Penny Olsen Explained

Penny Olsen
Birth Date:	1949
Nationality:	Australian
Workplaces:	Australian National University

Penelope Diane Olsen (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.

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 an 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 . 1993 . Australasian Raptor Association Conference (Canberra, 1989). Australian raptor studies . Australasian Raptor Association, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union . Moonee Ponds, Vic..
• Book: Olsen, Penny . 1 . Australian birds of prey : the biology and ecology of raptors . Sydney . UNSW Press . 1995 .
• Book: Olsen, Penny . 1 . Feather and brush : two centuries of Australian bird art . Melbourne . CSIRO Publishing . 2001 .
• Olsen, Penny. (2005). Wedge-tailed Eagle. Australian Natural History Series. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.
• Book: Olsen, Penny . Glimpses of paradise : the quest for the Beautiful Parakeet . 2007 . National Library of Australia . Canberra .
• 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. (pbk)^[8]
• Olsen, Penny. (2012). Our Nest is Best!, National Library of Australia: Canberra. (hbk)^[9]
• Olsen, Penny. (2013). Have You Seen My Egg?, National Library of Australia: Canberra. (pbk)^[10]
• Book: Olsen, Penny . 1 . An eye for nature : the life and art of William T. Cooper . Canberra . NLA Publishing . 2014 .
• Book: Olsen, Penny . 1 . Louisa Atkinson's nature notes . 2015.

Articles

• Olsen, Penny . March 2009. . The National Library Magazine . National Library of Australia . 1 . 1 . 18–20 . 2022-02-24-->. ^[11]
• Olsen, Penny . 1 . December 2010 . Nature seems determined to have a bit of a play . The National Library Magazine . National Library of Australia . 2 . 4 . 2–7.
• Olsen, Penny . 1 . March 2015 . . The National Library of Australia Magazine . 7 . 1 . 24– 27 . 2023-10-22-->.
• Olsen, Penny . 1 . June 2015 . Sidney William Jackson : collector and tree-climber . The National Library of Australia Magazine . 7 . 2 . 12–15 . 2015-11-08.
• Olsen, Penny . 1 . December 2015 . Farewell William Thomas Cooper, 1934–2015 . The National Library of Australia Magazine . 7 . 4 . 24–27 .

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Notes

Awards

• 1996 - Whitley Award, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
• 1997 - D. L. Serventy Medal, Birds Australia
• 2011 - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
• 2019 - Fellow, BirdLife Australia

References

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Centre for Transformative Innovation . Swinburne University of Technology . Olsen, Penelope Diane - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation . 2023-10-07 . www.eoas.info . en-gb.
2. Web site: Penny D. Olsen . 7 Oct 2023 . Research Gate.
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 . 10.1017/s0959270900001313 . 0959-2709. free .
4. Web site: Kleiner . Rick . 2021-11-26 . Now You See It… The Norfolk Island Boobook Owl – Discover Norfolk Island . 2023-10-07 . en-AU.
5. Web site: 2011-01-25 . Ornithologist with a hands-on approach to conservation . 2023-10-07 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
6. Kennedy . Patricia L. . 2021-07-22 . Biography of Dr Penelope (Penny) Diane Olsen AM; renowned ornithologist and author of books on Australian ornithological art and ornithological history . Pacific Conservation Biology . en . 10.1071/PC21025 . 2204-4604.
7. Web site: Dr Penelope Diane OLSEN - Member of the Order of Australia . 2023-10-07 . honours.pmc.gov.au.
8. Web site: 2010, English, Book, Illustrated edition: The best nest / adapted by Penny Olsen. . www.nla.gov.au . National Library of Australia . 19 August 2015 .
9. Web site: 2012, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Our nest is best! / Penny Olsen with Penny O'Hara. . www.nla.gov.au . National Library of Australia . 19 August 2015 .
10. Web site: 2013, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Have you seen my egg? / Penny Olsen ; illustrated by Rhonda N. Garward. . www.gov.au . National Library of Australia . 19 August 2015 .
11. [François Le Vaillant]