Jack, Robert Logan, 1845-1921

Robert Logan Jack was born in Ayrshire, Scotland on 16 September 1845. Educated at the Irvine Academy and at the University of Edinburgh, he joined the Geological Survey of Scotland in 1867 and by 1876 had contributed greatly to Scottish geology by mapping the coalfields. In 1877 he married Janet Simpson, nee Love. They had one son, Robert Lockhart Jack. Janet Simpson had one son and two daughters from a previous marriage. In 1876 Jack was appointed geological surveyor for Northern Queensland and arrived at Townville in 1877. In 1879 he became the second Queensland Government Geologist for the whole colony. His geological work in Queensland was both extensive and very accurate.

Jack resigned his Queensland government post in 1899 to explore the metalli-ferous deposits in the Szechuan Province of China for an English company. Between 1901 and 1904 Jack practised as a consultant mining geologist in London, but returned to Australia in 1905 and worked as a consultant engineer in Western Australia and New South Wales. Between 1879 and 1913 Jack published a large number of detailed geological reports and maps. His last major publication was the two-volume Northmost Australia (London 1921). Jack died at Sydney on 6 November 1921. Information taken from: Australian Dictionary of Biography, v. 4, 1972.

Robert Logan Jack was born in Ayrshire, Scotland on 16 September 1845. Educated at the Irvine Academy and at the University of Edinburgh, he joined the Geological Survey of Scotland in 1867 and by 1876 had contributed greatly to Scottish geology by mapping the coalfields. In 1877 he married Janet Simpson, nee Love. They had one son, Robert Lockhart Jack. Janet Simpson had one son and two daughters from a previous marriage. In 1876 Jack was appointed geological surveyor for Northern Queensland and arrived at Townville in 1877. In 1879 he became the second Queensland Government Geologist for the whole colony. His geological work in Queensland was both extensive and very accurate. Jack resigned his Queensland government post in 1899 to explore the metalli-ferous deposits in the Szechuan Province of China for an English company.

Between 1901 and 1904 Jack practised as a consultant mining geologist in London, but returned to Australia in 1905 and worked as a consultant engineer in Western Australia and New South Wales. Between 1879 and 1913 Jack published a large number of detailed geological reports and maps. His last major publication was the two-volume Northmost Australia (London 1921). Jack died at Sydney on 6 November 1921. Information taken from: Australian Dictionary of Biography, v. 4, 1972.

Robert Logan Jack was born in Ayrshire, Scotland on 16 September 1845. Educated at the Irvine Academy and at the University of Edinburgh, he joined the Geological Survey of Scotland in 1867 and by 1876 had contributed greatly to Scottish geology by mapping the coalfields. In 1877 he married Janet Simpson, nee Love. They had one son, Robert Lockhart Jack. Janet Simpson had one son and two daughters from a previous marriage.

In 1876 Jack was appointed geological surveyor for Northern Queensland and arrived at Townville in 1877. In 1879 he became the second Queensland Government Geologist for the whole colony. His geological work in Queensland was both extensive and very accurate. Jack resigned his Queensland government post in 1899 to explore the metalli-ferous deposits in the Szechuan Province of China for an English company.

Between 1901 and 1904 Jack practised as a consultant mining geologist in London, but returned to Australia in 1905 and worked as a consultant engineer in Western Australia and New South Wales. Between 1879 and 1913 Jack published a large number of detailed geological reports and maps. His last major publication was the two-volume Northmost Australia (London 1921). Jack died at Sydney on 6 November 1921.

Information taken from: Australian Dictionary of Biography, v. 4, 1972.

Robert Logan Jack was born in Ayrshire, Scotland on 16 September 1845. Educated at the Irvine Academy and at the University of Edinburgh, he joined the Geological Survey of Scotland in 1867 and by 1876 had contributed greatly to Scottish geology by mapping the coalfields. In 1877 he married Janet Simpson, nee Love. They had one son, Robert Lockhart Jack. Janet Simpson had one son and two daughters from a previous marriage.

In 1876 Jack was appointed geological surveyor for Northern Queensland and arrived at Townville in 1877. In 1879 he became the second Queensland Government Geologist for the whole colony. His geological work in Queensland was both extensive and very accurate. Jack resigned his Queensland government post in 1899 to explore the metalli-ferous deposits in the Szechuan Province of China for an English company.

Between 1901 and 1904 Jack practised as a consultant mining geologist in London, but returned to Australia in 1905 and worked as a consultant engineer in Western Australia and New South Wales. Between 1879 and 1913 Jack published a large number of detailed geological reports and maps. His last major publication was the two-volume Northmost Australia (London 1921). Jack died at Sydney on 6 November 1921.

Information taken from: Australian Dictionary of Biography, v. 4, 1972.