Person
Noakes, Lyndon Charles (1914 - 1990)
- Born
- 9 March 1914
Epping, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 29 June 1990
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
Lyndon Noakes was a geologist who was Director General of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics for five years from 1974. His early career was as Assistant Geologist for the New Guinea Administration, for which undertook surveys in remote areas such as the Morobe and Sepik districts and Bougainville. With colleague N. Fisher he published the landmark Geological Reports on New Britain (1942). On joining the Commonwealth Mineral Resources Survey (later Bureau of Mineral Resources) Noakes was involved in mapping fieldwork of the Northern Territory. One of his significant achievements was the adoption of a suitable colour code for use in Australian geological maps. His contributions to geology on an international level include a term as British Commonwealth Geological Liaison Officer in London, and for the United Nations as special advisor on detrital mineral deposits (1967) and Chairman of the Technical Committee on Oceanography.
Details
Chronology
- 1935
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney
- 1935 - 1941
- Career position - Assistant Geologist, New Guinea Administration
- 1941 - 1944
- Career position - Served as coastwatcher with the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles and Australian Imperial Forces
- 1944
- Award - Legion of Merit, U.S.A.
- 1945 - 1959
- Career position - Geologist, Commonwealth Mineral Resources Survey (later Bureau of Mineral Resources)
- 1945 - 1990
- Career position - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1959 - 1967
- Career position - Assistant Chief Geologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources
- 1961 - 1963
- Career position - British Commonwealth Geological Liaison Officer, London
- 1963 - 1990
- Career position - Fellow, Geological Society, London
- 1967 - 1974
- Career position - Assistant Director (Mineral Resources), Bureau of Mineral Resources
- 1974 - 1979
- Career position - Director General, Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources
- 1974 - 1979
- Career position - Chairman, Technical Committee on Oceanography, United Nations Development Program
- 1977
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- 1979
- Life event - Retired
- 1979 - 1988
- Career position - Director, Cluff Oil (Australia) N.L.
- 1980 -
- Career position - Senior consultant, United Nations Development Program
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Branagan, D. F., 'Noakes, Lyndon Charles (1914-1990), Geologist, Coast Watcher and Public Servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 223-4. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/noakes-lyndon-charles-14992. Details
Journal Articles
- R., E. O., 'Lyndon Charles Noakes', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 124 (1991), 86. Details
Resources
- 'Noakes, L C (19140309-19900629)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-471844. Details
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