| 1928 | Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne |
| 1929 | Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne |
| 1929 | Demonstrator in Geology at the University of Melbourne |
| 1931 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London |
| 1932 - 1938 | Lecturer in Geology at the University of Melbourne |
| 1938 | Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne |
| 1938 - 1942 | Acting Senior Lecturer (to 1940) then Senior Lecturer in Geology at the University of Melbourne |
| 1939 | David Syme Research Prize received from the University of Melbourne |
| 1942 | Wollaston Fund Award received from the Geological Society of London |
| 1942 - 1943 | Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Melbourne |
| 1943 | Geologist at the North Australia Observer Unit, Directorate of Army Research |
| 1944 - 1971 | Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Melbourne |
| 1947 | President of Section P (Geography) of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 1947 - 1948 | Dean of Science at the University of Melbourne |
| 1947 - 1956 | Chairman of Editorial Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria |
| 1951 | Bigsby Medal received from the Geological Society of London |
| 1952 - 1955 | Chairman of the Interim Council and then Foundation President of the Geological Society of Australia |
| 1954 - | Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) |
| 1954 - | Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) |
| 1955 - 1956 | President of the Royal Society of Victoria |
| 1959 - 1962 | Chairman of the Professorial Board and Pro-Vice-Chancellor |
| 1959 - 1968 | Chairman of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee on Hydrology |
| 1962 - 1968 | Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of Victoria |
| 1962 - 1971 | Deputy Vice-Chancellor |
| 1964 - 1971 | Research Professor of Geology |
| 1967 | Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society of London |
| 1968 | Lomonosov Medal received from the University of Moscow |
| 1970 - 1978 | Chairman of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Quaternary Research |
| 1971 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) |
| 1972 - | Professor Emeritus |
| 1977 - 1978 | Chairman of the Commission on the Teaching of Geology, International Union of Geological Sciences |
| 1979 | W.R. Browne Medal received from the Geological Society of Australia |
| 1985 | Member of the Royal Society of Sciences of Uppsala |
