Person
Trickett, Oliver (1847 - 1934)
- Born
- 29 May 1847
Bridlington, Yorkshire, England - Died
- 31 March 1934
Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Surveyor and Speleologist
Summary
Oliver Trickett was chief draftsman with the Geological Survey Branch of the New South Wales Department of Mines. He initially started with the Department in 1880 becoming a surveyor and draftsman. Trickett was particularly interested in the limestone caves of New South Wales and surveyed and published guides to several of them. His models of the caves were popular exhibits in the Mining and Geological Museum, Sydney. He also worked in private practice as a mining surveyor and as broker and agent from the late 1880s to 1892.
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Chronology
- 1865
- Career position - Clerk with the Office of Mines in Melbourne
- 1870
- Career position - Qualified as a mineral surveyor
- c. 1875
- Career position - Acting Secretary, Board of Examiners (Mines)
- 1876
- Career position - Licensed Surveyor with the New South Wales Department of Lands
- 1880s
- Career position - Licensed Surveyor with the New South Wales Department of Mines
- c. 1888 - c. 1892
- Career position - Broker and Agent
- 1892
- Career position - Draftsman and Surveyor with the Geological Survey Branch, Department of Mines
Published resources
Book Sections
- Walsh, G. P., 'Trickett, Oliver (1847-1934), surveyor and spelaeologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 262-263. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120293b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536941. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93506586. Details
- 'Trickett, O (1847-1934)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-572269. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 16 November 2021