Aboriginal Australians
expeditions to Central Australia, 23-24
prehistorians' pilgrimage, 77
research on skulls, 24-25
Australian Academy of Science, 113-120, see also Books, Donations
Australian Biological Resources Study, 115
Basser Library, personal archives, 3
Charles Fenner's archives, 3, 207
Botany Bay Project, 115-116
committees, 113, 115
election as Fellow, 75, 78
Fenner Conferences on the Environment, 117-119
Fenner medal for plant and animal sciences, 120
histories of the Academy, 116-117
Secretary, Biological Sciences, 114-115
video histories of scientists, 119
Books published
Burnet, F. M. and Fenner, F. (1949) The Production of Antibodies, 49
Fenner, F. and Ratcliffe, F. N. (1965) Myxomatosis, 88-89
Fenner, F. (1968) The Biology of Animal Viruses, 92
Fenner, F., McAuslan, B. R., Mims, C. A., Sambrook, J. F. and White, D. O. (1974).
The Biology of Animal Viruses, 2nd Edition, 105-106
Fenner, F. and White, D. O. (1970) Medical Virology, 104
Fenner, F. and White, D. O. (1976). Medical Virology. 2nd Edition, 171
White, D. O. and Fenner, F. (1986) Medical Virology. 3rd Edition, 171
White, D. O. and Fenner, F. (1994) Medical Virology, 4th Edition, 172
Fenner, F. (1976) Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses, 128
Fenner, F. and Rees, A. L. G. (eds) (1980) The Australian Academy of Science. The First Twentyfive Years, 116
Fenner, F., Bachmann, P. A., Gibbs, E. P. G., Murphy, F. A., Studdert, M. J. and White, D. O. (1987) Veterinary Virology, 172
Fenner, F., Gibbs, E. P. G., Murphy, F. A., Rott, R., Studdert, M. J. and White, D. O. (1993) Veterinary Virology. 2nd Edition, 173
Fenner, F., Henderson, D. A., Arita, I., Jezek, Z. and Ladnyi, I. D. (1988) Smallpox and its Eradication, 163
Fenner, F. and Gibbs, A. J. (eds) (1988) Portraits of Viruses. A History of Virology, 171
Jezek, Z. and Fenner, F. (1988). Human Monkeypox. Monographs in Virology, 169
Fenner, F., Wittek, R. and Dumbell, K. R. (1989) The Orthopoxviruses, 169
Fenner, F. (ed) (1990). History of Microbiology in Australia, 173-174
Fenner. F. (ed) (1995) The Australian Academy of Science. The First Forty Years, 117
Fenner, F. and Fantini, B. (1999) Biological Control of Vertebrate Pests. A History of Myxomatosis; an Experiment in Coevolution, 175
Fenner, F. and Curtis, D. (2001) The John Curtin School of Medical Research. The First Fifty Years, 1948-1998, 175-176
Fenner. F. (ed.) (2005). The Australian Academy of Science. The First Fifty Years, 117, 175
Fenner, F. (2006) Nature, Nurture and Chance: The Lives of Frank and Charles Fenner
Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES), 121-136
appointment as Director, 121-123
appointment of senior staff, 124
establishment, 106-107, 121
funding problems, 124, 133-134
lectures in Australia, 132-133
overseas travel, 126-131
overview, 133-136
SCOPE, 127-128
Chance, in my life and my father's, 338-339
Childhood, see Fenner family
China, visits, 1980, Australian Development Assistance Bureau, 176
1978, certification of smallpox eradication, 151
1988, Gweilin, as tourist, 178
1947, invitation of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 67-69
1988, review of use of nematodes for biological control 178-179
Dalton Plan, 17
Director, JCSMR, 97-112, see also Books
appointment, 97
building developments, 101
changes in existing Departments and Units, Genetics, 98
Medical Chemistry, 98-99
Electron Microscopy, 99
Chairman, committee on CRES, 106-107
Chairman, committee on undergraduate medical school, 106
establishment of new Departments, Clinical Science, 99
Human Biology, 100
Immunology, 100
Pharmacology, 100
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, 107-108
lectures in Australia, 103-104
overseas trips, 102-103
overview, role of Director, 109-111
report on CSIRO and medical research, 107
writing textbooks, 104-105
Donations, Australian Academy of Science, 190-191
Australian National University, CRES, 191
Fenner Hall, 191
JCSMR, 189-190
Nature and Society Forum, 191
Fenner family, 9-17
family life, 9-10, 16-17, 204
home in Adelaide, 10-11
Fenner, F. J., change of name, 9, religion, 18
Siblings' biographies, Lyell, 12-14, Thomas, 14-15, William, 15-16, Winifred, 14
Fenner Hall, ANU, 187-188, 207
Fogarty Fellowship, 103, 126, 177-178
Friendships, Australian friends, 327-335
overseas friends, 335-337
Honours, prizes and awards, 78, 108, 133, 185-187
House, in Adelaide, 11
Canberra, 59-62
Human monkeypox, 146-47, 155
