Woolnough, Walter George (1876 - 1958)

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.

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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

1933

Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales

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

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library

• Bass Strait oil and gas records assembled by Dr Tony Krins, 1964 - 1987, BSAR03890; Krins, Anthony (Tony); Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library. Details

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. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/woolnough-walter-george-9189. 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', Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 61 (1927), 1-53. 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

Resource Sections

• Gerali, Francesco, 'Arthur Wade: biography', in Engineering and Technology History Wiki. [Online], Engineering and Technology History Wiki, USA, 2020. https://ethw.org/Arthur_Wade. Details