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Isobel Bennett Research Paper

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• During 1933 Isobel Bennett started a temporary position in the Zoology Department of the University of Sydney, working with Professor William Dakin. It lasted nearly 40 years during which time she worked as secretary, departmental librarian, research assistant and demonstrator. Isobel helped Professor Dakin collect and identify plankton in Australian waters and this resulted in the first monograph ever published on plankton in Australia. With the help of together, their work on the scientific ecology of coastal areas led to the 1952 publishing of Australian Seashores, the first such Australian guidebook. In 1959 Isobel Bennett was with the first group of women scientists to visit Macquarie Island. She made many journeys to the Great Barrier

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