Person

Loftus-Hills, Clive (1885 - 1967)

MBE

Born
1885
Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia
Died
13 December 1967
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Geologist
Alternative Names
  • Hills, Loftus (Former name, 1885 - 1919)

Summary

Clive Loftus-Hills was Government Geologist in Tasmania from 1919 to 1923, having joined the Geological Survey of Tasmania in 1912. He made numerous reports on the stratigraphy and mineral resources of Tasmania, especially on coal and the zinc-lead ores in western Tasmania. In the 1923 restructure of the Department of Mines, Loftus- Hills was for a brief time Director of the Survey, based in Launceston. His relations with his Department heads were less than comfortable. When his disagreement with statements made by oil companies as to the extent of Tasmania's reserves precipitated an inquiry into his management of the Survey, it was recommended that his position be abolished. Loftus- Hills resigned. As a geological consultant for the next 15 years he worked in many parts of Australia and in Fiji. Between 1938 and 1946 he was Chief Chemist of the Commonwealth Department of Supply.

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Chronology

1907
Education - BSc, University of Tasmania
1912 - November 1919
Career position - Assistant Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania, Tasmanian Department of Mines
1913
Education - MSc, University of Tasmania
1916 - 1919
Military service - Served with the Australian Imperial Forces
1919 -
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Geography), Australian National Research Council
1919
Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire, Military Division (MBE)
Nov 1919 - 1923
Career position - Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania, Department of Mines
1923
Education - DSc, University of Tasmania
1924
Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne
1924 - 1938
Career position - Geological Consultant in Australia and Fiji
1938 - 1946
Career position - Chief Chemist, Commonwealth Department of Supply

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Journal Articles

  • Bacon, Carol, 'Clive Loftus-Hills: an uncompromising geologist', Newsletter, Earth Sciences History Group, 45 (2018), 29-32. Details
  • Loftus-Hills, Clive, 'The progress of geological research in Tasmania Since 1902', Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1902 (1921), 111-146. Details

See also

  • Johns, R.K. ed., History and role of government geological surveys in Australia (Adelaide: South Australian Government Printer, 1976), 111 pp. Details

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