LEADER 02706oam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910782892903321 005 20231020182529.0 010 $a1-74223-063-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000716499 035 $a(EBL)421335 035 $a(OCoLC)476256101 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000364910 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11253272 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364910 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10399612 035 $a(PQKB)10057985 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC421335 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL421335 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10355598 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000716499 100 $a20080421d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPutting Queensland on the map $ethe life of Robert Logan Jack, geologist & explorer /$fFelicity Jack 210 1$aSydney, NSW :$cUniversity of New South Wales Press Ltd,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 275 pages) $cillustrations, maps, portraits 311 0 $a1-921410-26-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aHighly 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. 606 $aExplorers$zAustralia 606 $aGeologists$zAustralia$zQueensland$vBiography 606 $aProspecting$zAustralia$zQueensland 607 $aQueensland$xDiscovery and exploration 615 0$aExplorers 615 0$aGeologists 615 0$aProspecting 676 $a550.92 676 $a910.9 700 $aJack$b Felicity$01537514 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782892903321 996 $aPutting Queensland on the map$93786851 997 $aUNINA