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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2019-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001825b.htm person Thyer Robert Francis AACR2 22 September 1908 30 April 1992 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Geophysicist Robert Thyer worked for the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR) for its inception in 1946 until his retirement in 1973. He rose from Supervising Geophysicist to Chief Director (Operations). Before that he worked for the Mineral Resources Survey which formed the nucleus of BMR. Thyer was also Commonwealth Geological Liaison Officer London (1969-1971) and Assistant Director (Geophysics) for a brief period just before his retirement. 1929 1929 Career position - Geophysical Assistant with the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey (IGES) 1930 1933 Career position - Demonstrator in Physics, University of Adelaide 1932 1932 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide 1934 1934 Career position - Geophysicist with Western Mining Corporation 1935 1941 Career position - Member of the Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia (AGGNSA) 1941 1946 Career position - Member of the Mineral Resources Survey 1952 1962 Career position - Supervising Geophysicist, then Chief Geophysicist with the Bureau of Mineral Resources 1962 1973 Career position - Chief Director (Operations) of the Bureau of Mineral Resources 1969 1971 Career position - Commonwealth Geological Liaison Officer London Thyer, R F (1908-1992)

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 'Thyer, Robert Francis', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thyer, Robert Francis Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Thyer, Robert Francis Thyer, Robert Francis Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham