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Robert Nicolson McCulloch

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Last NameMcCullochFirst NameRobertMiddle NameNicholsonUnique IDUA-00007245Date of Birth1904Date of Death1993Biography

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.

Biographical SourceState Library New South Wales - Library Correspondence File - https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay/ADLIB110350180/SLNSW

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McCulloch Unit of Custance Centre, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1990

McCulloch Unit of Custance Centre, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1990

Staff and Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Staff and Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Staff and Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Staff and Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Staff and Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Staff and Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Tennis Team, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Tennis Team, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Dairy Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Dairy Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Diploma Class, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Diploma Class, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Oenology Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Oenology Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

First Year Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1956

First Year Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1956

Third Year Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1958

Third Year Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1958

Intercollegiate Tennis Team, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1950

Intercollegiate Tennis Team, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1950

Football Team, A Grade, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1949 - Premiers

Football Team, A Grade, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1949 - Premiers

Intercollegiate Rifle & Tennis Teams, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1950

Intercollegiate Rifle & Tennis Teams, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1950

Intercollegiate Rifle & Tennis Teams, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Intercollegiate Rifle & Tennis Teams, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948

Diploma Class, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1947-48

Diploma Class, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1947-48

Staff Swimming Race, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1955

Staff Swimming Race, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1955

Second Year Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948-49

Second Year Students, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1948-49

Diploma Class, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1950

Diploma Class, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1950

Butchery Demonstration, 1985

Butchery Demonstration, 1985

Cricket A Team, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1949

Cricket A Team, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1949

Cricket A Team, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1950-51

Cricket A Team, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1950-51

Football Team, A Grade, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1950

Football Team, A Grade, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1950

Football Team, A Grade, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1952

Football Team, A Grade, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1952

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Principal, Roseworthy Agricultural College

Principal, Roseworthy Agricultural College

Robert Nicolson McCulloch

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Position TitlePrincipalStart Date of Person1949End Date of Person1961

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