Biographical entry Gregory, John Walter (1864 - 1932)

Summary

John Walter Gregory was Professor of Geology, University of Melbourne from 1899 and was Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria from 1901-04. He left Melbourne in 1904 to take up a chair at the University of Glasgow.

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• John Walter Gregory - Records, 1975; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Branagan, D. F., 'John Walter Gregory, 1864-1932', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details
• Lovering, J. F., 'Gregory, John Walter (1864-1932), Geologist, Geographer and Explorer', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 100-101. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090104b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Andrews, E.C., 'The Heroic Period of Geological Work in Australia.', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. lxxvi, 1942, pp. 96-128. Details
• Branagan, David; Lim, Elaine, 'J.W. Gregory, Traveller in the Dead Heart', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 1, 1984, pp. 71-84. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9840610071.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Gregory, J W', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-632641. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000458. Details