Biographical entry Thyer, Robert Francis (1908 - 1992)

Summary

Robert Francis Thyer worked for the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR) for its inception in 1946 until his retirement in 1973. He rose from Supervising Geophysicist to Chief Director (Operations). Before that he worked for the Mineral Resources Survey which formed the nucleus of BMR. Thyer was also Commonwealth Geological Liaison Officer London (1969-1971) and Assistant Director (Geophysics) for a brief period just before his retirement.

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Events

1929

Career position - Geophysical Assistant with the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey (IGES)

1930 - 1933

Career position - Demonstrator in Physics at the University of Adelaide

1932

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Adelaide

1934

Career position - Geophysicist with Western Mining Corporation

1935 - 1941

Career position - Member of the Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia (AGGNSA)

1941 - 1946

Career position - Member of the Mineral Resources Survey

1952 - 1962

Career position - Supervising Geophysicist, then Chief Geophysicist with the Bureau of Mineral Resources

1962 - 1973

Career position - Chief Director (Operations) of the Bureau of Mineral Resources

1969 - 1971

Career position - Commonwealth Geological Liaison Officer London

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Online Resources

• 'Thyer, Robert Francis', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001825p.htm. Details
• 'Thyer, R F', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-621406. Details