Person

Hill, Robin (1941 - )

Born: 10 August 1941
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Geologist and Petrologist

Summary

Geologist Robin Hill is an expert in nickel exploration and has been influential in developing the nickel industry in Australia. Hill worked at the CSIRO in the Division of Mineralogy, which became the Division of Exploration and Mining in 1993, from 1973 to 2004.

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Chronology

1959 - 1963: Education - Bachelor of Applied Science in Geology, University of Queensland
1965 - 1968: Education - PhD at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
1968 - 1973: Education - Postdoctoral researcher at Pennsylvania State University
1973 - 2004: Career position - Employed within the CSIRO Division of Mineralogy, later Division of Exploration and Mining (Various positions)

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Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7352465. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/95755153. Details
'Hill, Robin (19410810-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-484192. Details

Resource Sections

Ward, C., 'Robin E T Hill', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Hill-Robin. Details

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