Papers of Edwin Sherbon Hills [manuscript]. 1844-1988.

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Papers of Edwin Sherbon Hills [manuscript]. 1844-1988.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225849669

The collection comprises biographical and family documents, reprints of articles, appointment diaries, sketchbooks, notebooks, lectures, correspondence, reports, geological and family photographs, slides of overseas trips, maps, minutes, index cards and subject files. The papers relate to Hills' career from the 1920s to the 1980s and include field work and research material for Hills' books and projects; university material associated with the Dept. of Geology; correspondence with Australian and international earth scientists; papers relating to UN consultancies as an expert on arid lands and other consultancies concerning petroleum exploration in Gippsland and elsewhere; and correspondence and reports relating to mineralogical discoveries and their development in Northern Australia. Major correspondents include Dan Asthana, Emile den Tex, E.J. Heidecker, Hari Narain, E.S. Tim O'Driscoll, C.D. Ollier, R.L. Stanton, Rowlie Twidale and Bryan Wells.

8.4 m. (61 boxes) + 38 fol. packages.

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Hills, E. Sherbon (Edwin Sherbon)

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Geologist. From the description of Correspondence [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225774380 Research professor of Geology and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne, 1962-71; Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Melbourne, 1944-62. Publications include "Elements of structural geology" (1963) and "Physiography of Victoria" (1940). From the description of Papers of Edwin Sherbon Hills [manuscript]. 1844-1988. (Librari...