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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-09-03 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006555b.htm person Keid Harold Guy Walker AACR2 25 June 1895 Place of Birth Pimpama, Queensland, Australia Geologist Harold Keid was a geologist with the Geological Survey of Tasmania from 1920 to 1925 and from 1942, retiring in 1960 as Chief Geologist. In the intervening years he worked as a geological consultant in Southeast Asia and Geologist for the Aerial Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia. Keid's work in Tasmania was mainly concerned with coal and tin deposits and underground water, and later in the administration of his department. During his time with the Aerial Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia, aerial photography was used for the first time for geological mapping purposes. 1920 1920 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland 1920 1923 Career position - Field Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania 1923 1925 Career position - Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania 1937 1938 Career position - Temporary Geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland, at Charters Towers 1938 1942 Career position - Geologist, Aerial Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia 1942 1946 Career position - Field Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania 1946 1960 Career position - Chief Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania 1960 1960 Life event - Retired Geological Survey of Tasmania, Colony and State of Tasmania (1859 - )

Chief Geologist 1946 - 1960

 'Keid, Harold Guy Walker', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Keid, Harold Guy Walker Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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: "Saving Private Keid" - the war experiences and later career of Harold Guy Walker Keid Withnall, Ian "Saving Private Keid" - the war experiences and later career of Harold Guy Walker Keid 2018 Newsletter, Earth Sciences History Group 45 37-9 Journal Article: A history of discovery, study and exploitation of coal in Tasmania Bacon, C. A.; and Banks, M. R. A history of discovery, study and exploitation of coal in Tasmania 1989 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 123 137-89