Biographical entry Nye, Percival Bartlett (1893 - 1985)

Summary

Percival Bartlett Nye was one of Australia's leading geologists. Some of his many appointments include Government Geologist for Tasmania (1920-1923) and Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources (1951-1958). Nye authored over twenty-five scientific publications and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to the field of geology.

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Events

1915 - 1916

Career position - Assayer at the Hampden-Cloncurry Mines

1916

Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE) completed at the University of Melbourne

1916 - 1919

Career position - Lieutenat of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Corps in the Australian Imperial Force

1919 - 1920

Career position - Petrologist at the National Museum of Victoria

1920 - 1923

Career position - Assistant Government Geologist in Tasmania

1922

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1923 - 1934

Career position - Government Geologist in Tasmania

1934 - 1940

Career position - Executive Officer of the Aerial, Geological and Geophysics Survey of Northern Australia

1941 - 1942

Career position - Assistant Commonwealth Geological Adviser

1942 - 1946

Assistant Director of the Mineral Resources Survey

1946 - 1951

Career position - Assistant Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources

1951 - 1958

Career position - Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources

1955

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

1958 - 1984

Career position - Consulting Geologist in Melbourne

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Nye, Percival Bartlett', 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/P002235p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Nye, P B', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-549158. Details

See also

• Wark, I. W. And Ellis, E. G., 'Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby 1904-197', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 1, 1980, pp. 104-128. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9800510104.htm. Details