Lois Bryson

In 1972, Bryson wrote An Australian Newtown (1972), Australia's first sociological study of a suburb with Faith Thompson and, with Ian Winter, Social Change, Suburban Lives (1999), a re-study of the same suburb thirty years on.^[1]

Bryson also authored studies regarding women in sport,^[4] women's health^[5] and the welfare state.^[6][7] She worked as a professor at the University of Adelaide.^[8]

Her career in research was recognised by her election as a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1998,^[9] membership of the Australian Research Council's research training and careers committee, and the award of a Federation medal (2003).^[10]

In retirement she was an emeritus professor at the University of Newcastle and an adjunct professor at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.^[11]

Bryson died in January 2024.^[12] She is survived by her two children and two grandchildren.^[13]