Felicity. Putting Queensland on the Map. The Life of Robert Logan Jack Geologist & Explorer.

by JACK

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JACK, Felicity. Putting Queensland on the Map. The Life of Robert Logan Jack Geologist Explorer. Sydney: Kyodo Printing for University of South Wales Press Ltd , 2008. 4to (280 x 228mm). Original printed boards, illustrated endpapers, CD mounted on lower pastedown, dustwrapper; pp. ix, [1 (portrait)], 275, [3 (blank)]; frontispiece map, illustrations and maps in the text, many full-page; fine. First edition. Robert Logan Jack (1845-1921) was born in Scotland and educated at the Irvine Academy and at the University of Edinburgh. In 1867 he joined the Geological Survey of Scotland, working with Sir Archibald Geikie and making significant contributions to Scottish geology. In 1876 he was appointed Geological Surveyor for northern Queensland, becoming Government Geologist for the colony in 1879, and President of the Royal Society of Queensland in 1894. In 1899 he resigned his position and travelled to China to undertake geological investigations for an English company; on the outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion, Jack and his son escaped to Burma through some 450 miles of uncharted and mountainous territory, and he later published The Back Blocks of China: a Narrative of Experiences among the Chinese, Sifans, Lolos, Tibetans, Shans and Kachins, between Shanghai and the Irrawadi (London: 1904), before returning to Australia. However, it is for his important contributions to Australian geology that Jack is best known: his 'geological work for Queensland is outstanding in both quality an

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