Special Achievements

• 1940-50 - Instrumental in establishing Geography Department at the University of Adelaide.
• 1940 - Part-time lecturer in Geography Department.
• 1951 - Full-time appointment.
• 1958 - The third person to be appointed full-time in Geography Department.
• 1981 - Won the John Lewis Gold medal from the Royal Geographic Society (medal has been given only 9 times in the last 38 years).
• 1999 - Received Centenary Silver Medal from Royal Geographical Society of South Australia.
• year unknown - She won the John Lewis Silver medal of the Royal Geographic Society.
• Influenced the scrapping of the MATS plan (inner-city freeways) in Adelaide.

Additional Information

• 1929 - Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne.
• 1938 - Master of Science, Geology, University of Melbourne.
• 1938 - Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley.
• Ms. Marshall was one of the first women graduates in geology, Melbourne University.
• She was the first woman hired at the University of Adelaide Geography Department.  She owed her appointment as a casual lecturer to the absence of the men during WWII.  She was paid £10 less p.a. than the lady who minded her children, but when she complained to the Vice Chancellor, they increased her pay – by £10.
• After the war, she was thanked politely and sent on her way.  Her job was advertised at a full time tenured level.  She applied – and was appointed.
• She ended up chairing the department in the 1960s.

Link - ANN MARSHALL (GRIFFITH TAYLOR MEDAL)

Institute of Australian Geographers Incorporated

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Link - Marshall, Ann (1909 - 2001)

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

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Image - Ann Nichols as a masters student in Berkeley California, 1938

Photo provided by, and used with permission of, her daughter Jennifer A. Marshall Graves, PhD, FAA, AO

Image - Ann Marshall (believed to be her official professional portrait)

Photo provided by, and used with permission of, her daughter Jennifer A. Marshall Graves, PhD, FAA, AO