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Biographical entry Jack, Robert Logan (1845 - 1921)
- Born
- 16 September 1845
Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland - Died
- 6 November 1921
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist and Explorer
Summary
Robert Logan Jack worked in Australia as a geologist from 1877 to 1899 and from 1905. During his first stay in Australia, Jack was geological surveyor of northern Queensland and then Queensland's government geologist. His contributions to Queensland were great and many. He mapped Queensland and its coal sites in Bowen River, Flinders River and Townsville, reported on many areas rich in gold, tin, silver and sapphire, and his earlier work led to the search for artesian water and the construction of the first government bore in the Great Artesian Basin. He was also (co-) author of many books and articles on the geology, mineralogy and palaeontology of Queensland.
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Events
- 1867 - 1876
- Career position - Surveyor on the Geological Survey of Scotland
- 1876 - 1879
- Career position - Geological Surveyor in northern Queensland
- 1879 - 1899
- Career position - Government Geologist in Queensland
- 1892
- Career position - The Geology and Palaentology of Queensland and New Guinea published in 3 volumes in Brisbane
- 1894
- Career position - President of the Royal Society of Queensland
- 1899
- Career position - Geological survey to Szechuan, China
- 1901 - 1904
- Career position - Consultant Mining Geologist in London
- c. 1905 - c. 1910
- Career position - Consulting Engineer in Western Australia
- 1910 -
- Career position - Consulting Geologist in Sydney
Published resources
Book Sections
- Hill, Dorothy, 'Jack, Robert Logan (1845-1921), geologist and explorer', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, p. 466. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040526b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Hill, Dorothy, 'Robert Logan Jack: a Memorial Address', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. lviii, no. 7, 1946, pp. 113-124. Details
- Hodgson, Sandra, 'Robert Logan Jack: Not Incurious in Gods [sic] Handiwork', Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland,, vol. 17, no. 3, 1999, pp. 97-116. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Jack, Robert L', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-628423. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 March 2007
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