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.
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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
- Barrows, Timothy T., 'Obituary: Robert W. Galloway (18 August 1929 - 1 April 2019)', Geographical Research, 57 (3) (2019), 374-5, https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12366. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 17 September 2019