"In 1946 Jessie Hope Black (nee Macpherson) became the first woman to be appointed a Curator at the National Museum of Victoria in its then almost 90 year history. Hope was a pioneer in her desire to involve the broader community in the life of the Museum, both through her education work with the Blind Institute, planning and supervising a biology course for blind children at the Museum, for which she was made a Life Governor of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind." Carland, R. (2011) Hope Black nee Macpherson, Curator of Molluscs (1919-2018) in Museums Victoria Collections https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/8027
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National Museum of Victoria, Biology Class for Blind Children, National Museum (1950), [UMA-IT-000116658]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 30/04/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/593817
