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Mahony, Daniel James (1878 - 1944)

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Born
25 March 1878
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
27 September 1944
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Geologist

Summary

Daniel Mahony was Director of the National Museum of Victoria 1931-1944 and President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1939-1940. He served in the Royal Artillery on the Western Front in the First World War.

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Chronology

1902 - 1904
Career position - Demonstrator in Geology, University of Melbourne
1904
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1906
Career position - Petrologist, Mines Department of Victoria (temporary appointment)
1906
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1912
Career position - Deputized at the University of Adelaide for Douglas Mawson, during Mawson's Antarctic expedition
1914 - 1919
Military service - First World War. Captain, Royal Garrison Artillery [Served in France 1916]
1915
Career position - Petrologist, Mines Department of Victoria (permanent appointment)
1923
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Geology), Australian National Research Council
1931 - 1944
Career position - Director, National Museum of Victoria
1937
Career position - Founding member, Art Galleries and Museums Association of Australia and New Zealand
1939 - 1940
Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria

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Books

  • Kenyon, A. S. and Mahony, D. J., Stone implements of the Australian Aborigines: guide to the classified collection in the Australian Room, National Museum, Public Library Buildings, Melbourne, arranged for the Australian meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (Melbourne: Arnall & Jackson, 1914), 15 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Darragh, Thomas A., 'Mahony, Daniel James (1878-1944), scientist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 380-381, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100373b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Dunn, E. J.; and Mahony, D. J., 'Biographical Sketch of the Founders of the Geological Survey of Victoria', Bulletins of The Geological Survey of Victoria, 23 (1910), 48. Details

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