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Chamberlain, Noel Gordon (1916 - )

MBE

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Geophysicist

Born: 25 December 1916 Gnowangerup, Western Australia, Australia

Noel Gordon Chamberlain worked as a geophysicist for the Commonwealth Mineral Resources Survey (later Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology & Geophysics, then Australian Geological Survey Organisation) from 1944-80. He was Chief Geophysicist from 1973-80.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1937 Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Western Australia
1937 - 1940 Assistant at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory
1940 - 1944 Research Fellow at Mount Stromlo Observatory
1944 - 1973 Geophysicist with the Commonwealth Mineral Resources Survey (later Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology & Geophysics, then Australian Geological Survey Organisation)
1973 - 1980 Chief Geophysicist with the Commonwealth Mineral Resources Survey / Bureau of Mineral Resources
1979 Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Online Sources

'Chamberlain, Noel Gordon', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/people/chamberlain.htm. [ Details ]

See Also

Sherratt, Tim; Condé, Anne-Marie, A Wartime Observatory Observed - the Mount Stromlo Community, 1940-1945, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1994, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/tps_stromlo_draft.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 4 December 2006

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