Biography:Denise Mary Allen
Denise Mary Allen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954 Pinnaroo, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Awards | Australian Antarctic Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Australian Antarctic Division |
Denise Mary Allen AAM is a Senior Research Scientist who worked with the Australian Antarctic Division.
Early life
Born in Pinnaroo, South Australia 1954, Allen initially trained as a teacher at Adelaide University, but became more interested in other fields and moved to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) where she developed her interest in Antarctica.[1]
in 1986 she received her amateur radio licence and used the callsign VKOYL. She said she would rarely used her microphone after becoming too popular and was often flooded with calls from fellow DXers.[2]
Career and impact
Allen first arrived in Antartica in 1985, working as an Observer for BOM at Macquarie Island.[2] Over the next several years, Allen worked in Antartica as an Observer and Senior Observer, before returning in 2005 as Meteorology OIC, and finally as Senior Meteorological Observer in 2007. All together she took nine trips[3] to Antarctica spending six winters there between 1985-2007,[4] and was the first woman to winter at each of the four Australian Antarctic stations in 1992.[5][6]
After 29 years with BOM, Allen retired[1] and has worked with the ANARE Club as National Social Secretary and Information Technology co-ordinator. She continued to visit Antartica in this capacity.[7]
Awards and honours
On June 21 1989, Allen was awarded the Australian Antarctic Division’s Australian Antarctic Medal for outstanding service in Antarctic scientific research (meteorology) and in support of general expedition duties.[8] She is one of the first women to receive the award, alongside Medical Officer Diana Lynn Williams.[2]
Further reading
- Denise Allen on the Women's Museum of Australia
- Denise Allen on the Australian Antarctic Program website
- Audio interview with Denise Allen on her life and career (2011)
- Audio interview with Denise Allen (1987)
- Information on the AAM with photos of Denise Allen's award
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Denise Allen interviewed by Bruce Watson in the Australian Antarctic culture oral history project [sound recording."]. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-219759500/listen.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Women, radio and Antarctica - Denise Allen". Amateur Radio (Australia): 28. July 2004. https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-AUSTRALIA/IDX/Amateur-Radio/00s/Amateur-Radio-AU-2004338.pdf.
- ↑ "Women's Museum of Australia". https://wmoa.com.au/herstory2017/woman/allen.
- ↑ "Australian Antarctic Winterers". 2021. https://www.anareclub.org/who-wintered-in-antarctica/.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, Volume 1.. Beau Riffenburgh. CRC Press. 2007. pp. 1095. ISBN 1-281-08220-1. OCLC 815536244. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/815536244.
- ↑ "The weather women: how a group of pioneers brought equality to Australian meteorology - Social Media Blog - Bureau of Meteorology" (in en). https://media.bom.gov.au/social/blog/748/the-weather-women-how-a-group-of-pioneers-brought-equality-to-australian-meteorology/.
- ↑ "Denise Allen - Voyage 2-3 to re-supply Casey station for the 2014 year" (in en-AU). 2014-06-04. https://www.anareclub.org/2014-denise-allen-voyage-2-3-to-re-supply-casey-station-for-the-2014-year/.
- ↑ Template:Cite It's an Honour
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