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Bibliography of the History of Australian Science, No. 34, 2013 CSIRO PUBLISHING Historical Records of Australian Science, 2014, 25, 123–141 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/HR14010 Bibliography of the History of Australian Science, No. 34, 2013 Compiled by Helen M. Cohn Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Private Bag 2000, South Yarra, Vic. 3141, Australia. Email: [email protected] This Bibliography is of material related to the history of science in Australia, in particular the natural sciences (mathematics, physical sciences, earth sciences and biological sciences), some of the applied sciences (including medical and health sciences, agriculture and related subjects, and engineering), and human sciences (anthropology and psychology). In addition to Australia, other areas included are New Zealand, New Guinea and other Pacific Ocean islands close to Australia, and Antarctica. Biographical material is also included. The sources used in compiling this Bibliography include those that have proved useful in the past in finding relevant citations. More than 200 journals were scanned for relevant articles. The library catalogues of the National Library of Australia and the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga¯ O Aotearoa, the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and the University of Melbourne were particularly useful sources of information. Assistance has been received from several people who sent items or information about recently published items for inclusion in the Bibliography. In particular Professor Rod Home has been most helpful in forwarding relevant citations. Staff of the eScholarship Research Centre at the University of Melbourne, especially Helen Morgan and Ailie Smith, were of great assistance in the preparation of this Bibliography. Readers are invited to continue to send information on the publication of books, journal articles, conference papers, reports, Master’s and PhD theses and reviews for inclusion in future bibliographies A. History of Australian Science 7. NATIONAL LIBRARYOFAUSTRALIA, Map- ping Our World: Terra Incognita to Australia (a) General (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013), 1. BLOOMFIELD, Noelene, Almost a French Aus- 256 pp. tralia: French-British Rivalry in the Southern 8. SELLECK, R. J. W., Finding Home: the Masson Oceans (Sydney: Halstead Press, 2012), 190 pp. Family (North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly 2. CHAMBERS, Neil ed., The Indian and Pacific Publishing, 2013), 442 pp. David Orme Masson Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1786– and his family, including son-in-law, anthropol- 1820: volume 5, letters 1798–1801 (London: ogist Bronislaw Kaspar Malinowski. Pickering & Chatto, 2011), 672 pp. 3. CHAMBERS, Neil ed., The Indian and Pacific B. History of Natural Sciences Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1786– 9. KEAN, John, The Art of Science: Remark- 1820: volume. 6, Letters 1801–1805 (London: able Natural History Illustrations from Museum Pickering & Chatto, 2013), 560 pp. Victoria (Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2013), 4. CLODE, Danielle and HARRISON, Carol E., 177 pp. ‘Precedence and Posterity: Patterns of Pub- 10. WITHERS, Charles W. J., Geography and Sci- lishing from French Scientific Expeditions to ence in Britain, 1831–1939: a Study of the the Pacific (1785–1840)’, Australian Journal of British Association for the Advancement of Sci- French Studies, 50 (2013), 361–79. ence (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 5. COHN, Helen M., ‘Bibliography of the History 2010), 278 pp. Includes a discussion of the BAAS of Australian Science, No. 33, 2012’, Histori- meeting in Australia in 1914. cal Records of Australian Science, 24 (2013), 174–88. 6. HURLEY, Andrew and SCHLUNKE, Katrina, (a) Physical Sciences ‘Leichhardt after Leichhardt’, Journal of Aus- 11. HALTON, Brian, Chemistry at Victoria, the tralian Studies, 37 (2013), 537–43. Wellington University: a Personalized Account Journal compilation © Australian Academy of Science 2014 www.publish.csiro.au/journals/hras 124 Historical Records of Australian Science, Volume 25 Number 1 of the Hundred Years from 1899 (Welling- 24. PETTERSON, Palle B., Cameras into the Wild: ton: The School of Chemical & Physical Sci- a History of Early Wildlife and Expedition Film- ences, Victoria University of Wellington, 2012), making, 1895–1928 (Jefferson, NC: McFar- 173 pp. land & Company, 2011), 228 pp. 12. RAE, Ian D., ‘David Orme Masson, the Periodic 25. SMITH, R. J., ‘New Eyes on Old Forests: a Classification of the Elements and His ‘Flap’ Reconsideration of Early Accounts of the North Model of the Periodic Table’, Historical Records Coast of New South Wales’ in Australia’s ever- of Australian Science, 24 (2013), 40–52. changing forests VI: Proceedings of the Eighth 13. SHEPHARD, Denis, ‘Three Magnetometers National Conference on Australian Forest His- from Australia’s National Historical Collection’, tory, STUBBS, Brett J. et al., eds. (Canberra: Preview: Australian Society of Exploration Geo- Australian Forest History Society, 2012), pp. physicists, 164 (2013), 22–9. 