Person

Denmead, Alan Knox (1902 - 1994)

Born
5 December 1902
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
30 August 1994
Occupation
Geologist

Summary

Alan Denmead worked for the Geological Survey of Queensland 1927 - 1967, from 1956 as Chief Government Geologist. As Chief he instigated an extensive program of geological mapping and coal resource evaluation , and oversaw an increase in bauxite mining, alumina refining, and research into oil and gas production. He was a close friend and collaborator of Professor Dorothy Hill of the University of Queensland, with whom he co-edited Geology of Queensland in 1960. Denmead was a member of both the Royal Society of Queensland and the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. In 1991 the Queensland Division of the Geological Society of Australia established the annual A. K. Denmead Lecture in recognition of his services to geology in Queensland and to the Society.

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Chronology

1926
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland
1928
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Queensland
1946 - 1950
Career position - District Geologist, Charters Towers, Geological Survey of Queensland
1950 - 1956
Career position - Assistant Chief Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland
1952
Career position - Foundation member, Geological Society of Australia
1956 - 1967
Career position - Chief Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland
1962 - 1963
Career position - Federal President, Geological Society of Australia

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Published resources

Books

  • Hill, D.; and Denmead, A. K., The geology of Queensland ([Melbourne]: Melbourne University Press for Geological Society of Australia, 1960), 474 pp. Details

Edited Books

  • Denmead, A. K.; Tweedale, G. W.; and Wilson, A. F. eds, The Tasman geosyncline: a symposium ([Brisbane]: Geological Society of Australia, Queensland Division, 1974), 409 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Day, R. W.; and Murray, C. G., 'Alan Knox Denmead (1902 - 1994)', The Australian geologist, 94 (1995), 75-6. Details
  • Denmead, A. K., 'An appreciation [of C. C. Morton]', Queensland Government Mining Journal, 56 (1955), 828-9. Details
  • Denmead, A. K., 'Portrait of a scientist: Dorothy Hill', Earth science reviews, 8 (3) (1972), 351-63. Details
  • Denmead, A.K., 'The Chiefs of the Geological Survey of Queensland From 1899 to 1955', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, lxviii (10) (1956), 51-60. Details
  • Denmead, A.K., 'The Present Statuts of Geology in Queensland', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 73 (1962), 1-16. Details

Resources

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