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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000291b.htm person Carey Samuel Warren AO FAA AACR2 Carey, Warren 1 November 1911 20 March 2002 Place of Birth Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Geologist Warren Carey was a highly-respected geologist who was an early and persuasive advocate of the theory of continental drift. His studies went further, leading him to propose a hypothesis of an expanding earth. Many of his contributions were in advance of accepted views. His ideas were discounted for about 30 years until his theory, by then called plate tectonics, was supported by the discovery of spreading zones in the middle of the oceans. Carey was Professor of Geology at the University of Tasmania from 1946 to 1976. He was a Trustee of the Tasmanian Museum for some years, and served as President of the Geological Society of Australia from 1977 to 1978. Since 1992 the Society has awarded the S. W. Carey Medal to a person distinguished in the field of tectonics. 1934 1934 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney 1934 1938 Career position - Geologist with Oil Search Ltd New Guinea and Papua 1938 1942 Career position - Senior Geologist with Australasian Petroleum Company Papua 1939 1939 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney 1942 1944 Career position - Paratrooper and Captain in the Australian Imperial Forces in New Guinea 1944 1946 Career position - Chief Government Geologist in Tasmania 1946 1959 Career position - Geological Consultant, Tasmanian Hydro-Electric Commission 1946 1976 Career position - Professor of Geology, University of Tasmania 1950 1951 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Tasmania 1950 1952 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of Tasmania 1950 1955 Career position - Trustee, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 1951 1952 Career position - Chairman of Trustees, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 1952 Career position - Foundation Member, Geological Society of Australia 1954 1955 Career position - Chairman, Professorial Board, University of Tasmania 1959 1960 Career position - Visiting Professor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A. 1963 1963 Award - Chrestian Mica Gondwanaland Gold Medal, Geological Mining and Metallurgical Institute of India 1967 1967 Award - Clarke Memorial Lecture, Royal Society of New South Wales 1967 1968 Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada 1969 1969 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales Royal Society of New South Wales 1970 1970 Career position - President, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1970 1970 Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Papua New Guinea 1970 1970 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Tasmania 1976 1976 Award - R. M. Johnston Memorial Medal, Royal Society of Tasmania 1977 1977 Award - Honorary Doctor of Geological Science, University of Urbino, Italy 1977 1977 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in recognition of service to education in the field of geology 1977 1978 Career position - President, Geological Society of Australia 1978 Career position - Professor Emeritus, University of Tasmania 1982 1982 Award - W. R. Browne Award, Geological Society of Australia 1989 2002 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1996 1996 Award - Lewis Weekes Medal, Australian Petroleum Exploration Association 1998 1998 Award - ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1998 1998 Award - ASEG Gold Medal, Australian Society of Exploration Geologists 2000 2000 Award - Career Contribution Award, Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, Geological Society of America Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

Awarded the Medal 1969

 The University of Tasmania (1890 - )

Professor of Geology 1946 - 1976; Dean, Faculty of Science 1950 - 1951 and 1970; Chairman Professorial Board 1954 - 1955

 Geological Society of Australia Inc (1952 - )

President 1977 - 1978; Foundation Member 1952

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1989 - 2002

 ASEG Gold Medal, Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (1985 - )

Awarded the Medal 1998

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

The Geological Society of Australia has awarded the Medal since 1992

 ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (1965 - )

Awarded the Medal 1998

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

President 1970

 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (1863 - )

Trustee 1950 - 1955; Chairman of Trustees 1951 - 1952

 Geological Survey of Tasmania, Colony and State of Tasmania (1859 - )

Government Geologist 1923 - 1934

 Weeks, Lewis George (1893 - 1977)

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 Carey, S Warren (1911-2002)

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 'Carey, Samuel Warren (Warren)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Carey, Samuel Warren (Warren) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Big Fella: The rise of BHP Biliton Thomson, Peter; Macklin, Robert The Big Fella: The rise of BHP Biliton North Sydney, New South Wales William Heinemann 2009 Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Journal Article: Samuel Warren Carey 1911-2002 Quilty, Patrick G.; and Banks, Maxwell R. Samuel Warren Carey 1911-2002 2003 Historical Records of Australian Science 14 3 313-335 Journal Article: Edmund Dwen Gill Carey, S. W. Edmund Dwen Gill 1981 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 92 1-12 Edited Book: The expanding earth, a symposium : Earth Resources Foundation, University of Sydney, February 10-14, 1981 Carey, S. Warren The expanding earth, a symposium : Earth Resources Foundation, University of Sydney, February 10-14, 1981 Hobart University of Tasmania 1981 Edited Book: Continental drift : a symposium : being a symposium on the present status of the continental drift hypothesis, held in the Geology Department of the University of Tasmania, in March, 1956 Carey, S. Warren Continental drift : a symposium : being a symposium on the present status of the continental drift hypothesis, held in the Geology Department of the University of Tasmania, in March, 1956 Hobart Geology Department, University of Tasmania 1958 Book: The expanding Earth Carey, S. Warren The expanding Earth Amsterdam: New York Elsevier 1976 Book: Theories of the earth and universe : a history of dogma in the earth sciences Carey, S. Warren Theories of the earth and universe : a history of dogma in the earth sciences Stanford, California Stanford University Press 1988 Book: Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Oration: Knight Errant of Science Carey, S. Warren Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Oration: Knight Errant of Science Melbourne Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1990 Journal Article: A brief history of the Department of Mines - 1882 to 1996 Bacon, C. A. A brief history of the Department of Mines - 1882 to 1996 1996 Tasmanian Geological Survey record 7 1-18 Journal Article: S. Warren Carey: New Guinea oil explorer (1934 - 1942) Baillie, P S. Warren Carey: New Guinea oil explorer (1934 - 1942) 2021 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 155 2 55-68 Resource Section: Interview with Professor Sam Carey (1911-2002), geologist Quilty, Pat Interview with Professor Sam Carey (1911-2002), geologist Australian Academy of Science 2002 Interviews with Australian scientists Book Section: Carey, Samuel Warren Le Grand, H. E. Carey, Samuel Warren Detroit Charles Scribner's Sons 2008 New Dictionary of Scientific Biography Koertge, Noretta 2 38-43 Bass Strait oil and gas records assembled by Dr Tony Krins Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library Bass Strait oil and gas records assembled by Dr Tony Krins BSAR03890 1964 - 1987 This collection is a small set of personal records and acquired publications relating to the work Tony Krins did for Esso Australia Ltd on the Glomar III oil and gas drilling ship 1964-1968. He was a medical student at Monash University at the time and worked in the summer vacations. Some items post-date this period and document the subsequent history of Bass Strait oil and gas fields. Digital (pdf) copies of some of the records are held in the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library (archive). Some of the published items have been registered as 'Published Resources' [see below]. Included is a draft book typescript, with annotations by Krins, of Robert Murray (1987), "The Bass Strait story: A history of the discovery, development and production of the oil and gas in Gipplsand 1963-1986 by Esso and BHP" [unpublished] 215 pages, 5 pdf files; and the first 8 pages of the report "Esso Gippsland Shelf-1, Victoria: Well completion report" by Esso Exploration Australia. Inc. September 1965 [also annotated by Krins], 1 pdf file. These items can be provided upon request. 0.05 m, 20 items Print Samuel Warren Carey - Records University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection Samuel Warren Carey - Records UT.315 1947 - 1976 Typescript notes on carboniferous fossils and a bibliography of Australian palaeontology n.d. [1 file, UT.315]. 1 file