Person
Jack, Robert Logan (1845 - 1921)
- Born
- 16 September 1845
Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland - Died
- 6 November 1921
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist and Explorer
Summary
Robert Jack worked in Australia as a geologist from 1877 to 1899 and from 1905. During his first stay in Australia, Jack was geological surveyor of northern Queensland and then Queensland's government geologist. His contributions to Queensland were great and many. He mapped Queensland and its coal sites in Bowen River, Flinders River and Townsville, reported on many areas rich in gold, tin, silver and sapphire, and his earlier work led to the search for artesian water and the construction of the first government bore in the Great Artesian Basin. He was also (co-) author of many books and articles on the geology, mineralogy and palaeontology of Queensland.
Details
Chronology
- 1867 - 1876
- Career position - Surveyor on the Geological Survey of Scotland
- 1876 - 1877
- Life event - Arrived in Australia, Townsville, Queensland
- 1876 - 1879
- Career position - Geological Surveyor in northern Queensland
- 1879 - 1899
- Career position - Government Geologist, Queensland
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1888
- Career position - President, Section C (Geology and Palaeontology), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1892
- Career event - Published: The Geology and Palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea
- 1894
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland
- 1895
- Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1899
- Career position - Geological survey to Szechuan, China
- 1901 - 1904
- Career position - Consultant Mining Geologist in London
- c. 1905 - c. 1910
- Career position - Consulting Engineer in Western Australia
- 1910 -
- Career position - Consulting Geologist in Sydney
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Books
- Dick, James, A geological and prospecting expedition which filled many blank spaces on the map: Mr R. L. Jack, geologist, and Mr James Crosbie, leader, prospector ([Port Douglas, Qld]: [Record Office], 1913), 28 pp. Details
- Etheridge, R.; and Jack, R. L., Catalogue of works, papers, reports, and maps on the geology, palaeontology, mineralogy, etc. of the Australian continent and Tasmania (London: Edward Stanford, 1881), 131 pp. Details
- Jack, Felicity, Putting Queensland on the Map: the Life of Robert Logan Jack, Geologist and Explorer (Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2008), 256 pp. Details
- Jack, Robert L., Handbook of Queensland geology (Brisbane: Warwick & Sapsford, 1886), 107 pp. Details
- Jack, Robert L., The mineral wealth of Queensland (Brisbane: Warwick & Sapsford, 1888), 71 pp. Details
- Jack, Robert L.; and Etheridge, Robert, The geology and palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea (Brisbane; London: Government Printer ; Dulau & Co., 1892), 768 pp. Details
- Jack, Robert Logan, Northmost Australia: three centuries of exploration, discovery and adventure in and around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland: with a study of the narratives of all the explorers by sea and land in the light of modern charting, 2 vols (Melbourne: George Robertson & Co., 1922). Details
- Jack, Robert Logan, Northmost Australia: three centuries of exploration, discovery and adventure in and around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 3 vols (Perth: Hesperian Press, 1996). Details
- Thomas, Ross, The classic Robert Logan Jack map collection (Melbourne: Ross Thomas, 1999), 106 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Hill, Dorothy, 'Jack, Robert Logan (1845-1921), geologist and explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), p. 466. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040526b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Hill, Dorothy, 'Robert Logan Jack: a Memorial Address', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, lviii (7) (1946), 113-124. Details
- Hodgson, Sandra, 'Robert Logan Jack: Not Incurious in Gods [sic] Handiwork', Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 17 (3) (1999), 97-116. Details
- Jack, Robert Logan, 'Address by [...] President of Section C - Geology [On some salient points in the geology of Queensland]', Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 1 (1889), 196-206, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15813284. Details
- Lambkin, Kevin L., 'The Golden Geyser: Robert Logan Jack and the Geology of Mount Morgan, Queensland', Archives of Natural History, 38 (2011), 113-35. Details
Resources
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/19982260. Details
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7346976. Details
- Geological Society of Australia, Australian geology hall of fame, Earth Sciences History Group, Geological Society of Australia, 2022. https://www.gsa.org.au/Public/Public/Specialist_Groups/ESHG_Sub_Pages/ESHG_Biographies.aspx?hkey=1bfc25ca-efd5-4f91-9536-dabf175139ce. Details
- 'Jack, Robert L (1845-1921)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-628423. Details
See also
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 12 February 2018
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