Taylor, Norman A. C. (Norman Alexander Campbell), 1935-
Variant namesNorman Taylor was born in England in 1834 and emigrated to Victoria in 1854 to take up an appointment at the Assay Office, Melbourne. He was a field geologist under A.R.C. Selwyn, the Government Geologist, until the Geological Survey Department was disbanded in 1868. He then worked in NSW and Qld, both in the public service and as a private consultant. Returning to Victoria, he worked at the Technological Museum and Laboratory, Melbourne, under J.C. Newbery. He re-entered the Victorian public service in the early 1870s as geological surveyor under R. Brough Smyth, Secretary of Mines, and continued in the Mining Department until about 1893. He was married with seven children and died in June 1894.
From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1853-1911. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222909152
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| creatorOf | Zon, Raphael, 1874-1956. Raphael Zon papers, 1887-1957. | Minnesota Historical Society Library | |
| creatorOf | Taylor, Norman. Papers [manuscript]. | Libraries Australia | |
| creatorOf | Taylor, Norman. Poems, [n.d.], Plymouth, Vt. | Brown University Archives, John Hay Library | |
| creatorOf | Victoria. Dept. of Mines. Plan showing outcrops of reefs on supposed extension of the New Chum line of reef : from the Eureka Extended Company's ground / surveyed by Norman Taylor ; lithographed by J. Coakley, under the direction of C.W. Langtree, Secretary for Mines and Water Supply and Chief Mining Surveyor. | Libraries Australia |
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Birth 1935
