02841nam 2200589Ia 450 991045439210332120200520144314.01-74223-063-6(CKB)1000000000716499(EBL)421335(OCoLC)476256101(SSID)ssj0000364910(PQKBManifestationID)11253272(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364910(PQKBWorkID)10399612(PQKB)10057985(MiAaPQ)EBC421335(Au-PeEL)EBL421335(CaPaEBR)ebr10355598(EXLCZ)99100000000071649920080421d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPutting Queensland on the map[electronic resource] the life of Robert Logan Jack, geologist & explorer /Felicity JackSydney, NSW, Australia University of New South Wales Press Ltd20081 online resource (285 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-921410-26-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexHighly 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'sExplorersAustraliaGeologistsAustraliaQueenslandBiographyProspectingAustraliaQueenslandQueenslandDiscovery and explorationElectronic books.ExplorersGeologistsProspecting550.92910.9Jack Felicity973743MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454392103321Putting Queensland on the map2215958UNINA