WALKOM, ARTHUR BACHE (1889-1976), palaeobotanist and museum director, was born
on 8 February 1889 at Grafton, New South Wales, son of Archibald John Walkom, a
native-born telegraph operator, and his wife Annie Elizabeth, née Bache, who came
from England. Following the family's move to Sydney, Arthur attended Petersham
Public and Fort Street Model schools. His father (who was interested in shells and
fossils) took him to meetings of the Field Naturalists' Club.
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Arthur Bache Walkom was Director of the Australian Museum, 1940-1954.
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1910
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
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1912
Career position - Linnean Macleay Fellow in Geology of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
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1913 - 1919
Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Geology at the University of Queensland
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1914 - 1918
Career position - Editor of the Royal Society of Queensland's Proceedings
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1915 - 1917
Career position - Honorary Palaeobotanist at the Queensland Museum
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1916 - 1918
Career position - Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society of Queensland
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1918
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Sydney
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1918 - 1919
Career position - President of the Royal Society of Queensland
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1919 - 1940
Career position - Secretary of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
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1919 - 1966
Career position - Editor of the Linnean Society of New South Wales' Proceedings
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1919 - 1976
Career position - Life member of the Royal Society of New South Wales
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1922 - 1929
Career position - Editor of the Australian Nation Research Council's Australian Science Abstracts
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1926 - 1947
Career position - General Secretary of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (later the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS))
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1929
Career position - Attended a meeting of the International Geological Congress in South Africa
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1933
Career position - Attended a meeting of the International Geological Congress in Washington, USA
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1937 - 1940
Career position - Secretary of the Australian National Research Council
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1939 - 1954
Career position - Trustee of the Australian Museum
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1940 - 1954
Career position - Director of the Australian Museum
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1941 - 1942
Career position - President of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
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1942 - 1970
Career position - Treasurer of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
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1943
Career position - President of the Royal Society of New South Wales
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1947 - 1954
Career position - Served on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Australian committee for museums
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1947 - 1954
Career position - Served on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Australian national advisory committee
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1948
Career position - Attended the third General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Beirut, Lebanon
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1948
Award - Clarke Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
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1949
Career position - Delegate at science congresses in New Zealand
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1949 - 1951
Career position - President of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
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1951
Career position - Delegate at science congresses in Bangalore, India
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1952 - 1966
Career position - Honorary Secretary of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
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1953
Award - Bronze Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
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1955 - 1976
Career position - Life member of ANZAAS
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1970
Award - ANZAAS Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)
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Encyclopedia of Australian Science
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