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Penny Olsen gets an Aus Day gong

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Subject: Penny Olsen gets an Aus Day gong
From: "Tony Lawson" <>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:27:08 +1100
see http://www.theage.com.au/national/ornithologist-with-a-handson-approach-to-conservation-20110125-1a4cw.html



And the transcript from the G-G's website is here:

   MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

Dr Penelope Diane (Penny) OLSEN, *

For service to the conservation sciences as an author and researcher, and
through the study and documentation of Australian bird species and their
history. *

Member, Research and Conservation Committee, Birds Australia, since 1998;
Member, Communications Committee, since 2008.

Lead Author, *The State of Australia’s Birds *(an annual report series
providing independent accounts of the status of Australian birds drawn from
various sources), 2003-2008.

Editor, *Wingspan: for Birds and Birdwatchers*, 2003-2009.

Member, Steering Committee, *Handbook of Australian and New Zealand and
Antarctic Birds*, since 1999.

Member and Birds Australia Representative on NSW Natural Resources Advisory
Council (NRAC), since 2005.

Valuer, Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, Commonwealth
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, since 2008.

Member, Vertebrate Pest Committee, Australian Nature Conservation Agency,
1995-1997; involved with the development and implementation of the Norfolk
Island Owl Recovery Plan, since 1986.

Member, Wildlife Service Threatened Owl Working Group, NSW Department of
Environment, Climate Change and Water, 2001-2002.

Member, ACT Environment Grants Committee, ACT Department of the Environment,
Climate Change, Energy and Water, 2005-2007.

Member, ACT Fauna and Flora Committee, Parks, Conservation and Lands,
Department of Territory and Municipal Services, since 1995.

Member, NRAC Forging Partnerships Grants Committee, 2005-2009.

Member, NRAC Sustainable Resources and Conservation Standing Committee,
since 2005.

Associate Professor, Australian National University, since 2010; Visiting
Research Fellow/Research Scientist, since 1991.

Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1994-1999.

International Committee Member, Raptor Research Foundation, since 1988.

President, Australasian Raptor Association, 1984-1989.

Australian and Oceania Regional Coordinator, World Working Group on Birds of
Prey, International Council for Bird Preservation, 1983-1987.

Experimental Officer, Division of Wildlife Research, CSIRO, Canberra,
1969-1981; Honorary Research Associate, 1982-1994.

Author, *Upside Down World: Early European Impressions of Australia’s
Curious Animals*, 2010.

Author, *Wedge-tailed Eagle*, 2005.

Author, *Glimpses of Paradise: The Quest for the Beautiful Parrakeet*, 2007.


Author, *Feather and Brush: Three Centuries of Australian Bird Art*, CSIRO,
2001.

Author, *Australia's Pest Animals: New Solutions to Old Problems*, 1998.

Author, *Australian Birds of Prey*, 1995.

Co-Author, *Birds of Prey*, 1990.

Author, 3 books for younger readers.

Author of book chapters: *Falconidae *(in *Handbook of the Birds of the
World*; Vol II), 1994; and 21 species accounts on the Australasian strigids
(in *Handbook of the Birds of the World*; Vol IV), 1999.

Editor of 2 books; published 144 scientific papers, book chapters and
reports.

Awards/recognition include:

Arts Literature Grant, Australia Council, 2009.

Whitley Award, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1996, 2002,
2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Harold White Fellow, National Library of Australia, 2004.

Award of Excellence in Educational Publishing in the Scholarly Reference
Category for *Feather and Brush: Three Centuries of Australian Bird Art*,
Australian Publishers Association, 2001.

D L Serventy Medal, Birds Australia, 1997.




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