Person
Maitland, Andrew Gibb (1864 - 1951)
- Born
- 30 November 1864
Birkby, Yorkshire, England - Died
- 27 January 1951
Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
Andrew Maitland was a geologist and authority on underground water in Western Australia (WA) for around thirty years. Prior to this he worked on the 1888 Geological Survey of Queensland. As Western Australia's Government Geologist, Maitland established the Geological Survey of Western Australia, located water bores between Geraldton and North West Cape, surveyed and mapped the Pilbara region and parts of the Kimberley. All in all, almost half the State had been geographically mapped during his reign. Gibb River and Maitland Range in the Kimberley were named after him, as are several species of invertebrate fossils. Maitland also received numerous other honours and awards including the Mueller Medal from the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.
Details
Chronology
- 1888
- Career position - Second Assistant Geologist to the Geological Survey of Queensland
- 1888 - 1896
- Career position - Assistant Geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland
- 1891
- Career position - Geological examination of British New Guinea
- 1896 - 1926
- Career position - Government Geologist in Western Australia
- 1897 - 1904
- Career position - Founding Member, Mueller Botanic Society
- 1898
- Career position - Bibliography of the Geology of Western Australia published
- 1901
- Career position - Geologist on the Drake-Brockman expedition to the Kimberley
- 1903
- Career position - Surveying and mapping the Pilbra area
- 1907
- Career position - President, Section C (Geology), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1910 - 1911
- Career position - President, Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia
- 1915 -
- Career position - Honorary member of the Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1915 - 1916
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia
- 1921 -
- Career position - Foundation Councillor (Geology), Australian National Research Council
- 1924
- Award - Mueller Medal, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1924 - 1927
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia
- 1926
- Life event - Retired
- 1927
- Award - Clarke Memorial Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1937
- Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Glover, John; with Bevan, Jenny, The Forgotten Explorers: Pioneer geologists of Western Australia, 1826-1926 (Victoria Park, W.A.: Hesperian Press, 2010), 246 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Vallance, T. G., 'Maitland, Andres Gibb (1864-1951), Geologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 10 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 386-387. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100379b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Andrews, E.C., 'The Heroic Period of Geological Work in Australia.', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, lxxvi (1942), 96-128. Details
- Clarke, E. de C., 'Obituary: Andrew Gibb Maitland', Australian Journal of Science, 13 (5) (1951), 144-145. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4757082. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/27367254. Details
- Geological Society of Australia, Australian geology hall of fame, Earth Sciences History Group, Geological Society of Australia, 2022. https://www.gsa.org.au/Public/Public/Specialist_Groups/ESHG_Sub_Pages/ESHG_Biographies.aspx?hkey=1bfc25ca-efd5-4f91-9536-dabf175139ce. Details
- 'Maitland, A Gibb (1864-1951)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-465308. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 February 2023
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