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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-05-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000782b.htm person Skertchly Sydney Barber Josiah AACR2 Skertchly, Josiah 14 December 1850 2 February 1926 Place of Birth Ansty, Leicestershire, England Place of Death Molendinar, Queensland, Australia Botanist Geologist Optometrist Josiah Skertchly had a varied career in geology and botany in Britain, the United States and Asia before migrating to Queensland in 1891. While Assistant Geologist with the Geological Survey of Great Britain he made ground-breaking discoveries on the antiquity of human existence in Britain. Later in Australia he was probably the first successfully to apply stratigraphic principles to attempt to establish the age of Aboriginal occupation. In 1895 Skertchly became Assistant Government Geologist, Queensland Geological Survey. Alongside his professional duties he immersed himself in the scientific life of Queensland, serving as President of the Royal Society of Queensland and the Queensland Naturalists' Club as its foundation. Skertchly lectured widely and wrote on natural history and science for the "Brisbane Courier" and other publications. Although not an optometrist, Skertchly was elected a member of the Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians of Queensland in its foundation year 1908. He played a prominent role in advocating for improved educational standards and professional practice as embodies in the Queensland Opticians Act of 1917. In 1927 Skertchly's archaeological collections were purchased by the Queensland Museum. 1870 1871 Career position - Assistant Geologist to the Viceroy of Egypt 1871 Career position - Member, Geological Society, London 1871 1881 Career position - Assistant Geologist, Geological Survey of Great Britain 1891 1891 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1895 1897 Career position - Assistant Government Geologist, Queensland Geological Survey 1898 1898 Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland 1906 1906 Career position - Founding President, Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland 1908 Career position - Member, Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians of Queensland 1909 1925 Career position - President of the examinations board, Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians of Queensland 1913 1913 Life event - Retired 1915 1915 Career position - President, Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians of Queensland Field Naturalists' Club of Queensland (1906 - 1922)

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 'Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Paper: Amateur Scientists: Finding and Preserving their Contributions to the Growth of Scientific Research in Australia Hicks, Shauna and Frankland, Kathryn Amateur Scientists: Finding and Preserving their Contributions to the Growth of Scientific Research in Australia Canberra Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992 Tim Sherratt, Lisa Jooste and Rosanne Clayton 79-82 Journal Article: The late Professor S. B. J. Skertchly Longman, H. A. The late Professor S. B. J. Skertchly 1926 Queensland naturalist 5 70-2 Journal Article: Sydney B. J. Skertchly and the early Pleistocene archaeology at the Queensland Museum Westaway, Michael C. Sydney B. J. Skertchly and the early Pleistocene archaeology at the Queensland Museum 2012 Bulletin of the History of Archaeology 22 1 14-8 Journal Article: Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly (1850 - 1926): scientist, educator and advocate for Queensland optometry Vincent, Stephen J. Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly (1850 - 1926): scientist, educator and advocate for Queensland optometry 2017 Clinical and Experimental Optometry 100 402-6 Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Records Private hands (Cooper, E.S.) Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Records 1850 - 1926 General information and press cuttings c1850-1926. Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Records Queensland State Archives Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Records EDU/45 1909 Information in file EDU/45, 1909. Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Records Queensland Department of Education Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Records 1891 - 1926 Information in a press cutting book held by the History Unit, no dates (c1910). Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Records Private hands (Wright, C.) Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Records 1908 - 1958 Information in Brier, H.R. "Australian Optometrical Association, Queensland Division, 1908-1958" typescript 1975. Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Records Queensland Herbarium Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Records 1924 Only known copy of "Contribution towards a census of the Asiatic element in the Australian flora" (1924) with 6 plates [80 pages, held in the library]. 1 item Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes