Archive of past Queensland Entomologists
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Harry STANDFAST (1930-2012)
Born Ipswich and attended Ipswich Grammar School. Started as cadet in the State Health Department laboratory in 1949 and completed a B.Sc. majoring in biochemistry at UQ. Ian Mackerras, then director of QIMR, encouraged interest in insect borne disease and he served 1955-1962 as malaria control officer in New Guinea and the Solomons where undertook large scale insecticide trials against malaria vectors. Joined QIMR in Brisbane as research entomologist in 1962 to work under Ralph Doherty on surveys of arboviruses and their vectors which led to first isolation of Ross River virus from Aedes vigilax. Collaboration with CSIRO’s Alan Dyce on livestock midge and mosquito borne diseases led to his move to the CSIRO Long Pocket Laboratories in 1970. Following recognition of the sheep bluetongue virus in Australia in 1975, Harry led the insect side of a 10-year study involving surveys across northern Australia and lab work at Long Pocket. After retirement in 1990, undertook consultancy work on local government mosquito control programs in SEQ and livestock and dengue issues in the South Pacific. Became a QIMR Fellow in 1982 and received an Order of Australia in 1998. He was President of ESQ in 1965 and foundation Secretary of the Australian Entomological Society in 1966.
Obituary: Muller, M. 2013. New Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Queensland 40(10):164-166.