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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Annette Alafaci updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001240b.htm person Halligan Gerald Harnett FGS AACR2 21 April 1856 23 November 1942 Place of Birth Glebe, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Killara, New South Wales, Australia Hydrographer Civil engineer Gerald Halligan worked for the New South Wales Department of Public Works from 1871 to 1918. He had many roles including chief surveyor in charge of all borings for harbour and bridge construction and inspecting engineer from 1911. Halligan was asked by the Royal Society of London to join their expedition to the Pacific atoll of Funafuti in the Ellice Islands where he supervised the coral borings. His help was also sought after by the Tasmanian government on issues relating to sand drift on agricultural land. Even after his official retirement in 1918, Halligan continued to work, completing a hydrographical survey of Lake Eyre and producing many oceanographic maps for the Pan Pacific Science congresses held in 1923 and 1929. Halligan was also internationally recognized for his expertise in oceanography, especially in the areas or tides, currents and sand dune formation. 1871 1879 Career position - Assistant in the Department of Public Works in New South Wales 1880 1942 Career position - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales Jul 1889 Jul 1889 Career position - Chief Supervisor of Harbours and Rivers Navigation Branch of the NSW Department of Public Works 1897 Career position - Member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1898 1898 Career position - Royal Society (London) expedition to the Pacific atoll of Funafuti on the Ellice Islands 1899 1899 Career position - Hydrographic Surveyor at the Department of Public Works, NSW 1900 1929 Career position - Fellow, Geological Society of London (FGS) 1911 1911 Career position - Speaker at the Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1911 1918 Career position - Inspecting Engineer (Supervising Engineer) at the Department of Public Works in NSW 1918 1918 Career position - Advisor to the Tasmanian Government 1918 1918 Life event - Retired 1922 1922 Career position - Hydrographical examination of Lake Eyre, South Australia 1926 1926 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Geography), Australian National Research Council Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

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 'Halligan, Gerald Harnett', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Halligan, Gerald Harnett Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Halligan, Gerald Hartnett (1856-1942), hydrographer and civil engineer Evans, H. Vaughan Halligan, Gerald Hartnett (1856-1942), hydrographer and civil engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 171