Biographical entry Chalmers, Robert Oliver

Summary

Robert Oliver Chalmers started work at the Australian Museum in Sydney, as a cadet in 1929 eventually working as the Museum's mineralogist. He was interested in gemstones as minerals; studied the salt crust surface of Lake Eyre; discovered Australite localities and was educated in geology at Sydney Technical College.

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Robert Oliver Chalmers - Records, 1920 - 1977, DeB 993; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Chalmers, R. O, 'Anderson, Charles (1876-1944), museum director', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp. 51-52. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070055b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Chalmers, R. O., 'Stories Behind the Museum's Collections', Australian Natural History, vol. 14, 1962, pp. 116-120. Details
• Chalmers, R. O., 'Captain Cook's Australian Landmarks', Australian Natural History, vol. 16, no. 8, 1970, pp. 241-288. Details
• Chalmers, R. O., 'Early Geology: Studies and Sermons', Australian Natural History, vol. 19, no. 2, 1977, pp. 50-53. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Chalmers, R O', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-631004. Details