Biographical entry Foley, James Charles (1892 - 1967)

Summary

James Charles Foley was Chief Scientific Officer of the Bureau of Meteorology from the end of the Second World War until his retirement in 1957, specialising in climatology. He was a member of the Bureau for forty-six years. Foley was educated at the University of Tasmania (BSc).

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1908 - 1909

Career position - Telegraph Messenger in Strahan, Tasmania

1909 - 1911

Postal Assistant in Launceston, Tasmania

1912 - c. 1922

Career position - Clerk in the Bureau of Meteorology in Hobart

1922 - 1937

Career position - Divisional Meteorologist in Tasmania

1938 - 1947

Career position - Supervising Meteorologist in Climatology at the Bureau in Melbourne

1948 - 1957

Career position - Chief Scientific Officer at the Bureau

1957

Life event - Retired

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Foley, J C', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-474077. Details

See also

• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P003247. Details