Putting Queensland on the map [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Robert Logan Jack, geologist & explorer / / Felicity Jack

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454392103321
• Autore: Jack Felicity
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sydney, NSW, Australia, : University of New South Wales Press Ltd, 2008
• ISBN: 1-74223-063-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 550.92; 910.9
• Soggetti: Explorers - Australia; Geologists - Australia - Queensland; Prospecting - Australia - Queensland; Electronic books.; Queensland Discovery and exploration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. Putting Queensland on the Map is the first book to chronicle Robert Logan Jack's