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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2025-08-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002003b.htm person Chalmers Robert Oliver AACR2 12 October 1911 18 October 2006 Place of Birth Elgin, Elginshire, Scotland Place of Death late of Haddington Nursing Home, Tenterfield, formerly of Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia Geologist Mineralogist Robert Chalmers started work at the Australian Museum in Sydney, as a cadet in 1929 eventually working as the Museum's mineralogist. He was interested in gemstones as minerals; studied the salt crust surface of Lake Eyre; discovered Australite localities and was educated in geology at Sydney Technical College. 1929 1936 Career position - Scientific Cadet, Australian Museum, New South Wales 1933 1933 Education - Associate, Sydney Technical College (ASTC) 1933 1933 Education - Diploma Geology (hons), Sydney Technical College 1936 1948 Career event - Scientific Assistant, Australian Museum, New South Wales 1948 Career position - Curator, Australian Museum, New South Wales 1949 1949 Career position - Honorary Abstractor (Geology), Australian Science Abstracts, Australian National Research Council Australian Museum (1827 - )

Mineralogist at the Australian Museum 1929 -

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

Honorary Abstractor (Geology), Australian Science Abstracts 1949 -

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 'Chalmers, Robert Oliver', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Chalmers, Robert Oliver Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Captain Cook's Australian Landmarks Chalmers, R. O. Captain Cook's Australian Landmarks 1970 Australian Natural History 16 8 241-288 Journal Article: Early Geology: Studies and Sermons Chalmers, R. O. Early Geology: Studies and Sermons 1977 Australian Natural History 19 2 50-53 Journal Article: Stories Behind the Museum's Collections Chalmers, R. O. Stories Behind the Museum's Collections 1962 Australian Natural History 14 116-120 Book Section: Anderson, Charles (1876-1944), museum director Chalmers, R. O Anderson, Charles (1876-1944), museum director Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 51-52 Journal Article: Thomas Hodge-Smith Chalmers, R. O. Thomas Hodge-Smith 1946 Records of the Australian Museum 21 7 377-9 Journal Article: Minerals in the Australian Museum - 1901 to 1945 Chalmers, Oliver Minerals in the Australian Museum - 1901 to 1945 1992 Records of the Australian Museum, supplement 15 111-28 Journal Article: The history of the Department of Mineralogy, Australian Museum, part 1, 1827-1901 Chalmers, R. O. The history of the Department of Mineralogy, Australian Museum, part 1, 1827-1901 1979 Journal of the Mineralogical Society of New South Wales 1 13-21 Journal Article: The A. D. Combe mineral collection Chalmers, R. O. The A. D. Combe mineral collection 1974 Australian Museum Magazine 9 5 147-8 Robert Oliver Chalmers - Records National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Robert Oliver Chalmers - Records DeB 993 1920 - 1977 Oral history recording with Hazel de Berg 6 May 1977, c72 minutes, 25 page transcript [DeB 993]. 1 reel Audio