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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-07-07 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-07-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P008087b.htm person West Winifred CBE AACR2 1881 1971 Place of Birth Frensham, Surrey, United Kingdom Place of Death New South Wales, Australia Teacher Zoological artist Headmistress Winifred West was a teacher and zoological illustrator. She studied languages at the University of Cambridge (but was not awarded a degree) and taught in the United Kingdom for five years before moving to Australia in 1907. For the next six years she taught privately and worked at the Australian Museum illustrating molluscs for the Museum's malacologist, Charles Hedley. In 1913 West was the founding headmistress of the Frensham boarding school for girls in Mittagong, New South Wales. She retained her interest in girls' education for the rest of her life, receiving several awards for services to education. 1900 1903 Education - Studied Mediaeval and Modern Languages, Newnham College, University of Cambridge 1903 1907 Career position - Teacher, Guernsey Ladies' College, United Kingdom 1907 1907 Life event - Founder and Headmistress, Frensham girls' school, Mittagong, New South Wales 1907 1912 Career position - Illustrator, Australian Museum 1938 1938 Life event - Retired 1953 1953 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 1971 1971 Award - Companion of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Hedley, Charles (1862 - 1926)

Illustrated several of his papers

 Australian Museum (1827 - )

Illustrator of Molluscs for Charles Hedley

 'West, Winifred', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, History of Australian Science Research Group West, Winifred Swinburne University of Technology, Office of the Chief Scientist Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Mollusca from one hundred fathoms, seven miles east of Cape Pillar, Tasmania Hedley, Charles and May, W. L. Mollusca from one hundred fathoms, seven miles east of Cape Pillar, Tasmania 1908 Records of the Australian Museum 7 2 108-25 Journal Article: Descriptions of new or noteworthy shells in the Australian Museum Hedley, Charles Descriptions of new or noteworthy shells in the Australian Museum 1912 Records of the Australian Museum 8 3 131-60 Journal Article: An index to the land shells of Victoria Cox, J. C. and Hedley, Charles An index to the land shells of Victoria 1912 Memoirs of the National Herbarium of Victoria 4 5-14 Journal Article: Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland Hedley, Charles Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland 1909 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34 420-66 Resource Section: Winifred West Walker, Prue Winifred West Sydney Australian Museum 2018 History of the Australian Museum: Museum people