Person
Thomas, David Evan (1902 - 1978)
FAA
David Evan Thomas
Details
- Born
- 4 August 1902
Ammanford, Wales - Died
- 26 November 1978
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
David Thomas spent most of his working life with the Mines Department of Victoria, retiring as Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria in 1967. He wrote a number of papers on mineral occurrences in Victoria and also a general account of the mineral deposits of the State in relation to its geological history and structure.
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Chronology
- 1924
- Education - BSc (hons), University College of Wales
- 1925
- Life event - Migrated to Victoria
- 1925 - 1926
- Career position - Headmaster, Kennedy's Creek primary school; geography master, Nhill High School
- 1927 - 1936
- Career position - Assistant Field Geologist, Victorian Mines Department
- 1936 - 1939
- Career position - Field Geologist Victorian Mines Department
- 1939 - 1942
- Career position - Senior Field Geologist in charge of Castlemaine Regional Office, Victorian Department of Mines
- 1940
- Education - DSc, University of Melbourne
- 1942 - 1944
- Career position - Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania
- 1944 - 1945
- Career position - Geologist, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria
- 1945 - 1946
- Career position - Senior Field Geologist, Geological Survey of Victoria
- 1946 - 1960
- Career position - Chief Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Victoria
- 1951
- Career position - President, Section C (Geology), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1959
- Award - Clarke Memorial Lecture, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1960 - 1967
- Career position - Director, Geological Survey of Victoria
- 1963 - 1978
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Thomas, D. E., The geology of the Eildon Dam project (Melbourne: Department of Mines, 1947), 57 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Talent, John A., 'Thomas, David Evan (1902-1978), geologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 376-377. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/thomas-david-evan-11841. Details
Journal Articles
- Chapman, F. and Thomas, D. E., 'The Cambrian Hydroida of the Heathcote and Monegeeta districts', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 48 (2) (1936), 193-212. Details
- Hills, E. S., 'David Evan Thomas (1902-1978)', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (2) (1981), 90-96. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9810520090. Details
- Thomas, D. E., 'The zonal distribution of Australian Graptolites', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 94 (1) (1960), 1-58. Details
- Thomas, D. E. and Keeble, R. A., 'The Ordovician and Silurian rocks of the Bulla-Sunbury area, and a discussion of the sequence of the Melbourne area', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 45 (2) (1933), 33-84. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536706. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/36649060. Details
- 'Thomas, D E (1902-1978)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-609894. Details
See also
- Hill, Dorothy, 'Edwin Sherbon Hills, 1906-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710079. Details
Digital resources
Rosanne Walker
Created: 29 June 1995, Last modified: 16 June 2026