Biographical entry Maitland, Andrew Gibb (1864 - 1951)

Summary

Andrew Gibb Maitland was a geologist and authority on underground water in Western Australia (WA) for around thirty years. Prior to this he worked on the 1888 Geological Survey of Queensland. As Western Australia's Government Geologist, Maitland established the Geological Survey of Western Australia, located water bores between Geraldton and North West Cape, surveyed and mapped the Pilbara region and parts of the Kimberley. All in all, almost half the State had been geographically mapped during his reign. Gibb River and Maitland Range in the Kimberley were named after him, as are several species of invertebrate fossils. Maitland also received numerous other honours and awards including the Mueller Medal from ANZAAS (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science).

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Events

1888

Career position - Second Assistant Geologist to the Geological Survey of Queensland

1891

Career position - Geological examination of British New Guinea

1896 - c. 1926

Career position - Government Geologist in Western Australia

1898

Career position - Bibliography of the Geology of Western Australia published

1901

Career position - Geologist on the Drake-Brockman expedition to the Kimberley

1903

Career position - Surveying and mapping the Pilbra area

1915 -

Career position - Honorary member of the Royal Society of New South Wales

1915

Career position - President of the Mueller Botanic Society of Western Australia/The Royal Society of Western Australia

1924

Award - ANZAAS Mueller Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)

1925

Career position - President of the Mueller Botanic Society of Western Australia/The Royal Society of Western Australia

1926

Life event - Retired

1927

Award - Clarke Memorial Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1937

Award - Kelvin Memorial Medal received from the Mueller Botanic Society of Western Australia/The Royal Society of Western Australia

Published resources

Book Sections

• Vallance, T. G., 'Maitland, Andres Gibb (1864-1951), Geologist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 386-387. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100379b.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
• Clarke, E. de C., 'Obituary: Andrew Gibb Maitland', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 13, no. 5, 1951, pp. 144-145. Details

Online Resources

• 'Maitland, A Gibb', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-465308. Details