Person
Thyer, Robert Francis (1908 - 1992)
- Born
- 22 September 1908
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 30 April 1992
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Geophysicist
Summary
Robert Thyer worked for the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR) for its inception in 1946 until his retirement in 1973. He rose from Supervising Geophysicist to Chief Director (Operations). Before that he worked for the Mineral Resources Survey which formed the nucleus of BMR. Thyer was also Commonwealth Geological Liaison Officer London (1969-1971) and Assistant Director (Geophysics) for a brief period just before his retirement.
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Chronology
- 1929
- Career position - Geophysical Assistant with the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey (IGES)
- 1930 - 1933
- Career position - Demonstrator in Physics, University of Adelaide
- 1932
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1934
- Career position - Geophysicist with Western Mining Corporation
- 1935 - 1941
- Career position - Member of the Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia (AGGNSA)
- 1941 - 1946
- Career position - Member of the Mineral Resources Survey
- 1952 - 1962
- Career position - Supervising Geophysicist, then Chief Geophysicist with the Bureau of Mineral Resources
- 1962 - 1973
- Career position - Chief Director (Operations) of the Bureau of Mineral Resources
- 1969 - 1971
- Career position - Commonwealth Geological Liaison Officer London
Published resources
Resources
- 'Thyer, R F (1908-1992)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-621406. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Thyer, Robert Francis', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001825p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 March 2018
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