Person

Rayner, Jack Maxwell (1906 - 1982)

OBE

Born
22 October 1906
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
6 October 1982
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation
Geophysicist

Summary

Jack Rayner was one of Australia's top geophysicists. He was Deputy Director (1952-1958) then Director (1958-1969) of the Geology and Geophysics Section of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1967.

Details

Chronology

1929
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1929 - 1930
Career position - Commonwealth Trainee Geophysicist on the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey
1930 - 1942
Career position - Geophysicist with the New South Wales Department of Mines
1942 - 1946
Career position - Assistant on the Mineral Resources Survey
1946 - 1952
Career position - Chief Geophysicist with the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Section
1946 - 1952
Career position - Chief Geophysicist on the Mineral Resources Survey
1952 - 1969
Career position - Deputy Director (to 1958) then Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Section
1967
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Published resources

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Rayner, J. M.; and Wark, I. W., 'Harold George Raggatt', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 2 (3) (1972), 62-75. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9720230062.htm. Details
  • Rayner, John, 'Jack Rayner and the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey', Preview: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 126 (2007), 39-42, 44 . Details

Resources

Resource Sections

McCarthy, G.J.

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