Person

Hoadley, Charles Archibald Brookes (1887 - 1947)

CBE

Born
1 March 1887
Burwood, Victoria, Australia
Died
27 February 1947
Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Antarctic explorer, Geologist and Educator

Summary

Charles Hoadley was a geologist who joined the Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1911. As a member of the Western Base party (Queen Mary Land) he participated in a 480 km trip into Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, exploring Haswell Island and Gaussberg, and collecting specimens. Hoadley left Antarctica with most Expedition members in February 1913. After returning from Antarctica he was for several years Senior Lecturer in Engineering at the Ballarat School of Mines and Industry. From 1916 to 1947 he was Principal of the Footscray Technical School. He was a committed advocate for technical education. Hoadley also made a significant contribution to the scouting movement in Victoria. Cape Hoadley in Eastern Antarctica is named in his honour.

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Chronology

1911
Education - Bachelor of Mining Engineering (BME), University of Melbourne
1911 - February 1913
Career position - Geologist, Western Base, Australasian Antarctic Exploration Expedition
1913
Award - Caroline Kay Scholarship and Government Research Scholarship in geology
1913
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1914 - 1916
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Engineering at the School of Mines and Industry in Ballarat, Victoria
1915
Award - Polar Medal (Silver)
1916 - 1947
Career position - Principal of the Footscray Technical School (later Footscray Institute of Technology)
1919
Career position - Joined the Boy Scout Association
1928 - 1937
Career position - Chief Commissioner of the Victorian Boy Scout Association
1929
Career position - Commissioner in charge of the Australian Contingent to the 21st Birthday Jamboree in England
1931
Award - Order of the Silver Wolf
1936
Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

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Published resources

Books

  • Hoadley, Jack A., Antarctica to Footscray: Arch Hoadley, a Man of Inspiration and Courage (Melbourne: Sid Harta Publications, 2010), 460 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Lack, John, 'Hoadley, Charles Archibald Brookes (1887-1947), explorer, educationalist and scout leader' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 313-314. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090320b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Charles Archibald Brookes Hoadley', Uni News, 12 (6) (2003), 4. Details
  • Quilty, Patrick G., 'Early Australian Earth Scientists in the Antarctic, Part 3: the Foundation Laid - Mawson's Men', TAG: Geological Society of Australia Newsletter, 162 (2012), 19-24. Details

Resources

Reviews

  • Hoadley, Jack A., Antarctica to Footscray: Arch Hoadley, a Man of Inspiration and Courage (2010)
    Hince, Bernadette, Historical Records of Australian Science, 22 (2), (2011), 311-2, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR11013. Details

See also

  • Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne (Melbourne: Department of History, University of Melbourne, 2003), 168 pp. Details
  • Jensen, David, Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton (Sydeny: Allen and Unwin, 2015), 183 pp. Details

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