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Biographical entry Sweet, George (1844 - 1920)
Sweet, George Portrait
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- Born
- 1844
England - Died
- 1920
- Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
George Sweet was an amateur geologist and ran the Brunswick Brick, Tile & Pottery Co. He built up an extensive fossil collection and worked for Frederick McCoy in the Mansfield district, Victoria 1888-95 and with Edgeworth David on the Funafuti expedition in 1897. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1905.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- MacCallum, Monica, 'Sweet, Georgina (1875-1946), Zoologist, Academic and Philanthropist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 149-150. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120168b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Sweet, George', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467298. Details
Digital resources
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 June 2010
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