25–40. 26. STUBBS, Brett J. et al. eds., Australia’s Ever- changing Forests VI: Proceedings of the Eighth (b) Biological Sciences National Conference on Australian Forest His- 14. BERENTSON, Quinn, Moa: the Life and Death tory (Canberra: Australian Forest History Soci- of New Zealand’s Legendary Bird (Nelson ety, 2012), 374 pp. (N.Z.): Craig Potton Publishing, 2012), 300 pp. 27. WALDRON, David and TOWNSEND, Simon, 15. ENDERSBY, Ian D., ‘The Naming of Victoria’s Snarls from the Tea-tree (North Melbourne: Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)’, Proceedings Arcadia, 2012), 186 pp. About big cat sightings. of the Royal Society of Victoria, 123 (2012), 155–78. (c) Earth Sciences 16. ENDERSBY, Ian D., ‘Etymology of the Dragon- flies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, 28. HAMACHER, D. W.and NEIL, C. O., ‘The Dis- F.R.S.’, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of covery and History of the Dalgaranga Meteorite New South Wales, 134 (2012), 1–16. Corrigenda Crater, Western Australia’, Australian Journal of in vol. 134, pp. 16–19. Earth Sciences, 60 (2013), 637–46. 17. FRASER, Ian and GRAY, Jeannie, Australian 29. HAYWARD, B. W. and SCOTT, G. H., ‘Histori- Bird Names: a Complete Guide (Collingwood cal Review of New Zealand Foraminiferal Stud- (Vic.): CSIRO, 2013), 336 pp. ies’ in Landmarks in Foraminiferal Micropalae- 18. FRITH, Clifford B., The Woodhen: a Flight- ontology: History and Development, BOWDEN, less Island Bird Defying Extinction (Canberra: A. J.,GREGORY,F.J. and HENDERSON,A., eds CSIRO, 2013), 240 pp. (London: Geological Society of London, 2013), 19. GAYNOR,Andrea, ‘EnvironmentalTransforma- pp. 271–83. (TMS Special Publications, No. 6) tions’inThe Cambridge History ofAustralia, vol. 30. MAYER,Wolf, ‘The Discovery and Exploration 1, Indigenous and Colonial Australia, BASH- of Iron Ores in Colonial Australia with Empha- FORD, Alison and MACINTYRE, Stuart, eds sis on the Deposits of the Tamar Valley District (Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, of Northern Tasmania’ in History of Research in 2013), pp. 269–93. Mineral Deposits (Madrid: Instituto Geológico y 20. JOYNER, Graham, Monster, Myth or Lost Mar- Minero de España, 2011), pp. 139–48. supial?: the Search for the Australian Gorilla in 31. QUILTY, Patrick G., ‘Foraminiferology in Aus- the Jungles of History, Science and Language tralia, 1843-present’ in Landmarks in Foramini- (Canberra: Hayes UK & Thomas, 2012), 133 pp. feral Micropalaeontology: History and Develop- First published 2009: reissued with postscript in ment, BOWDEN, A. J., GREGORY, F. J. and 2012. HENDERSON, A., eds (London: Geological 21. KASS, Dorothy, ‘The Nature Study Idea in New Society of London, 2013), pp. 251–69. (TMS South Wales: the Role of Charles Tucker Musson Special Publications, No. 6) (1856–1928)’, Historical Records of Australian Science, 24 (2013), 225–41. C. History of Applied Sciences 22. LOYN, Richard H. and MENKHORST, Peter W., ‘The Bird Fauna of Melbourne: Changes Over a (a) Medical and Health Sciences Century of Urban Growth and Climate Change, 32. BEVERIDGE, Ian and O’DONOHUE, Peter J. using a Benchmark from Keartland (1900)’, eds, A History of Parasitology in Australia and Victorian Naturalist, 128 (2011), 210–32. Papua New Guinea (Blackburn: Raw Publishing, 23. PEARN, John H., ‘Australian Orchids and the 2009), 547 pp. Doctors They Commemorate’, Medical Journal 33. CENTRAL OTAGO HEALTH SERVICES, of Australia, 198 (2013), 52–4. Dunstan Hospital, Clyde: 150 Year Anniversary Bibliography of the History of Australian Science, No. 34, 2013 125 (Alexandra (N.Z.): Central Otago Health Inc., Ballarat: the History of a Ballarat Engineer- 2013), 120 pp. ing Company (Williamstown (Vic.): Australia 34. HEALY, Jacqueline and WINKEL, Kenneth D. Railway Historical Society, Victorian Division, eds, Venom: Fear, Fascination and Discovery 2013), 212 pp. (Carlton (Vic.): University of Melbourne, Med- 43. KERR, Ruth, ‘Queensland Mining Heritage’, ical History Museum, 2013), 128 pp. Queensland History Journal, 22 (2013), 92–7. 35. KNEWSTUBB, Elspeth, ‘The Models of 44. SUMMERS, Benjamin, Dieselisation: a His- Home?: Influences on Medical Practice at Ash- tory of Diesel Locomotives in New South Wales burn Hall, Dunedin, 1882–1910’, New Zealand (Petersham (N.S.W.): Ant Press for Speedboard Journal of History, 46 (2012), 3–18. Production, 2012), 145 pp. 36. LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPTIAL HIS- TORICAL COMMITTEE, Historical Figures and Their Impact on Medicine in Launceston: D. History of Human Sciences Dr F.Drake, Miss J. Milne and Dr W.P.Holman: 45. ATTENBROW, V., ‘The Aboriginal Prehistory Papers and Proceedings, Historical
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