Background
The daughter of John McInerny and Margaratta Wright (née Brayshay), she was born Kathleen McInerny in North Carlton, Melbourne.
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Kathleen Sherrard
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She received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from the University of Melbourne.
Career
She became a demonstrator and then assistant geography lecturer at the University. She spent six months in 1927 working under Professor Arthur Hutchinson at the mineralogical laboratory of the University of Cambridge. She published articles on graptolites.
In 1939, she helped establish the Australian Association of Scientific Workers.
In 1967, she examined fossil collections in Peking (later Beijing). She tried to promote an increased involvement by women in science.
Sherrard died at home in Centennial Park, Sydney at the age of 77.
Membership
Sherrard was a member of the Royal Society of New South Wales, the Royal Society of Victoria, the Linnean Society of New South Wales and the Geological Society of Australia.
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Australian