Perkins Memorial Lecture

2025 is a Biennial Perkins Lecture/Dinner year! This year, our special Biennial Perkins Memorial Lecturer will be Dr Lori Lach from James Cook University. In the evening, we will celebrate entomology with our Biennial Perkins Dinner.  Save the date! More details will be posted soon.

Celebrating Entomology: Remembering F.A. Perkins

Frederick Athol Perkins was one of the 14 founders of the Entomological Society of Queensland on 14 June 1923, and he gave the inaugural address on “The Queensland Fruit Fly Problem” at its first meeting.   He was also the first lecturer in entomology at the University of Queensland (1926), and first Head of the Department of Entomology (1952). Perkins was a stimulating teacher in class and field.  He set up the UQ Insect Collection, which is now housed at the Queensland Museum and consists of more than 1,000,000 specimens of insects and related arthropods from all Australian states and territories. He was active in the taxonomy of pest fruit flies and stoneflies, and worked on mosquito control during WW2.  Athol Perkins was a major influence in entomology in Queensland for half a century. The Biennial Perkins Memorial Lecture celebrates his memory.