Woolnough, W. G. (Walter George), 1876-1958
Variant namesGeologist. Educated University of Sydney. Lecturer, Universities of Sydney and Adelaide, 1898-1912, first Professor of Geology at University of Western Australia, 1912-1919. Member of expeditions to Funafut (1897), Fiji (1901, 1905), Northern Territory (1911). In 1930 he was appointed by the Commonwealth Government to tour the oilfields of the U.S.A. and Argentina and in 1932 he made the first aerial survey of oil possibilities in Australia.
From the description of Papers of Walter George Woolnough [manuscript]. 1894-1958. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225826697
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| creatorOf | Woolnough, W. G. (Walter George), 1876-1958. [Papers]. | Libraries Australia | |
| referencedIn | Aurousseau, Marcel, 1891-. Papers of Marcel Aurousseau. | Libraries Australia | |
| referencedIn | [Woolnough, W. G. : photography related ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia]. | Libraries Australia | |
| creatorOf | Woolnough, W. G. (Walter George), 1876-1958. Papers of Walter George Woolnough [manuscript]. | Libraries Australia | |
| referencedIn | Woolnough, W. G. (Walter George), 1876-1958. Papers of Walter George Woolnough [manuscript]. | Libraries Australia |
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Birth 1876-01-15
Death 1958-09-28
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