Person

Sweet, George (1844 - 1920)

Born
1844
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Died
14 March 1920
Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Geologist

Summary

George Sweet was an amateur geologist, ran the Brunswick Brick, Tile & Pottery Co. and was chairman of the Pottery Manufacturers' Association. He built up an extensive fossil collection and worked for Frederick McCoy in the Mansfield district, Victoria 1888-1895 and with Edgeworth David on the Funafuti expedition in 1897. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1905. Sweet's collection of fossils was donated to the National Museum of Victoria in 1902.

The George Sweet block of Queen's College, University of Melbourne is named in his honour, following a bequest in his will. His daughter Associate Professor Georgina laid the foundation stone.

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Chronology

1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1905
Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria

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Archival resources

Museum Victoria

  • George Sweet - Records, 1888 - 1920; Museum Victoria. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • David, T. W. Edgeworth and Sweet, G., 'The geology of Funafuti' in The atoll of Funafuti: borings into a coral reef and the results: being the report of the Coral Reef Committee of the Royal Society (London: Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, 1904), pp. 61-124. Details

Journal Articles

  • Sweet, G. and Brittlebank, C. C., 'The glacial deposits of the Bacchus Marsh district', Report of the meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 5 (1893), 376-89. Details

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See also

  • MacCallum, Monica, 'Sweet, Georgina (1875-1946), zoologist, academic and philanthropist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 149-150. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120168b.htm. Details

Digital resources

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Sweet, George Portrait
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