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Nye, Percival Bartlett (1893 - 1985)

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Geologist

Born: 21 March 1893 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 21 August 1985 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Percival Bartlett Nye was one of Australia’s leading geologists. Some of his many appointments include Government Geologist for Tasmania (1920-1923) and Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources (1951-1958). Nye authored over twenty-five scientific publications and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to the field of geology.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1915 - 1916 Assayer at the Hampden-Cloncurry Mines
1916 Bachelor of Engineering (BE) completed at the University of Melbourne
1916 - 1919 Lieutenat of the 1^st Australian Tunnelling Corps in the Australian Imperial Force
1919 - 1920 Petrologist at the National Museum of Victoria
1920 - 1923 Assistant Government Geologist in Tasmania
1922 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1923 - 1934 Government Geologist in Tasmania
1934 - 1940 Executive Officer of the Aerial, Geological and Geophysics Survey of Northern Australia
1941 - 1942 Assistant Commonwealth Geological Adviser
1942 - 1946 Assistant Director of the Mineral Resources Survey
1946 - 1951 Assistant Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources
1951 - 1958 Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources
1955 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1958 - 1984 Consulting Geologist in Melbourne

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'Nye, Percival Bartlett', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P002235p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 29 June 1995
Modified: 3 October 2005

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