoline Fay A study of assimilation: part Aborigines in South Australia University of Adelaide 1960 Newspaper Article: Obituary: Ann Marshall, Pioneer woman geographer Gale, Fay Obituary: Ann Marshall, Pioneer woman geographer 2001 The Age Journal Article: The Development of University Geography, 1904-1960 Gale, Fay The Development of University Geography, 1904-1960 2004 South Australian Geological Journal 102 26-40 Journal Article: Rethinking 'the human' in memory of Fay Gale (AO) Anderson, K. Rethinking 'the human' in memory of Fay Gale (AO) 2012 Geographical research 50 3-14 Journal Article: Gwendoline Fay Gale AO (13 June 1932 - 3 May 2008) Anderson, K. Gwendoline Fay Gale AO (13 June 1932 - 3 May 2008) 2008 Geographical research 46 4 468-70 Journal Article: Making a difference: a geographer's view from the top - an interview with Fay Gale Anderson, K. Making a difference: a geographer's view from the top - an interview with Fay Gale 1998 Journal of geography in higher education 22 3 363-74 Journal Article: Fay Gale, Professor Emerita (1932 - 2008) Magarey, Susan Fay Gale, Professor Emerita (1932 - 2008) 2009 Australian feminist studies 24 6 303-6 Resource Section: Obituary: Fay Gale AO Harvey, Nick Obituary: Fay Gale AO 2008 Adelaidean June Resource: GT [Griffith Taylor] Medal Institute of Australian Geographers GT [Griffith Taylor] Medal Institute of Australian Geographers 2025 Fay Gale interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia collection [sound recording] National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Fay Gale interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia collection [sound recording] TRC 5752 2006 2 digital audio tapes. Fay Gale speaks about her induction into the Academy of the Social Sciences; her research involving Aboriginal communities; the Henderson Poverty Commission; her Postgraduate work; Charles Rowley; Social Science Research Council Aborigines Project; Research at the University of Adelaide; the establishment of the Institute of Aboriginal Studies in Canberra; W.E.H. Stanner; Bill Wentworth; being Fellow of the ASSA (1978); setting up management plans for Kakadu, Uluru; Elspeth Young; Diane Barwick; Diane Bell; Marcia Langton; her time as president of the academy; UNESCO; Paul Burke; significance of her achievements; general view of the role of the academy. Audio Fay Gale interviewed by Ann Moyal [sound recording] National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Fay Gale interviewed by Ann Moyal [sound recording] TRC 3832 16 February 1999 - 18 March 1999 6 compact discs: includes times summary and corrected typescript. Audio