Penny Olsen

Penny Olsen
Penny Olsen in 2013
Born1949
NationalityAustralian
Scientific career
InstitutionsAustralian National University

Penelope Diane Olsen AM (born 1949) is an Australian ornithologist and author.

Career

Olsen worked with CSIRO as an experimental officer and an Honorary Research Associate, as well as being an ARC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University.[1]

She has published extensively on raptors,[2] and was involved in the conservation work on Norfolk Island for the Norfolk Island Boobook.[3][4] She was President of the Australasian Raptor Association 1984–1989.[1]

In 1997 she was awarded the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union's D.L. Serventy Medal for excellence in published work on birds in the Australasian region.[5]

Olsen published several award winning books on science, and was editor of Wingspan, an ornithology magazine published by Birds Australia.[6] She was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2011 for "service to the conservation sciences as an author and researcher, and through the study and documentation of Australian bird species and their history."[7]

Bibliography

Books

  • Olsen, Penny, ed. (1993). Australian raptor studies. Australasian Raptor Association Conference (Canberra, 1989). Moonee Ponds, Vic.: Australasian Raptor Association, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union.
  • — (1995). Australian birds of prey : the biology and ecology of raptors. Sydney: UNSW Press.
  • — (2001). Feather and brush : two centuries of Australian bird art. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.
  • Olsen, Penny. (2005). Wedge-tailed Eagle. Australian Natural History Series. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.
  • Olsen, Penny (2007). Glimpses of paradise : the quest for the Beautiful Parakeet. Canberra: National Library of Australia.
  • Olsen, Penny. (2010). Upside Down World: Early European Impressions of Australia's Curious Animals, National Library of Australia: Canberra.
  • Olsen, Penny. (adapted). (2010). The Best Nest, National Library of Australia: Canberra. ISBN 978-0-642-27704-6 (pbk)[a]
  • Olsen, Penny. (2012). Our Nest is Best!, National Library of Australia: Canberra. ISBN 978-0-642-27737-4 (hbk)[b]
  • Olsen, Penny. (2013). Have You Seen My Egg?, National Library of Australia: Canberra. ISBN 978-0-642-27788-6 (pbk)[c]
  • — (2014). An eye for nature : the life and art of William T. Cooper. Canberra: NLA Publishing.
  • — (2015). Louisa Atkinson's nature notes.

Articles

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Notes
  1. ^ "2010, English, Book, Illustrated edition: The best nest / adapted by Penny Olsen". www.nla.gov.au. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ^ "2012, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Our nest is best! / Penny Olsen with Penny O'Hara". www.nla.gov.au. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ^ "2013, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Have you seen my egg? / Penny Olsen ; illustrated by Rhonda N. Garward". www.gov.au. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. ^ François Le Vaillant.
  5. ^ Ferdinand von Mueller.

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. "Olsen, Penelope Diane - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Penny D. Olsen". Research Gate. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ Olsen, Penny D. (1996). "Re-establishment of an endangered subspecies: the Norfolk Island Boobook Owl Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata". Bird Conservation International. 6 (1): 63–80. doi:10.1017/s0959270900001313. ISSN 0959-2709.
  4. ^ Kleiner, Rick (26 November 2021). "Now You See It… The Norfolk Island Boobook Owl – Discover Norfolk Island". Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Ornithologist with a hands-on approach to conservation". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  6. ^ Kennedy, Patricia L. (22 July 2021). "Biography of Dr Penelope (Penny) Diane Olsen AM; renowned ornithologist and author of books on Australian ornithological art and ornithological history". Pacific Conservation Biology. doi:10.1071/PC21025. ISSN 2204-4604.
  7. ^ "Dr Penelope Diane OLSEN - Member of the Order of Australia". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  • Anon. (1997). D.L. Serventy Medal 1997: Citation. Penelope Diane Olsen. Emu 97: 262.
  • Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901–2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3
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