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Revision as of 16:24, 6 August 2020
Timeline
| Date_Text | Comment |
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| 1846 | Born May 23rd, son of Robert Etheridge, Geologist. |
| 1846 | Took up geological work in Australia in first Geological Survey of Victoria under A.R.C. Selwyn. Survey disbanded and Etheridge returned home. |
| 1871 | Appointed Palaeontologist to Geological Survey of Scotland (his father being Palaeontologist to English Survey). |
| 1878 | Resigned. Appointed Assistant Naturalist, British Museum, on removal of collections to South Kensington. |
| Prepared catalogue of Blastoidea with help of P.H. Carpenter. | |
| Compiled bibliography of Australian Geology. | |
| Studied fossils sent from Queensland by R. Logan Jack. | |
| 1887 | Returned to Australia as Palaeontologist to Geological Survey of New South Wales and to Australian Museum, Sydney. Worked there for last 33 years of his life. |
| 1892 | Produced joint work with Jack on “The Geology and Palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea”. |
| 1895 | Became Director of Australian Museum. |
| Initiated “Records of the Geological Survey”; founded new Library; published important memoirs on fossils of older rocks; founded “Records of the Australian Museum”; introduced popular science lectures and demonstrations. | |
| 1895 | Received Clarke Memorial Medal from Royal Society of New South Wales |
| 1911 | Received Muller Memorial Medal from the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science. |
Biographies and obituaries
Publications
Nicholson, H.A.. Etheridge (Junior), R.. 1880. A monograph of the Silurian fossils of the Girvan district in Ayrshire : with special reference to those contained in the "Gray collection". - Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons
Etheridge (Junior), R.. Brown, H.Y.L.. 1907. Official contributions to the palaeontology of South Australia. - Adelaide: C. E. Bristow
Brown, H.Y.L.. Etheridge (Junior), R.. 1905. Report on geological explorations in the west and north-west of South Australia. - Adelaide: C. E. Bristow
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GSM/DC/A/C/8/246,248-249 | R Etheridge (Jun): Letters on his appointment. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/24/214-215 | R Etheridge (Jun): Letters on his transfer. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/25/92-97 | R Etheridge: Letters about his resignation and removal to the British Museum. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/25/93 | E A Bond: Letter on the transfer of R. Etheridge. | |
| GSM/GL/Er | Robert Etheridge (Jnr) | Joined the Survey in 1871 as Palaeontologist and worked in Scotland until 1878 when he left to... |