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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2024-11-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001238b.htm person Sweet George AACR2 1844 14 March 1920 Place of Birth Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Place of Death Brunswick, Victoria, Australia Geologist George Sweet was an amateur geologist, ran the Brunswick Brick, Tile & Pottery Co. and was chairman of the Pottery Manufacturers' Association. He built up an extensive fossil collection and worked for Frederick McCoy in the Mansfield district, Victoria 1888-1895 and with Edgeworth David on the Funafuti expedition in 1897. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1905. Sweet's collection of fossils was donated to the National Museum of Victoria in 1902. The George Sweet block of Queen's College, University of Melbourne is named in his honour, following a bequest in his will. His daughter Associate Professor Georgina laid the foundation stone. 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1905 1905 Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria Sweet, Georgina (1875 - 1946) David, Tannatt William Edgeworth (1858 - 1934) McCoy, Frederick (1817 - 1899) National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Sweet's collection of fossils was donated to the Museum 1902

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

President 1905

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

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 'Sweet, George', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Sweet, George Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: The geology of Funafuti David, T. W. Edgeworth and Sweet, G. The geology of Funafuti London Royal Society of Arts and Sciences 1904 The atoll of Funafuti: borings into a coral reef and the results: being the report of the Coral Reef Committee of the Royal Society 61-124 Journal Article: The glacial deposits of the Bacchus Marsh district Sweet, G. and Brittlebank, C. C. The glacial deposits of the Bacchus Marsh district 1893 Report of the meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 5 376-89 Book Section: Sweet, Georgina (1875-1946), zoologist, academic and philanthropist MacCallum, Monica Sweet, Georgina (1875-1946), zoologist, academic and philanthropist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 149-150 George Sweet - Records Museum Victoria George Sweet - Records 1888 - 1920 Information and records in the George Sweet papers including correspondence with F. McCoy and C.C. Brittlebank c1888-1920. An extensive fossil collection is also held. Objects Sweet, George Portrait Sweet, George Portrait Royal Society of Victoria Presidential Portrait

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