Person

Rands, William Henry (1861 - 1914)

Born
8 February 1861
Northampton, United Kingdom
Died
July 1914
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Geologist

Summary

William Rands, a graduate of the Royal School of Mine, London, joined the Geological Survey of Queensland in 1883 as Assistant Geologist. During his early years with the Survey he was in the Southern District working on gold and mineral deposits. He produced four well-regarded reports on the Gympie goldfields. In 1891 he moved to the Central and Northern Districts. While his superior, Logan Jack, was in London on Survey business from 1898, Rands was Acting Government Geologist, and on Jack's resignation in 1899 was appointed Government Geologist. He left the Survey in 1901, in effect because there was no provision made for his salary, and thereafter worked as a geological consultant.

Details

Chronology

December 1883 - 1898
Career position - Assistant (later Senior Assistant) Geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland
1898 - 1899
Career position - Acting Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland
1899 - 1901
Career position - Government Geologist, Geological Survey of Queensland
1901
Life event - Retired
1901 - 1914
Career position - Consultant geologist

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Denmead, A.K., 'The Chiefs of the Geological Survey of Queensland From 1899 to 1955', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, lxviii (10) (1956), 51-60. Details
  • Rands, William H., 'Notes on certain boulders met with in the beds and reefs of the Gympie Goldfield, Queensland', Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 1 (1889), 297-299, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15813387. Details

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