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Trickett, Oliver (1847 - 1934) |
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| Surveyor and Spelaeologist | |
| Born: 29 May 1847 Bridlington, Yorkshire, England. Died: 31 March 1934 Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| Oliver Trickett was chief draftsman with the Geological Survey Branch of the New South Wales Department of Mines. He initially started with the Department in 1880 becoming a surveyor and draftsman. Trickett was particularly interested in the limestone caves of New South Wales and surveyed and published guides to several of them. His models of the caves were popular exhibits in the Mining and Geological Museum, Sydney. He also worked in private practice as a mining surveyor and as broker and agent from the late 1880s to 1892. |
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