Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1930]-1994 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
95 boxes, 2 parcels
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Dorothy Hill was born on 10 September 1907 in Taringa, Brisbane. She received a scholarship to the University of Queensland, attending between 1925 and 1939. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Geology) with first class honours. Hill was the first woman awarded a gold medal for most outstanding graduate of that year. In 1930 Hill received a Foundation Travelling Scholarship, to study for her PhD from the University of Cambridge, completing it in 1932. She was appointed a research professor in Geology at the University of Queensland in 1959, becoming the first woman appointed to a professorial chair in Australia. She also became in 1965 the first Australian woman to be a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1970 she became the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science. Shed died on 23 April 1997.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, [1930]-1994
Collection alternatively titled as: Dorothy Hill Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection of professional and personal papers. Includes mss and published copies of her work, with background research material, including maps and illustrations, and related correspondence. Professional correspondence, incoming and outgoing, 1930-. Papers and reports received as a member of the Australian Academy of Science, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Geological Society of Australia, Great Barrier Reef Committee, Royal Society, University of Queensland (Professorial Board, and Senate). Testimonials, research reports and recommendations supplied. Public lectures, press clippings, photographs.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access except for Box 8, one item in Box 47, and Box 58 Folder 1, which are all restricted. Application for access may be submitted to the Fryer Librarian for consideration.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies. Copyright is held by executor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
'Geopoetry' inspired by the work of Australia's first female Professor. The Science Show. Broadcasted ABC radio Saturday 9 February 2019 12:38PM.
Publication note
The Australian women's register, AWH000062
Notes area
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Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Hill, Dorothy, 1907-1997 (Subject)
- University of Queensland (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 6-Aug-2021. Revised, AM, 01-Jun-2020. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.