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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000916b.htm person Woolnough Walter George AACR2 15 January 1876 28 September 1958 Place of Birth Brushgrove, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Northbridge, New South Wales, Australia Geologist Walter Woolnough taught geology at the University of Sydney from 1898 and at the University of Adelaide until 1912. He was the first Professor of Geology, University of Western Australia 1913-1919 and geological advisor to the Commonwealth of Australia 1927-1941. 1913 1919 Career position - Professor of Geology, University of Western Australia 1914 1914 Career position - Vice-President, Section C (Geology), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting 1924 1924 Career event - Elected Member (Geology), Australian National Research Council 1933 1933 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1937 1937 Career position - President, Section C (Geology), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1955 1955 Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal Royal Society of New South Wales Medal (1884 - )

Awarded the Medal 1955

 British Association for the Advancement of Science 84th Meeting (1914)

Vice-President, Section C (Geology) 1914

 The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Professor of Geology 1913 - 1919

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member (Geology) 1924 -

 Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

Awarded the Medal 1933

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

President, Section C (Geology) 1937; Fellow 1937 -

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 'Woolnough, Walter George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Woolnough, Walter George Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Arthur Wade: biography Gerali, Francesco Arthur Wade: biography USA Engineering and Technology History Wiki 2020 Engineering and Technology History Wiki. [Online] Journal Article: Obituary: Dr. W. G. Woolnough Browne, W. R. Obituary: Dr. W. G. Woolnough 1958 Australian Journal of Science 21 5 135-136 Book Section: Woolnough, Walter George (1876-1958), geologist Branagan, D. F. Woolnough, Walter George (1876-1958), geologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 572-573 Edited Book: Handbook for Canberra: prepared for the members of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science on the occasion of its Meeting held in Canberra, January, 1939 Binns, Kenneth Handbook for Canberra: prepared for the members of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science on the occasion of its Meeting held in Canberra, January, 1939 Canberra Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1938 Journal Article: Presidential address Woolnough, W. G. Presidential address 1927 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 61 1-53 Journal Article: Presidential address: Fact and theory in geology, with special reference to petroloeum, salt and coal [Section C - Geology] Woolnough, W. G. Presidential address: Fact and theory in geology, with special reference to petroloeum, salt and coal [Section C - Geology] ANZAAS 1937 Report of the twenty-third meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Auckland meeting, January, 1937 F. J. A. Brogan 80-100 Resource: Australian geology hall of fame Geological Society of Australia Australian geology hall of fame Earth Sciences History Group, Geological Society of Australia 2022 ESHG Biographies Book: The Forgotten Explorers: Pioneer geologists of Western Australia, 1826-1926 Glover, John; with Bevan, Jenny The Forgotten Explorers: Pioneer geologists of Western Australia, 1826-1926 Victoria Park, W.A. Hesperian Press 2010 Book Section: Griffith Taylor, Ernest Andrews et al: Early Ideas on the Development of the River Systems of the Sydney Region, Eastern Australia, and Subsequent Ideas on the Associated Geomorphological Problems Oldroyd, David R. Griffith Taylor, Ernest Andrews et al: Early Ideas on the Development of the River Systems of the Sydney Region, Eastern Australia, and Subsequent Ideas on the Associated Geomorphological Problems London Geological Society 2008 History of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology Grapes, R. H., Oldroyd, D. R. and Grigelis, A. 241-77 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 Walter George Woolnough - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Walter George Woolnough - Records Uncatalogued MSS set 491 1922 - 1924 Records relating to his scientific work and expeditions in Australia c1922-24 including diaries, notebooks, correspondence, newscuttings, manuscripts of books on geology, and photographs [12 boxes, uncatalogued MSS set 491]. 12 boxes Photographs Walter George Woolnough - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Walter George Woolnough - Records MS 4667 1894 - 1940 Letters 1894-1939; diaries 1910-11, 1922-23, 1927, 1934; unpublished short stories and translations; newspaper cuttings; articles; diaries of Mrs Woolnough 1939, 1940 [MS 4667].