Biographical entry Dunn, Edward John (1844 - 1937)

Summary

Edward John Dunn studied in New South Wales and worked in South Africa, but from 1886, was based in Melbourne as a consulting geologist. He was Director of the Geological Survey, Victoria 1904-12 and then returned to private consulting and writing. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1906.

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Edward John Dunn - Records, 1886 - 1937, ML MSS 1458; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Beasley, A. W., 'Dunn, Edward John (1844-1937)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 272-273. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080398b.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
• Dunn, E. J. and Mahony, D. J., 'Biographical Sketch of the Founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria', Bulletins of The Geological Survey of Victoria, vol. 23, J. Kemp, Melbourne, 1910, p. 48. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Dunn, E J', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-612500. Details