Putting Queensland on the map : the life of Robert Logan Jack, geologist & explorer / Felicity Jack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jack, Felicity.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Explorers--Australia.

Explorers.

Geologists--Australia--Queensland--Biography.

Geologists.

Prospecting--Australia--Queensland.

Prospecting.

Queensland--Discovery and exploration.

Queensland.

Jack, Robert Logan, 1845-1921.

Jack, Robert Logan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 275 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Other Title:

Life of Robert Logan Jack, geologist & explorer

Robert Logan Jack, geologist & explorer

Robert Logan Jack, geologist and explorer

Place of Publication:

Sydney, NSW, Australia : University of New South Wales Press Ltd, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Highly regarded in geological circles but still unknown to a general public, Robert Logan Jack was a Scottish geologist who migrated to Australia in 1877. He worked as Government Geologist in Queensland for almost thirty years and was sent on difficult and perilous expeditions to some of the remotest parts of the continent. It was during this time that he made groundbreaking discoveries that would help advance Queensland's mining and agricultural industries and contribute to the economic development of the Colony.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Scotland; Australia and the early expeditions, 1877-1879; Cape York, 1879-1880; Mainly family matters, 1880-1881; Discovering artesian water, 1881-1882; Working from Townsville, 1882-1887; Working from Brisbane, 1892-1898; Commissioner, the Greater Britain Exhibition, 1899; Escape to Burma; Consultant Geologist in London, 1901-1903; Return to Australia, 1904-1913; Closing years, 1913-1921; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-74223-063-6

OCLC:

476256101