Hope Black was initially employed in 1937 at Museum Victoria by the support of the Carnegie Corporation.
She worked on developing and preparing new display cases for the McCoy Hall dioramas.
In 1947 Black collaborated to survey the Snowy River Gorge on horseback, prior construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme.

Between 1957–1963, Black carried out biological surveys of Port Phillip Bay, and her results are still used as baseline data from which to measure environmental change in the area.

Black investigated the genus Teredo, a group of marine bivalve mollusks known as "shipworms".
She also surveyed edible molluscs in Victoria.
Ultimately, her mollusc research lead to her writing the book Molluscs of Victoria, which was published in 1962.

Notably, Black was also a member of a group of four women (also including Isobel Bennett, Susan Ingham and Mary Gillham) who were the first to carry out research in the sub-Antarctic in 1959.
She was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2012.
In 2019 Lake Macpherson on Macquarie Island was named for her.
Hope Black was initially employed in 1937 at Museum Victoria by the support of the Carnegie Corporation. She worked on developing and preparing new display cases for the McCoy Hall dioramas. In 1947 Black collaborated to survey the Snowy River Gorge on horseback, prior construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme.
Between 1957–1963, Black carried out biological surveys of Port Phillip Bay, and her results are still used as baseline data from which to measure environmental change in the area.
Black investigated the genus Teredo, a group of marine bivalve mollusks known as "shipworms". She also surveyed edible molluscs in Victoria. Ultimately, her mollusc research lead to her writing the book Molluscs of Victoria, which was published in 1962.
Notably, Black was also a member of a group of four women (also including Isobel Bennett, Susan Ingham and Mary Gillham) who were the first to carry out research in the sub-Antarctic in 1959. She was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2012. In 2019 Lake Macpherson on Macquarie Island was named for her.
Hope Black