{{Short description|Australian entomologist (1916–2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} Dr '''Douglas Frew Waterhouse''' CMG AO ForMemRS<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Day | first1 = M. F. C. | last2 = Whitten | first2 = M. J. | last3 = Sands | first3 = D. P. A. | title = Douglas Frew Waterhouse, C.M.G. 3 June 1916 - 1 December 2000 | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.2002.0027 | doi-access = free| journal = Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume = 48 | pages = 459–481 | year = 2002 }}</ref> (3 June 1916{{spaced ndash}}1 December 2000) was an Australian entomologist. He was the son of Eben Gowrie Waterhouse. His uncle Gustavus Athol Waterhouse was also an entomologist.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/douglas-frew-waterhouse-1916-2000 |title= Douglas Frew Waterhouse 1916-2000 |author1= Maxwell F.C. Day |author2= Maxwell J. Whitten |author3= Don Sands |work= Biographical memoirs |publisher= Australian Academy of Science }} Originally published in ''Historical Records of Australian Science'', vol.13, no.4, 2001.</ref>
Waterhouse was the chief of the CSIRO entomology division from 1960 to 1981. He is best known for the invention of the active ingredient in Aerogard, an Australian insect repellent. He also gave his consent to the Australian Dung Beetle Project (1965-1985) which saw the introduction of dung beetles to Australia as a fly control measure. While this was a risky decision because of the threat that the dung beetles could themselves become pests or disrupt the delicate ecological balance, it proved very successful and reduced the population of bush flies by 90%.<ref name="adbp">Bornemissza, G. F. (1976), The Australian dung beetle project 1965-1975, ''Australian Meat Research Committee Review'' 30:1-30</ref><!---Missylisa153, August 2009--->
Dr Waterhouse was a key person involved in the establishment of CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection which was created in 1962 to develop a systematic and comprehensive understanding of Australia's insect biodiversity.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s220690.htm</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.eryldene.org.au Eryldene Trust] - website featuring Waterhouse's boyhood home * [https://archive.today/20121127060819/http://www.portrait.gov.au/gallery/portmnth/jul03/noflash.html Photographic portrait] - National Portrait Gallery
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