P005065 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2012-04-18 human Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005065b.htm VA 4118 corporateBody Geological Survey of Victoria AACR2 1852 Start Place Victoria, Australia The Geological Survey of Victoria (GSV) was established in 1852 to map Victoria's geological resources. It is one of the longest-running government agencies in the State, and the oldest State Geological Survey in Australia. The Geological Survey has studied, surveyed, and mapped the State's surface and sub-surface for more than 170 years. Through geoscientific investigation and analysis, the GSV has provided vital information about the State's natural resources to the Victorian Government, industry, researchers, and the public. While the Geological Survey function (Public Records Office VF 24) has been relatively stable over its lifetime and the title of its chief officer has remained Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria, the name of the responsible administrative unit has changed several times. [Source: https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VA4118 ]

Over the many years since its inception, the Geological Survey of Victoria has been a subsidiary agency to numerous government Departments:

* 1852-1857: Surveyor-General's Department (VA 2921)
* 1857-1858: Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538)
* 1858-1861: Chief Secretary's Department (VA 475)
* 1861-1862: Department of Mines (also known as the Mining Department) (VA 2719)
* 1862-1867: Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538)
* 1867-1895: Department of Mines (also known as the Mining Department) (VA 2719)
* 1895-1909: Department of Mines and Water Supply (VA 2720)
* 1909-1977: Mines Department (also known as Department of Mines and Mining Department) (VA 612)
* 1977-1985: Department of Minerals and Energy (VA 611)
* 1985-1990: Department of Industry, Technology and Resources (VA 2661)
* 1990-1990: Department of Industry and Office of Economic Planning (previously known as Department of Industry and Economic Planning) (VA 3005)
* 1990-1992: Department of Manufacturing and Industry Development (VA 3012)
* 1992-1995: Department of Energy and Minerals (VA 3035)
* 1995-1996: Department of Agriculture, Energy and Minerals (VA 3744)
* 1996-2002: Department of Natural Resources and the Environment (VA 3972)
* 2002-2013: Department of Primary Industries (VA 4563)
* 2013-2014: Department of State Development, Business and Innovation (VA 5001)
* 2015-2018: Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (VA 5034)
* 2019-2022: Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (VA 5251)
* 2023-Present: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (VA 5285)

 Gregory, John Walter (1864 - 1932)

Director 1901 - 1904

 Knight, John Lindsay (1920 - 2006)

Director 1978 - 1982

 Brown, Henry Yorke Lyell (1844 - 1928)

Geologist, 1865-1882

 Newbery, James Cosmo (1843 - 1895)

Analyst 1865 - 1870

 Dunn, Edward John (1844 - 1937)

Victorian Government Geologist 1904 - 1912

 Chapman, Frederick (1864 - 1943)

Honorary Palaeontologist 1920 - ?

 Ulrich, Georg Heinrich Friedrich (1830 - 1900)

Geologist 1857 - 1869.

 Baragwanath, William (1878 - 1966)

Director 1922 - 1924, Chief Mining Surveyor 1924 - 1932, 1934 - 1943

 Douglas, John Gordon (1929 - 2007) Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil (1824 - 1902)

Director 1855 - 1869

 Aplin, Christopher D'Oyly Hale (1819 - 1875)

Geologist, 1856-1868.

 Daintree, Richard (1832 - 1878)

Geologist 1852 - 1855, and 1859 - 1865

 Etheridge, Robert (Junior) (1847 - 1920)

Assistant field geologist 1866 - 1869.

 McCoy, Frederick (1817 - 1899)

Palaeontologist 1856 - 1869

 Taylor, Norman (1834 - 1894)

Field Geologist 1856 - 1869, and 1879 - 1894.

 Teale, Edmund Oswald

Edmund Teale was a member of the Geological Survey of Victoria.

 Boutakoff, Nicholas Aleksandrovitch (1903 - 1977)

Deputy Director 1959 - 1962

 Wilkinson, Charles Smith (1843 - 1891)

Field Assistant to Richard Daintree, 1861 - 1863; Geology Surveyor 1863 - 1866; Geologist 1866 - 1868.

Trove

 'Geological Survey of Victoria', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Geological Survey of Victoria Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Biographical Sketch of the Founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria Dunn, E. J.; and Mahony, D. J. Biographical Sketch of the Founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria Melbourne J. Kemp 1910 Bulletins of The Geological Survey of Victoria 23 48 Book: The Ballarat gold-field Baragwanath, William The Ballarat gold-field Melbourne Department of Mines 1923 Journal Article: Richard Daintree: his early life, work in Victoria, and his correspondence with James Hector Darragh, Thomas A. Richard Daintree: his early life, work in Victoria, and his correspondence with James Hector 2025 Historical Records of Australian Science 36 1-20 Edited Book: History and role of government geological surveys in Australia Johns, R.K. History and role of government geological surveys in Australia Adelaide South Australian Government Printer 1976 Conference Paper: The Joint Border Prospecting Parties 1896-97: New South Wales and Victorian Geological Surveys McQueen, Ken The Joint Border Prospecting Parties 1896-97: New South Wales and Victorian Geological Surveys Melbourne Earth Sciences History Group, GSA Inc. 2007 The History of Geology in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century; the Story in Australia, and in Victoria, from Selwyn and McCoy to Gregory - 1853 to 1903 Pierson, R. R. 57-61 CD Rom: Beneath Our Feet: Celebrating 150 Years of the Geological Survey of Victoria O'Shea, P. J. Beneath Our Feet: Celebrating 150 Years of the Geological Survey of Victoria Melbourne Geological Survey of Victoria 2003 Book: The Cranbourne meteorite Murphy, Sean The Cranbourne meteorite North Melbourne Australian Scholarly publishing 2023 Geological Survey of Victoria - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Geological Survey of Victoria - Records MS 073 1896 - 1904 Folder of handwritten notes, memoranda, correspondence, 1896-1904. Photocopies of original in Department of Mines, Victoria. 0.02 m