Dorothy Hill was the first female Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1956); the first Australian woman elected to the Royal Society (1965); the first female President of the Australian Academy of Science (1970); and the first woman in an Australian university to be president of her university's professorial board (1971-1972).
Hill was Research Professor of Geology at the University of Queensland from 1959-1972 and published widely on palaeontology, stratigraphy and geology.
She was awarded the CBE in 1971 for services to geology and palaentology, and received an AC in 1993.
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Dorothy Hill was Research Professor of Geology, University of Queensland 1959-72 and served for six months as President of the Australian Academy of Science, Canberra in 1970. She was the first female elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and has published widely on palaeontology, stratigraphy and geology. She is commemorated by Dorothy Hill Chair in Palaeontology & Stratigraphy at the University of Queensland, established 1972 and the Dorothy Hill Library, University of Queensland.
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1928
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Queensland
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1930 - 1932
Education - University of Queensland Foundation Travelling Scholarship received and went to Cambridge
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1932
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Cambridge, UK
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1932 - 1935
Career position - Queensland Students' Research Fellowship received
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1936 - 1937
Career position - Senior Studentship Exhibition of 1851
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1937 - 1942
Career position - Research Fellow at the University of Queensland
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1942
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Queensland
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1942 - 1945
Career position - Second Officer in the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS)
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1946 - 1952
Career position - Lecturer in Geology at the University of Queensland
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1949 - 1950
Career position - President of the Royal Society of Queensland
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1955 - 1956
Career position - Chairman of the Geological Society of Australia, Queensland division
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1955 - 1959
Career position - Reader in Geology at the University of Queensland
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1956 -
Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
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1959 - 1972
Career position - Research Professor in Geology at the University of Queensland
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1962
Career position - Foundation member of the Queensland Palaeontographical Society
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1964
Award - Lyell Medal received from the Geological Society of London
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1965
Career position - Elected to the Royal Society - first Australian woman to achieve this
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1966
Award - Clarke Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
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1967
Award - Bancroft Oration and Medal received from the Australian Medical Association, Queensland branch
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1967
Award - ANZAAS Mueller Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)
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1970
Career position - President of the Australian Academy of Science - first female
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1971
Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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1971 - 1972
Career position - First woman in an Australian university to be president of her university's Professorial board
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1973 - 1975
Career position - President of the Geological Society of Australia
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1973 - 1997
Career position - Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Queensland
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1981
Award - W.R. Browne Medal received from the Geological Society of Australia
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1983
Award - ANZAAS Medalist (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)
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1993
Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
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