Mary Julia Wade

Mary Julia Wade (3 February 1928 – 14 September 2005) was an Australian palaeontologist, known for her role as the Deputy Director of the Queensland Museum.[1] Some of her most renowned work was on the Precambrian Ediacaran Biota in South Australia.[2]

Wade was born in Adelaide, South Australia and spent her early life on a property in the northeast of the state. She lived the typical country girl's life, it is said. Her family moved when she was seven to Thistle Island in Spencer Gulf where she first became interested in geology. She studied geology and biology at the University of Adelaide, and in 1954, completed a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Micropalaeontology.[3] Wade worked as a Senior Demonstrator at the University, while completing her Doctorate of Philosophy in 1959. Studying remotely via correspondence, Wade was sent on scholarship to the Wilderness School in Adelaide as a boarder from the age of 13.[4][5] After she finished school, she undertook a Bachelor of Science in Geology at the University of Adelaide before graduating in 1954.[6] Wade worked as a demonstrator while she undertook her PhD on tertiary aged microfossils, under the supervision of Professor Martin Glaessner.[7]

  1. ^ "Queensland Museum", Wikipedia, 24 April 2020, retrieved 9 May 2020
  2. ^ Centre, The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research. "Wade, Mary Julia - Biographical entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science". www.eoas.info.
  3. ^ "Wade, Mary Julia (1928-2005) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ^ Cook, Alex. "Mary Wade 1928-2005 based on an obituary from the Courier Mail". Mary Wade 1928-2005. Archived from the original on 12 July 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  5. ^ McKay, Judith, 1949-; Queensland Museum (1997), Brilliant careers : women collectors and illustrators in Queensland, Queensland Museum, p. 75, ISBN 978-0-7242-7693-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Wade, Mary Julia (1928-2005) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  7. ^ McKay, Judith, 1949-; Queensland Museum (1997), Brilliant careers : women collectors and illustrators in Queensland, Queensland Museum, p. 76, ISBN 978-0-7242-7693-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)