Japan, 1957, interviews with virologists, 69-70
1991-96, Agency for Cooperation in International Health, 179-180
Japan Prize, 169-170, 178
John Curtin School of Medical Research, see also Professor of Microbiology, Director
appointment, as Director, 97
as Professor of Microbiology, 54
as Visiting Fellow, 159
establishment, 49, 55
governance, 72-73, 97-98
permanent building, occupation, 70, planning, 63-64
expansion of staff, 70-71, 100-103
temporary laboratories, 59, 60, 63
Marriage, 40-42
children, 58, 62-63
tribute to wife, 181-182
Mentors, Howard Florey, 182-183
centenary celebrations, 183-184
Macfarlane Burnet, 48-49
centenary celebrations, 184-185
René Dubos, 51-52
Myxomatosis, 82-89
history, 82-85
book, 88-89
research, Hall Institute, 85-86
JCSMR, 87-88
Nature, in my life and my father's, 337, 339
Nurture, in my life and my father's, 337-338
Papua-New Guinea Medical Research Advisory Committee, 77-78
Parental influence, father, 21, 24
mother, ,
Personal celebrations, 1994, Frank and Bobbie Fenner Conference, 192
1999, fifty years in the ANU, 192
Physical anthropology, see Aboriginal Australians
Professor of Microbiology, JCSMR, 55-95
academic staff of Department, 58, 63, 64, 71-72
accommodation in Melbourne, 57-58
appointment, 54
elections, Australian Academy of Science, 78
Royal Society, 78
US Academy of Science, 133
first meeting with Florey, 55-57
move to Canberra, 59
Overseas Fellow, Churchill College, 74-75
research, genetics of rabbitpox virus, 90
Mycobacteria, 81-82
myxomatosis, 82-89
pattern of work, 90-92
reactivation of animal viruses, 90
study leave, 1953, 64-65 1957, 65-66
visits, China, 1957, 67-69
India, 1960-61, 76-77
Indonesia, 1956, 66-67
Japan, 1957, 69-70
Visiting Fellow, Moscow State University, 76-77
Recognition other than by honours, prizes and awards, 187-189
Resident medical officer, 25-26
Research School of Biological Sciences, ANU, 75, 114
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, 49-53
accommodation in New York, 50
offer of Chair of Microbiology in ANU, 52
operation on wife, 52
research on tubercle bacilli, 50-51
Schools, 17-18
Adelaide High, 18
Rose Park Primary, 17
St Peters College, 15, 18
Thebarton Technical High, 17-18, 19
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), 125-126
appointment as Editor-in-chief, 1976-80, 125
election as member, 1971, 125
Smallpox and its Eradication, 137-157,
Book: Smallpox and its Eradication, 163-166
archiving records, 163-164
early plans, 164
editorial board, 164-165
grants to JCSMR for my expenses, 166
launch, 168
related books, 168
Eradication, early attempts, 140-142
Intensified smallpox eradication program, 142-156
certification of eradication, 147-155
China, 151
global, 152-155
India, 148
Malawi, 149
South Africa, 149-150, 151
ensuring vaccine quality, 142, 144
declaration of eradication, 155-157
monkeypox and related viruses, 146-147, 155
priorities and strategies, 145
'whitepox viruses', 147, 155, 166-168
post-eradication activities, Committee on Orthopoxvirus Infections, 160-163
Committee on Variola Virus Research, 163
proposals for destruction of all stocks of variola virus, 162-163
Smallpox, the disease, 138-140
as bioterrorism weapon, 170
clinical features, 138
epidemiology, 139
history, 139-140
immunization, 140
Sport, 19, 23
University of Adelaide, 21-26
enrollment in Science, 21
M.D. degree, 25
poliomyelitis epidemic, 22
prizes, 22, 25, 26
students' affairs, 23-24
transfer to Medicine, 21
University of Sydney, Diploma of Tropical Medicine, 27
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 39-40, 49-51
appointment as Haley Research Fellow, 43
as ANU professor, 58
research, ectromelia, 47-48
myxomatosis, 85-86
Syme Prize, 52
Wife, née Bobbie Roberts, see also Marriage
2/2 Australian General Hospital, 40
Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit, 40
Award, Associate Royal Red Cross, 42
World War II, 27-45
Australia, Heidelberg Military Hospital, 44
2/2 Australian General Hospital, 33-34
Woodside, 2/6 Field Ambulance, 28
discharge, 44
enlistment, 27
malariologist, 34-44
Borneo and Moratai, 42
MBE award, 38
New Guinea, 34-38
Middle East, 29-32
2/1 Casualty Clearing Station, 31-32
Corps Headquarters, 29-31
2/6 Field Ambulance, 29
holiday trips, Egypt, 32, Petra, 31-32
malaria, 30, 31
return to Australia, 33
Research, New Guinea, 37, 38
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 39-40
Yellowstone National Park, 180-181