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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2024-10-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001452b.htm person Stanley George Arthur Vickers DSC AACR2 26 July 1904 6 October 1965 Place of Birth Little Coogee, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea Geologist Petrologist Geographer George Stanley searched for oil in Papua and New Guinea, and worked for the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. 1927-1934, Oil Search Ltd 1934-1939, Australasian Petroleum Co. 1939-1942, 1946-1956, Papuan Apinaipi Oil Co. 1956-1961 and the Bureau of Mineral Resources 1962-1965. 1926 1926 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1927 1934 Career position - Geologist, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, in Papua and New Guinea 1934 1939 Career position - Geologist, Oil Search Ltd, in Papua and New Guinea 1939 1939 Career position - President, Section P (Geography and Oceanography), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1939 1942 Career position - Geologist and petrologist, Australasian Petroleum Company, in Papua 1943 1946 Military service - Second World War. Lieutenant (Special), Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve [attached to the Far Eastern Liaison Organisation] 1945 1945 Award - Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) - special operations in the campaign in New Guinea 1947 1956 Career position - Senior geologist, Australasian Petroleum Company, in Papua and New Guinea 1951 1962 Career position - Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve 1956 1961 Career position - Senior geologist, Papuan Apinaipi Oil Company, in Papua and New Guinea 1962 1965 Career position - Senior geologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources, in Papua and New Guinea Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth of Australia (1946 - 1992)

Senior geologist 1962 - 1965

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President, Section P (Geography and Oceanography) 1939

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 Stanley, George Arthur Vickers (1904-1965)

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 'Stanley, George Arthur Vickers', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stanley, George Arthur Vickers Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Stanley, George Arthur Vickers (1904-1965), geologist and geographer Allen, B. J. Stanley, George Arthur Vickers (1904-1965), geologist and geographer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 49-50 Journal Article: Presidential address: The present status of the geographical knowledge of New Guinea [Section P - Geography and Oceanography] Stanley, G. A. V. Presidential address: The present status of the geographical knowledge of New Guinea [Section P - Geography and Oceanography] Sydney ANZAAS 1939 Report of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Canberra meeting, January, 1939 Margaret Walkom 332-337 Resource: A6769 Service Cards for Navy Officers, 1911-1970 CA 38, Navy Office [IV], Department of the Navy [II]; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office A6769 Service Cards for Navy Officers, 1911-1970 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch George Arthur Vickers Stanley - Records Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University George Arthur Vickers Stanley - Records 1920 - 1950 Personal records c1920-50 [3 cartons]. 3 cartons