Person
Stanley, George Arthur Vickers (1904 - 1965)
DSC
- Born
- 26 July 1904
Little Coogee, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 6 October 1965
Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea - Occupation
- Geographer, Geologist and Petrologist
Summary
George Stanley searched for oil in Papua and New Guinea, and worked for the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. 1927-1934, Oil Search Ltd 1934-1939, Australasian Petroleum Co. 1939-1942, 1946-1956, Papuan Apinaipi Oil Co. 1956-1961 and the Bureau of Mineral Resources 1962-1965.
Details
Chronology
- 1926
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1927 - 1934
- Career position - Geologist, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, in Papua and New Guinea
- 1934 - 1939
- Career position - Geologist, Oil Search Ltd, in Papua and New Guinea
- 1939
- Career position - President, Section P (Geography and Oceanography), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1939 - 1942
- Career position - Geologist and petrologist, Australasian Petroleum Company, in Papua
- 1943 - 1946
- Military service - Second World War. Lieutenant (Special), Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve [attached to the Far Eastern Liaison Organisation]
- 1945
- Award - Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) - special operations in the campaign in New Guinea
- 1947 - 1956
- Career position - Senior geologist, Australasian Petroleum Company, in Papua and New Guinea
- 1951 - 1962
- Career position - Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve
- 1956 - 1961
- Career position - Senior geologist, Papuan Apinaipi Oil Company, in Papua and New Guinea
- 1962 - 1965
- Career position - Senior geologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources, in Papua and New Guinea
Related entries
Archival resources
Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University
- George Arthur Vickers Stanley - Records, 1920 - 1950; Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Allen, B. J., 'Stanley, George Arthur Vickers (1904-1965), geologist and geographer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 49-50. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120061b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Stanley, G. A. V., 'Presidential address: The present status of the geographical knowledge of New Guinea [Section P - Geography and Oceanography]', Report of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Canberra meeting, January, 1939 (1939), 332-337. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538024. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91341652. Details
- CA 38, Navy Office [IV], Department of the Navy [II]; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: A6769, STANLEY G A V', A6769 Service Cards for Navy Officers, 1911-1970, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=5408729. Details
- 'Stanley, George Arthur Vickers (1904-1965)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-460866. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 August 2024
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