The Thomas Ramsay Science and Humanities Fellowship was created in 1978, under a bequest from the local

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Thomas Ramsay, who was interested in

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n history. Its purpose is to foster research and writing across both the sciences and the humanities, with the intent that the work focus on some aspect of the

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's collections, research and activities.

Recipients and works

Gary Presland Gary Presland is an Australian archaeologist and writer who studied history at La Trobe University 1973-76, and archaeology at the University of London, 1977-79. He was a staff member of the Victoria Archaeological Survey from 1983 to April 1988 ...

(2001) * Gareth Knapman (2008). Knapman contributed a chapter to ''Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience'' based on his Fellowship funded work at the museum. *

Danielle Clode Danielle Clode is an Australian author of literary nonfiction, history and children's books. Life Clode was born in Adelaide in 1968 and spent her early years in Port Lincoln, South Australia. She later lived on a boat with her parents travell ...

(1998). Clode told the story of Australian natural history through objects in the museum. The writer of the foreword of her book, Tom Griffiths, was another Fellowship recipient. * Bernadette Hince. Hince researched the variety of English used in Antarctica and produced a dictionary of words, meaning and expressions specific to the region. The Fellowship funded research for a full year. * Pamela Conder was awarded the Fellowship due to the intersection of art and zoology in her work.''The Australian Zoologist'', vol. 30, p. 124, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1995.

References

{{Reflist 1978 establishments in Australia Awards established in 1978 Australian science and technology awards Humanities awards Fellowships Foundations based in Australia