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Maitland, Andrew Gibb (1864 - 1951)

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Geologist
Born: 30 November 1864  Birkby, Yorkshire, England.  Died: 27 January 1951  Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia.
Andrew Gibb Maitland was a geologist and authority on underground water in Western Australia (WA) for around thirty years. Prior to this he worked on the 1888 Geological Survey of Queensland. As WA’s Government Geologist, Maitland established the Geological Survey of Western Australia, located water bores between Geralton and North West Cape, surveyed and mapped the Pilbra region and parts of the Kimberley. All in all, almost half the State had been geographically mapped during his reign. Gibb River and Maitland Range in the Kimberley were named after him, as are several species of invertebrate fossils. Maitland also received numerous other honours and awards including the Mueller Medal from ANZAAS (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science).

Career Highlights

Chronology
1888Second Assistant Geologist to the Geological Survey of Queensland
1891Geological examination of British New Gunea
1896 - c. 1926Government Geologist in Western Australia
1898Bibliography of the Geology of Western Australia published
1901Geologist on the Drake-Brockman expedition to the Kimberley
1903Surveying and mapping the Pilbra area
1915 - Honorary member of the Royal Society of New South Wales
1915President of the Mueller Botanic Society of Western Australia/The Royal Society of Western Australia
1924ANZAAS Mueller Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)
1925President of the Mueller Botanic Society of Western Australia/The Royal Society of Western Australia
1926Retired
1927Clarke Memorial Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1937Kelvin Memorial Medal received from the Mueller Botanic Society of Western Australia/The Royal Society of Western Australia

 

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