Gretna Weste worked in the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne 1961-1982, retiring as Reader. She was the foremost authority in Australia on the biological behaviour of the cinnamon fungus, Phytophthora cinnamoni, which travels in disturbed soil and was responsible for the 'dieback' disease in forests of Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.
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1938
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
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1939
Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
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1939 - 1941
Career position - Plant Pathologist at the Forests Commission of Victoria
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1955 - 1960
Career position - Biology Teacher at Firbank Church of England Girls' Grammar School
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1961 - 1982
Career position - Co-ordinator and Reader in Botany at the University of Melbourne (Assistant Lecturer 1965-74, Senior Lecturer 1974-80, Reader 1980-82)
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1968
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Melbourne
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1982 -
Career position - Senior Associate in the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne
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1983
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
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1989
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
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1995
Award - Australasian Plant Pathology Society Medal received
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Encyclopedia of Australian Science
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