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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-07-17 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007774b.htm person Wagstaff Barbara E. AACR2 Geologist Palynologist Palaeogeologist Barbara Wagstaff is a palynologist and palaeogeologist who has contributed significantly to understanding of the evolution of the Victorian climate and flora, particularly in the Otway and Gippsland basins, and their effect on the polar fauna of the region. Her research focuses on quantitative palynological analyses of the Cretaceous, Tertiary and Quaternary eras. Wagstaff has an extensive publications record, many papers co-authored with colleagues Patricia Vickers-Rich, Tom Rich and Stephen John Gallagher. In 2024 she was awarded the Selwyn Medal by the Victorian Division of the Geological Society of Australia. Wagstaff is a research Association at the University of Melbourne. 1991 1991 Education - PhD, Monash University 2009 2019? Career position - Treasurer, Victorian Division, Geological Society of Australia 2024 2024 Award - Selwyn Medal, Victorian Division, Geological Society of Australia Vickers-Rich, Patricia (1944 - ) Geological Society of Australia - Victorian Division

Treasurer 2009 - ?2019

 Selwyn Medal, Geological Society of Australia - Victorian Division (1996 - )

Awarded the Medal 2024

 'Wagstaff, Barbara E.', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wagstaff, Barbara E. Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The southern conifer family Araucariaceae: history, status, and value for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction Kershaw, Peter and Wagstaff, Barbara The southern conifer family Araucariaceae: history, status, and value for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction 2001 Annual review of ecology and systematics 32 397-414 Journal Article: Did Port Phillip Bay nearly dry up between 2800 and 1000 cal. yr BP? Bay floor channelling evidence , seismic and core dating Holdgate, Guy, Wagstaff, Barbara E. and Gallagher, Stephen John Did Port Phillip Bay nearly dry up between 2800 and 1000 cal. yr BP? Bay floor channelling evidence , seismic and core dating 2011 Australian journal of earth sciences 59 157-75 Journal Article: Palynological-age determination of early Cretaceous vertebrate-bearing beds along the south Victorian coast of Australia, with implications for the spore-pollen stratigraphy of the region Wagstaff, Barbara E., Gallagher, Stephen John, Hall, W. Michael and Korasidis, Vera A. Palynological-age determination of early Cretaceous vertebrate-bearing beds along the south Victorian coast of Australia, with implications for the spore-pollen stratigraphy of the region 2020 Alcheringa 44 3 460-74 Journal Article: The rise of flowering plants in the high southern latitudes of Australia Korasidis, Vera A. and Wagstaff, Barbara E. The rise of flowering plants in the high southern latitudes of Australia 2019 Review of palaeobotany and palynology 272 6 104-26 Journal Article: Barbara Wagstaff wins the 2024 Selwyn Medal Anon Barbara Wagstaff wins the 2024 Selwyn Medal 2024 TAG: the Australian geologist 212 21