Person
Woolnough, Walter George (1876 - 1958)
- Born
- 15 January 1876
Brushgrove, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 28 September 1958
Northbridge, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
Walter Woolnough taught geology at the University of Sydney from 1898 and at the University of Adelaide until 1912. He was the first Professor of Geology, University of Western Australia 1913-1919 and geological advisor to the Commonwealth of Australia 1927-1941.
Details
Chronology
- 1913 - 1919
- Career position - Professor of Geology, University of Western Australia
- 1914
- Career position - Vice-President, Section C (Geology), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting
- 1924
- Career event - Elected Member (Geology), Australian National Research Council
- 1937 -
- Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
- 1937
- Career position - President, Section C (Geology), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1955
- Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Walter George Woolnough - Records, 1922 - 1924, Uncatalogued MSS set 491; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Walter George Woolnough - Records, 1894 - 1940, MS 4667; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Books
- Glover, John; with Bevan, Jenny, The Forgotten Explorers: Pioneer geologists of Western Australia, 1826-1926 (Victoria Park, W.A.: Hesperian Press, 2010), 246 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Branagan, D. F., 'Woolnough, Walter George (1876-1958), geologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 572-573. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120642b.htm. Details
- Oldroyd, David R., 'Griffith Taylor, Ernest Andrews et al: Early Ideas on the Development of the River Systems of the Sydney Region, Eastern Australia, and Subsequent Ideas on the Associated Geomorphological Problems' in History of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology, Grapes, R. H., Oldroyd, D. R. and Grigelis, A., eds (London: Geological Society, 2008), pp. 241-77. Details
Journal Articles
- Browne, W. R., 'Obituary: Dr. W. G. Woolnough', Australian Journal of Science, 21 (5) (1958), 135-136. Details
- Woolnough, W. G., 'Presidential address: Fact and theory in geology, with special reference to petroloeum, salt and coal [Section C - Geology]', Report of the twenty-third meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Auckland meeting, January, 1937 (1937), 80-100. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7964937. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91594535. 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
- 'Woolnough, W G (18760115-19580928)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-478341. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 14 August 2024
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