Biographical entry Trickett, Oliver (1847 - 1934)

Summary

Oliver Trickett was chief draftsman with the Geological Survey Branch of the New South Wales Department of Mines. He initially started with the Department in 1880 becoming a surveyor and draftsman. Trickett was particularly interested in the limestone caves of New South Wales and surveyed and published guides to several of them. His models of the caves were popular exhibits in the Mining and Geological Museum, Sydney. He also worked in private practice as a mining surveyor and as broker and agent from the late 1880s to 1892.

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Events

1865

Career position - Clerk with the Office of Mines in Melbourne

1870

Career position - Qualified as a mineral surveyor

c. 1875

Career position - Acting Secretary of the Board of Examiners (Mines)

1876

Career position - Licensed Surveyor with the New South Wales Department of Lands

1880s

Career position - Licensed Surveyor with the New South Wales Department of Mines

c. 1888 - c. 1892

Career position - Broker and Agent

1892

Career position - Draftsman and Surveyor with the Geological Survey Branch, Department of Mines

Published resources

Book Sections

• Walsh, G. P., 'Trickett, Oliver (1847-1934), Surveyor and Spelaeologist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 262-263. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120293b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Trickett, O', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-572269. Details