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Bage, Anna Frederika (1883 - 1970)

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Born: 11 April 1883 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 23 October 1970 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Anna Frederika Bage was a junior demonstrator in biology, University of Melbourne 1907-09 and later a senior demonstrator. She was lecturer in charge of biology at the University of Queensland from 1913 and Principal of the Women's College 1914-46. Bage is commemorated at the Women's College by a portrait by William Dargie and by the Freda Bage room and in the University of Queensland by a grotesque depicting her in characteristic pose behind the wheel of a car.

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Chronology
1904 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1906 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1906 - 1909 Junior Demonstrator in Biology at the University of Melbourne
1907 McBain Research Scholarship received from the University of Melbourne
1908 Victorian Government Research Scholarship received
1910 - 1911 King's College London research studentship received
1912 Senior Demonstrator in Bbiology at the University of Melbourne
1913 Lecturer in Biology at the University of Queensland
1914 - 1946 Principal of Women's College
1915 President of the Field Naturalists' Club
1922 - 1923 President of the Lyceum Club, Brisbane
1925 - 1931 President of the Queensland Women's Hockey Association
1941 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

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'Bage, Anna Frederika (1883-1970), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0096b.htm.

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 25 July 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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