| Call Number |
OH1253 |
| Physical description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (32 min., 13 sec.)) : digital, WAV + 1 transcript (typescript, 7 pages) |
| Series |
University of Western Australia Archives oral history project |
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University of Western Australia Archives oral history project
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| Notes |
Title devised by cataloguer. |
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This sound recording has been preserved and made available by the University of Western Australia. |
| Transcript |
Transcript (typescript, 7 pages) |
| Notes |
Digital preservation in WAV format. |
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OHrecon. |
| Access advisory |
Access open. |
| Additional formats |
Audio cassette tape is also available at the University of Western Australia Archives. |
| Original version |
Original version: 1 audio cassette University of Western Australia Archives OH19. |
| Rights advisory |
Copyright or other restrictions may apply. For public use, contact the State Library of Western Australia. |
| Biography/history |
Dr Aubrey Nicholls, son of the late Professor George E. Nicholls (2nd Professor of Zoology, University of Western Australia, 1921-1948) who is well known for his taxonomic work on Phreatoidcidea. In 1928, Aubrey graduated with a B. Sc. (Hons) and joined the Great Barrier Reef Expedition and lived for a year on Low Island, working on corals. From 1929-1932, he was studying at the University College, London for his Ph.D and also working at Plymouth Marine Laboratory on marine littoral isopod. He returned to Australia in 1939 and consolidated his work as a copepod taxonomist and served as President of the Royal Society of Western Australia during the war years. In 1947, Aubrey beagan his 22-year association with the CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography. He completed his study on the Tasmanian trout fishery during his 12-year stay in Tasmania. He was also the inaugural President of Australian Society for Limnology in 1962. |
| Access advisory |
Access open |
| Rights advisory |
Copyright or other restrictions may apply. For public use, contact the State Library of Western Australia. |
| Summary |
Aubrey Nicholls shares his memory of his father, Prof. George E. Nicholls. He narrates also the difficult time of his transition from Kings College School in Wembley, England to Hale School in Western Australia. He shares his details of his academic career and his lecturers at UWA, such as Gertrude Wright. |
| Subjects |
Nicholls, Aubrey Gordon, 1904-1986 -- Interviews.
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Nicholls, George Edward, 1878-1953.
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Limnologists -- Western Australia -- Interviews.
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Biologists -- Western Australia.
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Zoology -- Western Australia.
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| Related names |
Shervington, Christine, 1951- interviewer.
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