Person

Galloway, Robert W. (Bob) (1929 - 2019)

Born
18 August 1929
Banff, Scotland
Died
1 April 2019
Occupation
Geomorphologist

Summary

Bob Galloway was a geomorphologist whose research focused on periglacial phenomena. For nearly 20 years he participated in land surveys for the CSIRO, undertaken largely from aerial photographs. During this time he was co-author of seven reports including Lands of the Alligator Rivers Area, Northern Territory (1976). From the 1960s Galloway turned his attention to Lake George and the Snowy Mountains n New South Wales. His papers "Glaciation in the Snowy Mountains: a reappraisal" (1963) and "Late quaternary climates in Australia" (1965) overturned traditional interpretations of glaciation in the Australian alpine country and were pivotal in Quaternary geomorphology and climate interpretation of the late Pleistocene. Galloway was President of the Australasian Quaternary Association from 1989 to 1990.

Details

Chronology

1951
Education - MSc (geography), University of Edinburgh
1953 - 1955
Career position - Served with the British Army
1958
Career event - Joined the CSIRO Division of Land Research and Regional Survey
1958
Life event - Settled in Australia
1958
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh
1989 - 1990
Career position - President, Australasian Quaternary Association

Published resources

Journal Articles

Helen Cohn

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