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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1995-06-29 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002235b.htm person Nye Percival Bartlett OBE AACR2 21 March 1893 21 August 1985 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Geologist Percival Nye was one of Australia's leading geologists. Some of his many appointments include Government Geologist for Tasmania (1920-1923) and Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources (1951-1958). Nye authored over twenty-five scientific publications and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to the field of geology. 1915 1916 Career position - Assayer at the Hampden-Cloncurry Mines 1916 1916 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Melbourne 1916 1919 Military service - First World War. Lieutenant, 1st Australian Tunnelling Corps, Australian Imperial Force 1919 1920 Career position - Petrologist, National Museum of Victoria 1920 1923 Career position - Assistant Government Geologist, Tasmania 1922 1922 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1923 1934 Career position - Government Geologist in Tasmania 1934 1940 Career position - Executive Officer of the Aerial, Geological and Geophysics Survey of Northern Australia 1941 1942 Career position - Assistant Commonwealth Geological Adviser 1942 1946 Assistant Director of the Mineral Resources Survey 1946 1951 Career position - Assistant Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources 1951 1958 Career position - Director-General of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources 1955 1955 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 1958 1984 Career position - Consulting Geologist in Melbourne National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Petrologist 1919 - 1920

 Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth of Australia (1946 - 1992)

Director-General 1951 - 1958

 Geological Survey of Tasmania, Colony and State of Tasmania (1859 - )

Government Geologist 1923 - 1934

 Nye, P B (1893-1985)

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