Person
Keid, Harold Guy Walker (1895 - )
- Born
- 25 June 1895
Pimpama, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
Harold Keid was a geologist with the Geological Survey of Tasmania from 1920 to 1925 and from 1942, retiring in 1960 as Chief Geologist. In the intervening years he worked as a geological consultant in Southeast Asia and Geologist for the Aerial Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia. Keid's work in Tasmania was mainly concerned with coal and tin deposits and underground water, and later in the administration of his department. During his time with the Aerial Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia, aerial photography was used for the first time for geological mapping purposes.
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Chronology
- 1920
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland
- 1920 - 1923
- Career position - Field Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania
- 1923 - 1925
- Career position - Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania
- 1937 - 1938
- Career position - Temporary Geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland, at Charters Towers
- 1938 - 1942
- Career position - Geologist, Aerial Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia
- 1942 - 1946
- Career position - Field Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania
- 1946 - 1960
- Career position - Chief Geologist, Geological Survey of Tasmania
- 1960
- Life event - Retired
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Bacon, C. A., 'A brief history of the Department of Mines - 1882 to 1996', Tasmanian Geological Survey record, 7 (1-18) (1996). Details
- Withnall, Ian, '"Saving Private Keid" - the war experiences and later career of Harold Guy Walker Keid', Newsletter, Earth Sciences History Group, 45 (2018), 37-9. Details
See also
- Bacon, C. A.; and Banks, M. R., 'A history of discovery, study and exploitation of coal in Tasmania', Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 123 (1989), 137-89. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 3 September 2019