Person
Dulhunty, John Allan (1911 - 1994)
- Born
- 1 April 1911
New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 7 April 1994
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
John Allan Dulhunty was Reader in Geology at the University of Sydney from 1957 until his retirement in 1973. After this, he and his wife Roma carried out a series of expeditions to Lake Eyre which yielded many important research papers on the sedimentological and geomporphical changes of the lake. Roma also wrote three books about there expeditions using photographs taken by John. The Rare Book and Special Collections Library of the University of Sydney has an archives collection of Roma's (and John's?) work.
Details
Chronology
- 1938
- Award - Deas Thompson Scholarship for Mineralology received from the University of Sydney
- 1938
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1940 - 1944
- Career position - Linnean Macleay Fellow at the University of Sydney
- 1945 - 1949
- Career position - Senior Commonwealth Research Fellow at the University of Sydney
- 1947
- Career position - President of the Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1951 - 1956
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Geology at the University of Sydney
- 1955
- Career position - Acting Head of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Sydney
- 1957 - 1973
- Career position - Reader in Geology at the University of Sydney
- 1961
- Career position - Acting Head of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Sydney
- 1964 - 1965
- Career position - President of the Geological Society
- 1967
- Career position - Acting Head of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Sydney
- 1970
- Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal
Related entries
Archival resources
Rare Book and Special Collections Library, University of Sydney
- Dulhunty, Roma (1999-1991), http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/rare/3_3_1biographies.html; Rare Book and Special Collections Library, University of Sydney. Details
Published resources
Articles
- Webby, B. D., 'John A. Dulhunty - an Appreciation', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 119 (1986), 1-2. https://royalsoc.org.au/images/pdf/journal/119_webby.pdf. Details
Journal Articles
- D.F.B, 'Biographical Memoirs - John Allan Dulhunty 1911-1994', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 127 (1994), 161-167. Details
Resources
- 'Dulhunty, J A (1911-1994)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-460715. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 22 May 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011