Marita Bradshaw interviewed by Fiona Rothchilds in the History of Australian geoscience oral history project
- Bib ID:
- 6504160
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bradshaw, Marita, 1955-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digital collection item.
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2014
- 4 sound files (approximately 298 min.)
- Series:
- History of Australian geoscience oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Marita Bradshaw speaks about receiving the Lewis G. Weeks petroleum medal; her work for the Bureau of Mineral Resources, the Australian Geological Survey Organization and Geoscience Australia; her upbringing and family background; her role as Science Advisor; her involvement in gas and oil exploration; Australian marine parks; Australia's energy needs; energy exploration in Australia; the role of Geoscience Australia; family gatherings and her family's connection to the land; field trips; her schooling and tertiary education; her professional influences; the women in her family; her interests in the creative arts and music; her philosophy towards geology and risk taking; student life at Sydney University; Western Australian geography; training she received while working as a corporate geologist; working for Bureau Mineral Resources on palaeogeographical maps and the government subsides and taxes involved oil exploration.
Marita Bradshaw talks about working with the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); field research activities; being a role model for women in science; the safety aspects of oil exploration; technological developments; the techniques used to analysize data to determine the extent of resources; the environmental footprint of the extractive industry on Australia; the use of fossil fuels and renewable energies in Australia; hybrid energy sources; the role of government and international relations in new oil and gas ventures; her international promotion of geology and petrology; international conferences held in Australia; projects she worked on and her approach to exploration; the process of government approvals for safety and environment management of off-shore exploration and production processes; Indigenous and native title matters concerning geological exploration; her field research; her experience of the Australian Public Service; the economic benefit to Australia of geological exploration; her children; her work style; and her philosophy on work, family and life.
- Notes:
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- This interview is part of a joint oral history project being conducted by the National Library of Australia and Geoscience Australia.
- Recorded on 23 - 25 June 2014 at the National Library of Australia, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (19 pages) and 143 page uncorrected transcript.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Geologists
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This belongs to the History of Australian geoscience oral history project.
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- Creation date:
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