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Department of Zoology (1920 - )

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Function: Academic Department
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Zoology began as Natural Science under founding Professor Frederick McCoy. In 1887, Walter Baldwin Spencer was appointed Professor of Biology. The Chair of Biology was renamed Zoology following the appointment of Wilfred E. Agar in 1920.

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URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/

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1982 -

Chairman of Department and Reader in Ecology: Murray John Littlejohn

1984? -

Chairman of Department and Reader in Ecology: Angus Anderson Martin

2001

The Dept has 30 snr research staff, over 80 graduate & honours students. Research areas - Animal Behaviour & Evolution, Marine Ecology and Physiology, Conservation & Australian Wildlife Biology, Reproduction & Development, Animal Physiology & Nuerobiology

 
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Created: 23 August 2001
Modified: 21 November 2001
Published by Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, October 2001
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Updated: 16 November 2009
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