Robert Logan Jack
Robert Logan Jack (16 September 1845 โ 6 November 1921) was government geologist in Queensland, Australia, for twenty years. There is a minor waterway on Cape York; Logan Jack Creek, whose outflow is located some 7 kilometres from Ussher Point, which is named after him.
Early life
Jack was born at
Queensland
Jack was appointed geologist for northern Queensland in March 1876. He arrived in the colony in April 1877, and soon afterwards was made geologist for the whole colony, succeeding Richard Daintree. An early piece of work was an examination of the coal resources of the Cooktown district, and in August 1879 he began an exploring expedition to the most northerly part of Queensland in the hope that payable goldfields might be found. A second expedition was made towards the end of the year, and though no field of any great value was discovered, much was added to the knowledge of the country. The party endured many hardships and Jack himself was speared through the shoulder by hostile Aborigines. In 1880 he published a work on the Mineral Wealth of Queensland, a Handbook to Queensland Geology appeared in 1886, and in 1892 with Robert Etheridge, Junior, The Geology and Palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea was published in two volumes. In 1888 Andrew Gibb Maitland was assigned Second Assistant Geologist and reported to Jack.
Jack resigned his appointment in 1899. During his time there he mapped the coal sites in
Further travels
In January 1900 Jack led an expedition to
Publications
- Northmost Australia, George Robertson and Co., Sydney, 1922, reprinted by Hesperian Press, Western Australia, 1998, ISBN 0-85905-222-2
- With Robert Etheridge junior, The Geology and Paleontology of Queensland and New Guinea
- Handbook of Queensland Geology
References
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Jack, Robert Logan". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
- Jack,Felicity, '[1]', Putting Queensland on the Map - the Life of Robert Logan Jack - geologist and explorer, UNSW Press, 2008
- Dorothy Hill, 'Jack, Robert Logan (1845-1921)', MUP, 1972, p. 466.
External links
- 3010 Robert Logan Jack papers, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
- 3171 Robert Logan Jack papers, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
- 5638 Robert Logan Jack papers, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Includes digitised documents
- 4845 Robert Logan Jack papers, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
