Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper) (1907-)

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Ludbrook, Nelly Hooper (1907-)
Ludbrook, Nelly Hooper (1907-1995)
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Geologist and Palaeontologist
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Biographies

Nelly Ludbrook, née Woods, was the first South Australian born palaeontologist to demonstrate the importance of palaeontology to the mining industry and founded what is now known as the Biostratigraphy Section of Mines and Energy, South Australia. Interested in geology and palaeontology from her undergraduate years at the University of Adelaide, where she completed Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees, she was able to pursue her interest in Cainozoic molluscs when she married Wallis Verco Ludbrook in 1935 and moved to Canberra. She had written a paper on the subject while working as a high school teacher at Mount Barker for which she was awarded the Tate Medal from the University of Adelaide. Her subsequent career included appointment as assistant geologist with the Commonwealth Government from 1942-1949, a period in London from 1950 at the Imperial College where she gained a PhD in geology and the DIC in palaeontology for a study of Pliocene molluscs from strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. On the death of her husband she returned to South Australia in 1952 where she was employed as technical information officer for the Mines Department, and in 1957 was appointed palaeontologist, a position she held until her retirement in 1967 as senior palaeontologist. She published more than 70 scientific papers and monographs, and at least 17 fossil species and one genus of fossil mollusc have been named in her honour. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1981 'for service to science'.

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Resources for N. H. Ludbrook

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Stratigraphy, Palaentology, Malacology: Papers in honour of Dr Nell Ludbrook
    J. Murray Lindsay
    [1985]
    Published: Department of Mines and Energy South Australia
  2. Obituary: Nelly Hooper Ludbrook (1907-1995)The Australian geologist 95, 30 June 1995 48-9. : Obituary: Nelly Hooper Ludbrook (1907-1995)
    R K Johns and B J Cooper
    [1995]
  3. Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
  4. Rock me hard…rock me soft…: A history of the Geological Society of Australia
    B J Cooper and D F Branagan
    [1994]
    Published: Geological Society of Australia Inc.

Resources by N. H. Ludbrook (46)

  1. Interview with Dr. N. H. Ludbrook / Interviewer: Bernard O'Neil
    Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper), 1907-
    [ Sound : 1989 ]
    At State Library S Aust
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 30.586)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 30.586)

  2. Radio interview with Dr. N. H. Ludbrook / Interviewer: Mary Rose Goggs
    Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper), 1907-
    [ Sound : 1973 ]
    At State Library S Aust
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.954)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.954)

  3. Stratigraphy, palaeontology, malacology : papers in honour of Dr. Nell Ludbrook / edited by J. Murray Lindsay
    Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper), 1907-
    [ Book : 1985 ]
    At 39 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.439)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.439)

  4. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin / by N.H. Ludbrook
    Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper), 1907-
    [ Book : 1978 ]
    At 9 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.207)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.207)

  5. A guide to the geology and mineral resources of South Australia / by N.H. Ludbrook
    Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper), 1907-
    [ Book : 1980 ]
    At 38 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.923)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.923)

  6. Quaternary molluscs of South Australia / N.H. Ludbrook
    Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper), 1907-
    [ Book : 1984 ]
    At 39 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.916)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.916)

  7. Scaphopoda / by N. H. Lubrook
    Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper), 1907-
    [ Article : 1954 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.315)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.315)

  8. Revision of the Tate molluscan types. by N.H. Ludbrook
    Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper), 1907-
    [ Book : 1965 ]
    At State Library S Aust
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.299)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.299)

  9. Exploration for coal, Springfield Basin in the Hundred of Cudla-Mudla, Gordon-Cradock district / by W. Johnson
    Johnson, W
    [ Article : 1960 ]
    At 9 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.289)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.289)

  10. Molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains / by N.H. Ludbrook
    Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper), 1907-
    [ Book : 1954-1958 ]
    At State Library S Aust
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.21)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.21)

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Resources about N. H. Ludbrook (2)

  1. Interview with Dr. N. H. Ludbrook / Interviewer: Bernard O'Neil
    Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper), 1907-
    [ Sound : 1989 ]
    At State Library S Aust
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 31.307)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 31.307)

  2. Radio interview with Dr. N. H. Ludbrook / Interviewer: Mary Rose Goggs
    Ludbrook, N. H. (Nelly Hooper), 1907-
    [ Sound : 1973 ]
    At State Library S Aust
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.983)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.983)

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