People Australia

• Woods, Nelly Hooper

14 July, 1907
Yorketown, South Australia, Australia

9 May, 1995 (aged 87)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

unknown

• Mount Barker High School (SA) (student, 1921-1925)
• University of Adelaide (student, 1926-1930)
• Adelaide Teachers College (student, 1929-1929)

• schoolteacher (1930-1934) South Australia, Australia
• geologist (1942-1949) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
• geologist (1952-1995) South Australia, Australia
• palaeontologist (1952-1995) South Australia, Australia
• public servant (1952-1967) South Australia, Australia

• James Gartrell prize (University of Adelaide) (recipient, 1927)
• Tate memorial medal (University of Adelaide) (recipient, 1930)
• Sir Joseph Verco Medal (Royal Society of South Australia) (recipient, 1963)
• Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1981)

• Australian Federation of University Women (ACT) (foundation member, 1944)
• Geological Society of London (fellow, 1950)
• Royal Society of South Australia (president, 1961)
• Geological Society of Australia (national) (president, 1968)
• South Australian Museum (honorary associate, 1971)

• Mount Barker High School (SA) (schoolteacher, 1930-1934)
• Bureau of Mineral Resources (Federal) (scientist, 1942-1949)
• Dept of Mines (SA) (scientist, 1952-1967)
• Dept of Mines (SA) (consultant, 1967-1990)