02706oam 2200565Ia 450 991078289290332120231020182529.01-74223-063-6(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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPutting Queensland on the map the life of Robert Logan Jack, geologist & explorer /Felicity JackSydney, NSW :University of New South Wales Press Ltd,2008.1 online resource (ix, 275 pages) illustrations, maps, portraits1-921410-26-4 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.ExplorersAustraliaGeologistsAustraliaQueenslandBiographyProspectingAustraliaQueenslandQueenslandDiscovery and explorationExplorersGeologistsProspecting550.92910.9Jack Felicity1537514MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782892903321Putting Queensland on the map3786851UNINA