Catherine Anne Money

Catherine Anne Money ( Menzies; born 18 August 1940) is an Australian biochemist whose discoveries have changed leather making. and Fintona Girls' School (1945–1957), in Kew and Balwyn, respectively. Her thesis, titled: "Studies on the Thyroid Gland", Due to her mother becoming ill, Money returned to Australia and sought work at CSIRO.

CSIRO The only job available was as an Experimental Officer in the CSIRO Division of Protein Chemistry – working with hides and leather. Until this time, the standard method for removing hair in the preparation of hides involved the extraction of a pulp, which has been described as "an intensive effluent system." 2024: Member of the Order of Australia, 2024 King's Birthday Honours for "significant service to leather research, and to environmental conservation".