Marion Anstis
Marion Anstis is an Australian herpetologist. Her work focuses on frogs and Tadpoles found in Australia.
Career
Anstis was a music teacher for 31 years before retiring in 2001. Before her retirement, she published 11 papers in scientific journals.[1]
In 2002, she published a book called Tadpoles of South-Eastern Australia which won a Whitley Award.[2] Anstis published a children's book, Frogs and Tadpoles of Australia in 2007.[3]
She submitted her book, Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia as her PhD thesis at Newcastle University in 2012.[1][4] It was then published in 2013 by New Holland Publishers.[5] It won her another Whitley Award in 2014.[6]
She received grants from the Australian Biological Resources Study in 1999 and in 2006-7 and from WWF in 2003. She was shortlisted for a Eureka Prize in 2003.[1]
Bibliography
- Tadpoles of South-Eastern Australia (2002)
- Frogs and Tadpoles of Australia (2007)
- Tadpoles And Frogs Of Australia (2013)
References
- ^ a b c "Dr Marion Anstis". The Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Marion Anstis". Radio National. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Frogs and tadpoles of Australia". National Library of Australia. 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ Anstis, Marion (2012). "Tadpoles and frogs of Australia". Worldcat. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Tadpoles and frogs of Australia". National Library of Australia. New Holland Publishers. 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "rzsnsw1 | Whitley Award Winners". Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
