Rich, Patricia Arlene Vickers

Positions summary

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and Personal Chair in Palaeontology 1976-2012, Emeritus Professor 2013.

Biography

Patricia Vickers was born in 1944 in Exeter California, USA. She received a BA in Palaeontology (University of California), and MA and PhD in Geology (Columbia University). She joined Monash in 1976 as Lecturer; then Senior Lecturer 1984-89; Reader 1989-1995; personal Chair in Palaeontology 1995-2012. In 2013 she became an Emeritus Professor. She was also the Foundation Director of the Monash Science Centre from 2002-2012. Professor Rich was Director of numerous exhibitions including: Dinosaurs from China (1982); Esso's Return of the Dinosaurs (1987-88); Kadimakara, Australia's Dreamtime Animals (1987-90); The Great Russian Dinosaurs (1993-97); Ghosts of the Great Russian Dinosaurs (1997-); Prehistoric Art - Illustrations from the Fossil Book 1993-94); Dinkus Aussie Dinosaurs (1993-94); Dinosaurs of Darkness (2000-) ; The Beginning of Animalia: Before the Dinosaurs (2006-07); and Wildlife of Gondwana (2002-). She has also been involved in the production of exhibition catalogues, text books, laboratory manuals, study kits for school age children, and popular books. Professor Rich is an elected member of the NY Explorers Club and of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences; and an Honorary Researcher for Museum Victoria and the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Papers

Records related to the Chinese-English Dictionary Project 1954-2010
Record related to publication of 'A Chinese-English and English-Chinese Dictionary of Vertabrate Palaeontology Terms', co-authored by P. V. Rich, Y. P. Zhang, M. C. Chow, B. Y. Wang, P. Komarower, J. H. Fan, R. Sloss, J. K. M. Moody and J. Dawson. The Chinese language dictionaries related to this project are housed in the Monash University Library.

Records related to the Dinosaurs of Darkness exhibition 1998-2017
This exhibition travelled throughout Australia and internationally, and the series includes correspondence, agreements, planning and development records, photographs, slides and promotional material. Also included is a small collection of dinosaur related brochures and publications created by Professor Rich and members of her family.

Records of Monash Science Centre 1993-2023
Professor Rich was the founding and only Director of the Centre and included here are building construction records; records related to the Centre's outreach activities and exhibitions; press cuttings; and photographs.

Exhibition records 1993-2013
Records related to travelling exhibitions other than Dinosaurs of Darkness, chiefly the Great Russian Dinosaurs, but also including Wildlife of Gondwana, and Ghosts of the Great Russian Dinosaurs. Records include correspondence; details of casting and display setup; publicity material; and photographs and slides.

Records related to publication of 'The Great Russian Dinosaurs Exhibition' (2018) 1993-2018

Records related to work in Timor-Leste 2006-2023