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Gibbs, William James (Bill) (1916 - 2005)

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The following entries are from the History of Australian Science and Technology Bibliography.

Books

  • Gibbs, W. J., A Glimpse of the RAAF Meteorological Service, Metarch Papers No. 7, Bureau of Meteorology, 1995. [ Details ]

  • Gibbs, W. J., A mini-history of meteorology in Australia, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Melbourne, 1996. [ Details ]

  • Gibbs, W. J., The Origins of Australian Meteorology , Metarch Papers No. 12, Bureau of Meteorology, 1998. [ Details ]

  • Gibbs, W. J., A Very Special Family: Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1946 to 1962, Metarch Papers No. 13, Bureau of Meteorology, 1999. [ Details ]

Book Chapters

  • Gibbs, W. J., 'A mini-history of meteorology in Australia', in Webb, Eric K. (ed.), Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 1997, pp. 81-104. [ Details ]

Journal Articles

  • 'Dr (W.J.) Bill Gibbs, Director, Bureau of Meteorology, 1962-1978', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, vol. 11, no. 4, 1998, pp. 78-82. [ Details ]

  • Gibbs, W. J., 'Meteorology at Heard and Macquarie Islands', The Meteorological magazine, vol. 79, 1950, pp. 168-70. [ Details ]

  • Gibbs, W. J., 'A Perspective of Australian Meteorology - 1939-1978', Australian Meteorological Magazine, vol. 30, 1982, pp. 3-17. [ Details ]

  • Gibbs, W. J., 'Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology', World Meteorological Organization Bulletin, vol. 32, 1983, pp. 309-313. [ Details ]

  • Gibbs, William James, 'R D Queensland Retires', Weather News, vol. 240, November 1977, 1977, p. 3. [ Details ]

  • Morgan, Helen, 'Bill Gibbs and the Origins of Australian Meteorology', Australasian Science, vol. 22, no. 6, 2001, p. 46. [ Details ]

Newspaper Articles

  • Zillman, John, 'Towering figure in world weather watch', The Age, Dr W. J. (Bill) Gibbs obituary, 19 April 1005, p. 12. [ Details ]


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