Biographical entry Edwards, Austin Burton (1909 - 1960)

Summary

Austin Burton Edwards was a member of the Mineragraphic Section of the CSIR/O from 1934 and was Officer-In-Charge 1953-60.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Austin Burton Edwards - Records, 1930 - 1945, MS 041; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Book Sections

• Vallance, T. G., 'Edwards, Austin Burton (1909-1960), Geologist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 81-82. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140093b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Edwards, A. B., 'Obituary: Ernest Willington Skeats', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 15, no. 4, 1953, pp. 127-128. Details
• Stillwell, F. L., 'Obituary: Austin Burton Edwards', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 23, no. 8, 1961, p. 260. Details

Online Resources

• 'Edwards, A B (1909-1960)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-495364. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_e.html. Details
• Hill, Dorothy, 'Edwin Sherbon Hills, 1906-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 79-95. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870710079.htm. Details
• Hyde, B. G. and Day, P, 'John Stuart Anderson', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920920127.htm. Details