Robert Nicholson McCulloch papers, 1932-1987

MLMSS 9307

fonds

1932-1987

901342

0.16 metres of textual material (1 box)

Dr Robert Nicholson McCulloch (1904-1993), agricultural scientist, attended the University of Sydney and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1926. On his return he joined the NSW Department of Agriculture, where he researched blowfly strike in sheep. During World War II he developed preventive measures for scrub typhus, a major problem for soldiers in New Guinea. For this work he obtained a Doctorate in Agricultural Science and was awarded an MBE. Moving to Roseworthy Agricultural College in South Australia, he became Principal in 1949, and then Director of the Cattle Tick Research Station at Wollingbar in NSW in 1961. After retiring in 1970 he moved to Brisbane and then to Adelaide, where he died in 1993.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Personal papers including original references and copies, 1934-1946; Soldier’s Pay Book, 1942-1945; Demobilization Procedure Book, 1945; two letters from R. M. Watts, Director-General of the NSW Department of Agriculture, regarding McCulloch’s retirement, 1970; correspondence with the University of Adelaide concerning bequest of bodies to the Medical School, 1987

Original manuscript and photocopy of ‘Experiences in Medical Entomology in the Army: Scrub Typhus’, an address by McCulloch to the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, NSW Branch, 1946

‘Papers presented by R. N. McCulloch in support of his candidature for the degree of Doctor of Science in Agriculture, University of Sydney, August, 1949’, being a folder of four published papers on scrub typhus, trombiculid mites and mosquito repellents, 1944-1947

Two folders of scientific papers published by R. N. McCulloch, mainly dealing with sheep blowfly control, 1932-1939

Folder of published articles by R. N. McCulloch, relating to cattle tick and scrub typhus control, 1946-1974

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