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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002688b.htm person Thureau Gustav Adolph Hugo AACR2 5 July 1831 9 March 1901 Place of Birth Clausthal, Hanover, Germany Place of Death North Carlton, Victoria, Australia Geologist Mining engineer Gustav Thureau was a geologist and the first mines inspector appointed to Government service in Tasmania. Arriving in South Australia in 1849 he worked for a short time as an ore dresser in Burra Burra before moving to Victoria. Between 1852 and 1878 Thureau worked on various Victorian goldfields including Forest Creek, Maryborough, Ararat, Malmsbury Ballarat, Daylesford and Warrandyte, ultimately becoming manager and inspector of mining companies. He came to be regarded as an authority of the mining and geology of central Victoria and published on a number of articles on mineral deposits. For some time he was mining reporter for the Bendigo Advertiser and from 1875 to 1877 lectured on geology as it applied to mining and mineralogy at the Bendigo School of Mines. In 1877 he was delegated to visit California to study mining methods and innovations. After undertaking contract work evaluating mineral resources for the Tasmanian Government, in 1882 Thureau was appointed Inspector of Mines (styled Inspector and Mining Geologist from 1885). For ten years after retiring in 1889, Thureau worked as a mining consultant in Launceston, Tasmania, and Melbourne. The Thureau Hills, near Queenstown, Tasmania, and a number of fossils have been named after him. 1848 1848 Education - Graduated from Royal Academy of Mines, Clausthal, Germany 1849 1849 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1859 1859 Life event - Naturalised as a citizen of Victoria 1875 1875 Award - Elected Fellow, Geological Society of London 1875 1877 Career position - Lecturer in geology, Bendigo School of Mines 1877 Career position - delegate of Bendigo School of Mines to investigate mining in California 1882 1889 Career position - Inspector of Mines (and Mining Geologist), Tasmanian Government 1883 Career event - Foundation Member, Victorian Engineers Association 1884 1901 Career event - Fellow, Royal Society of Tasmania 1885 1885 Life event - Naturalised as a citizen of Tasmania 1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 1889 Life event - Retired 1896 1901 Career position - Member, Geological Society of Australasia Victorian Institute of Engineers (1883 - 1949)

Foundation Member 1883

 Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - )

Fellow 1884 - 1901

 Tasmanian Lands and Surveys Department, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, Colony and State of Tasmania (1804 - 1970)

Inspector of Mines (and Mining Geologist) 1881 - 1889

 Bendigo School of Mines (1873 - )

Lecturer in geology 1875 - 1877

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

Inspector of Mines 1882 - 1889

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

 Thureau, Gustav Adolph Hugo (1831-1901)

Trove

 'Thureau, Gustav Adolph Hugo', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thureau, Gustav Adolph Hugo Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: An Able Practical and Scientific Man: Gustav Adolph Hugo Thureau, German Trained Mining Gelogist McMullen, Gabrielle L. An Able Practical and Scientific Man: Gustav Adolph Hugo Thureau, German Trained Mining Gelogist 1996 Historical Records of Australian Science 11 2 149-177 Journal Article: A brief history of the Department of Mines - 1882 to 1996 Bacon, C. A. A brief history of the Department of Mines - 1882 to 1996 1996 Tasmanian Geological Survey record 7 1-18 Journal Article: Gustavus Adolphus Hugo Thureau (1831 - 1901) and the Bendigo School of Mines Lerk, James A. Gustavus Adolphus Hugo Thureau (1831 - 1901) and the Bendigo School of Mines 2021 Journal of Australasian mining history 19 133-42 Journal Article: Gustav Thureau, the first Tasmanian Inspector of Mines and Government Mining geologist McMullen, G.L. Gustav Thureau, the first Tasmanian Inspector of Mines and Government Mining geologist 2016 Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 150 1 39-49 Journal Article: Mount Victoria goldfield, Tasmania: a case of unfulfilled potential? Preston, Keith Mount Victoria goldfield, Tasmania: a case of unfulfilled potential? 2011 Journal of Australasian Mining History 9 183-98 Journal Article: "Many practical men deceived themselves": the disastrous hydraulic gold craze in Tasmania 1893 - 1901 Haygarth, Nic "Many practical men deceived themselves": the disastrous hydraulic gold craze in Tasmania 1893 - 1901 2022 Journal of Australasian mining history 20 37-49 Journal Article: A challenging ore deposit geometry: history of the Mount Claude-Round Hill silver mine, northwest Tasmania McQueen, Ken A challenging ore deposit geometry: history of the Mount Claude-Round Hill silver mine, northwest Tasmania 2022 Journal of Australasian mining history 20 15-36