Person

Honman, Carl Sidney (1885 - 1968)

Born
22 October 1885
Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
Died
22 August 1968
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Geologist

Summary

Sidney Honman was a geologist with the Geological Survey of Western Australia, appointed in 1911. Most of his work was in areas where gold was present, and he co-authored several reports of these surveys. He is credited with being the first to recognise that Archaean banded iron formations were sedimentary rocks rather than sheared quartz/ iron intrusives. After military service during WWI, Honman moved to Victoria.

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Chronology

1911 - 1919
Career position - Geologist, Geological Survey of Western Australia
1916 - October 1919
Military service - Served with the 3rd Tunnelling Company

Published resources

Books

  • Blatchford, T., Honman, C. S., Simpson, E. S., Farquharson, R. A., The geology and mineral resources of the Yilgarn Goldfield, part III : the gold belt north of Southern Cross, including Westonia (Perth: Government Printer, 1917), 321 pp. Details
  • Honman, C. S., The geology of the country between Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie: with a petrological contribution by R.A. Farquharson, and a mineralogical contribution by A.J. Robertson (Perth: Government Printer, 1914), 83 pp. Details

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