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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003522b.htm person Veevers John James FAA AACR2 13 October 1930 12 August 2018 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Geologist John Veevers was a geologist widely respected for his outstanding contributions to the study and mapping of Australia's sedimentary basins and for his studies on global tectonic cycles that define the development of Pangaea and Gondwana over the last 1,000 million years. His varied research projects included Devonian brachiopods from Western Australia, mapping the Bowen Basin in Queensland, and deep sea drilling in the Indian Ocean. For 15 years Veevers was a geologist with the Bureau of Mineral Resources before becoming a lecturer at Macquarie University, He retired in 1998 as Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Among his landmark publications were his edited books Phanerozoic earth history of Australia (1984), and Billion-year earth history of Australia and neighbours in Gondwanaland (2000) and its accompanying Atlas (2001). He was a founding Member (and later Fellow) of the Geological Society of Australia and the inaugural recipient of the Society's S. W. Carey Medal. Veevers Crater in Western Australia was named in his honour. 1948 1951 Career position - Cadet Geologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 1952 1952 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney 1952 1960 Career position - Geologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources 1952 2018 Career position - Founding Member (later Fellow), Geological Society of Australia 1954 1954 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney 1956 1956 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney 1956 1956 Education - Diploma in geology, Imperial College, London 1961 1967 Career position - Senior Geologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources 1968 1968 Award - Stillwell Award, Geological Society of Australia 1968 1991 Career position - Senior Lecturer (later Associate Professor), Macquarie University 1981 1983 Career position - Member, National Committee for Solid-Earth Sciences, Australian Academy of Science 1987 1987 Award - Clarke Memorial Lecturer, Royal Society of New South Wales 1991 1998 Career position - Professor (personal chair), Macquarie University 1992 1992 Award - S. W. Carey Medal, Geological Society of Australia 1995 2018 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1998 Career position - Emeritus Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in earth history Macquarie University (1964 - )

Professor (personal chair) 1991 - 1998

 S. W. Carey Medal, Geological Society of Australia (1992 - )

Awarded the Medal 1992

 Geological Society of Australasia (1885 - 1907)

Foundation Member (later Fellow) 1952 - 2018

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

Senior Geologist 1961 - 1967

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1995 - 2018; Member, National Committee for Solid-Earth Sciences 1981 - 1983

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 Veevers, J J (19301013-)

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 'Veevers, John James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Veevers, John James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Atlas of Billion-year earth history of Australia and neighbours in Gondwanaland Veevers, J. J. Atlas of Billion-year earth history of Australia and neighbours in Gondwanaland Sydney Gemoc Press 2001 Edited Book: Billion-year earth history of Australia and neighbours in Gondwanaland Veevers, J. J. Billion-year earth history of Australia and neighbours in Gondwanaland North Ryde, N.S.W. GEMOC Press 2000 Edited Book: Phanerozoic earth history of Australia Veevers, J. J. Phanerozoic earth history of Australia Oxford Clarendon Press 1984 Journal Article: John James Veevers (1930 - 2018) Walter, Malcolm John James Veevers (1930 - 2018) 2018 The Australian Geologist December Journal Article: Professor John Veevers FAA 1930 - 2018 Anon Professor John Veevers FAA 1930 - 2018 2018 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 119 14