A000222 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-03-17 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000222b.htm ABN: 93 652 757 443 corporateBody Geological Society of Australia Inc AACR2 1952 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Location Suite 706, 301 George Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Professional Association Geology The Geological Society of Australia Inc. was established in 1952. At the start of the twenty-first century the Society had over 3,200 members, which included geologists, geophysicists, geochemists, palaeontologists and other interested professionals. The society has divisions in all Australian States and Territories. From their Web site, December 2001, "The Geological Society of Australia was established in 1952 as a learned, non-profit organisation. The society's objectives are to promote, advance and support the earth sciences within the scientific and wider communities." Australian Geoscience Council Inc (1981 - ) Cawood, Peter

President 2008 - 2010

 Loftus-Hills, Clive (1885 - 1967)

Foundation Member 1952 - 1967

 Glaessner, Martin Fritz (1906 - 1989)

Honorary Member 1976 - 1989

 Rattigan, John Herbert Adam, Paul (1951 - )

Awarded Gold Medal 2004

 Hill, Dorothy (1907 - 1997)

President 1973 - 1975

 Harms, John Eric (Joe) (1929 - 2014)

Joe Harms Medal for Excellence in Activities related to Mineral Exploration is awarded by the Society.

 Carey, Samuel Warren (Warren) (1911 - 2002)

President 1977 - 1978; Foundation Member 1952

 Baker, George (1908 - 1975)

Foundation Member 1952 - 1975

 Morton, Cecil Charles (1891 - 1955)

Foundation Member 11952 - 1955

 Knight, John Lindsay (1920 - 2006)

Foundation Member 1952 - 2003; Fellow 2003 - 2006; National Secretary 1967 - 1968

 Banks, Maxwell Robert (1925 - 2014)

Foundation Member 1952; President 1965 - 1966; Life Member 1992 - 2014

 McDougall, Ian (1935 - 2018)

Chairman, Australian Capital Territory Branch 1979 - 1980

 Denmead, Alan Knox (1902 - 1994)

Foundation Member 1952; President 1962 - 1963

 O'Reilly, Suzanne Yvette (1946 - )

Fellow 2007 -

 W. R. Browne Award, Geological Society of Australia (1979 - )

The Society has presented the Award since 1979

 S. W. Carey Medal, Geological Society of Australia (1992 - )

The Society has awarded the Medal since 1992

 Groves, David Ian (1942 - )

President 1994 - 1996; Fellow and Honorary Member 2008 -

 Joplin, Germaine Anne (Joppy) (1903 - 1989)

Foundation member 1952 - ; Chair, Canberra Branch 1955

 Balme, Basil Eric (1923 - 2023)

Foundation Member 1952 - ; President, Western Australian Division 1961

 Stillwell, Frank Leslie (1888 - 1963)

Foundation Member 1952 - 1958; Honorary Member 1958 - 1963

 Hills, Edwin Sherbon (1906 - 1986)

Chairman of the Interim Council ; Foundation President 1952 - 1955

 Ludbrook, Nelly Hooper (1907 - 1995)

President 1968; Honorary Member 1976 - 1995

 Whitehead, Sylvia Gladys (1921 - 2012)

Foundation Member 1952 - 2012

 Woodall, Roy (1930 - 2021)

Foundation Member 1952 - ?2021

 Kennett, Brian Leslie Norman (1948 - )

Fellow 2007 -

 Green, David Headley (1936 - 2024)

President 1990 - 1992; Honorary Fellow 2008 - 2024

 Glover, Joseph John Edmund (John) (1924 - 2020)

Foundation Member 1952 -2020; President, Western Australian Division 1968 - 1969

 Parkin, Leslie Wedgwood (Lee) (1916 - 2013)

Founding Member (later Honorary Member) 1952 - 2013

 Bryan, Walter Heywood (1891 - 1966)

Foundation Member 1952 - 1966

 Crockford, Joan Marian (1919 - 2015)

Foundation Member 1952 -

 Boyd, David Murray (1926 - 2016)

President 1986 - 1987

 Trendall, Alec Francis (1928 - 2013)

President 1969 - 1971

 Öpik, Armin Aleksander (1898 - 1983)

In 1965 Armin Öpik became an honorary member of the Geological Society of Australia.

 Branagan, David Francis (1930 - 2022)

Founding member 1952 - 1992; Honorary Life Member 1992 -

 Gleadow, Andrew John Ward (1948 - )

Awarded F. L. Stillwell Award 1989 and 2009; Fellow 2004 - ; President 2006 - 2008

 Mosher, Kenneth George (1913 - 1990)

Founding Member 1952-1990

 Browne, William Rowan (1884 - 1975)

Foundation Member 1952 - 1975; President 1955 - 1956

 Playford, Phillip Elliott (Phil) (1931 - 2017)

Founding Member (later Fellow) 1952 - 2017

 King, Donald (Don) (1926 - 1989)

Founding Member 1952

 Chappell, Bruce William (1936 - 2012)

Fellow 2007 - 2012

 Bowler, James Maurice (Jim) (1930 - )

Awarded Stillwell Medal 1986

 Geological Society of Australia - Western Australia Division Association of Australasian Palaeontologists (1974 - ) Geological Society of Australia - New South Wales Division Geological Society of Australia - South Australia Division Geological Society of Australia - Victorian Division Geological Society of Australia - Queensland Division Earth Sciences History Group, Geological Society of Australia (1984 - )

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 'Geological Society of Australia Inc', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Geological Society of Australia Inc Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: GSA - the last 20 years Withnall, Ian; with Fletcher, Sue; and Holland, Tim GSA - the last 20 years 2022 TAG: the Australian geologist 204 20-31 Journal Article: The Geological Society of Australia is fifty years old Cooper, Barry The Geological Society of Australia is fifty years old 2002 Episodes (International Union of Geological Sciences) 25 3 209-12 Edited Book: Rock Me Hard...Rock me Soft: a History of the Geological Society of Australia Incorporated Cooper, B. J.; Branagan, D. F. Rock Me Hard...Rock me Soft: a History of the Geological Society of Australia Incorporated Sydney The Geological Society of Australia Incorporated 1994 Conference Paper: The Geological Society of Australia Cooper, B. J. The Geological Society of Australia Sydney International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences 1994 Useful and Curious Geological Enquiries Beyond the World: Pacific-Asia Historical Themes: The 19th International INHIGEO Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 4-8 July, 1994 D. F. Branagan and G. H. McNally 275-285 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Book Section: Mosher, Kenneth George (1913-1990), geologist, public servant and military officer Branagan, D. F. Mosher, Kenneth George (1913-1990), geologist, public servant and military officer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 186 Geological Society of Australia - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Geological Society of Australia - Records MS 085 1952 - 2000 Includes: meeting minutes and papers; material relating to a number of state divisions of the Geological Society of Australia; financial records; correspondence; publications; newsletters; conferences; papers concerning geological legislation; membership files; and the Society's relationship with other scientific organisation both in Australia and overseas. 17.99 m, 81 boxes