MAITLAND, ANDREW GIBB (1864-1951), geologist, was born on 30 November 1864 at
Birkby, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, son of George Maitland, bookkeeper,
and his wife Margaret, née Gibb, both of Scottish ancestry. He qualified as a
civil engineer at the Yorkshire College of Science, Leeds, where he was influenced
by A. H. Green, professor of geology. From Green, pre-eminently a field geologist,
Maitland derived his lasting enthusiasm for geological survey work.
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Andrew Gibb Maitland was a geologist and authority on underground water in Western Australia (WA) for around thirty years. Prior to this he worked on the 1888 Geological Survey of Queensland. As Western Australia's Government Geologist, Maitland established the Geological Survey of Western Australia, located water bores between Geraldton and North West Cape, surveyed and mapped the Pilbara region and parts of the Kimberley. All in all, almost half the State had been geographically mapped during his reign. Gibb River and Maitland Range in the Kimberley were named after him, as are several species of invertebrate fossils. Maitland also received numerous other honours and awards including the Mueller Medal from ANZAAS (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science).
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1888
Career position - Second Assistant Geologist to the Geological Survey of Queensland
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1891
Career position - Geological examination of British New Guinea
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1896 - c. 1926
Career position - Government Geologist in Western Australia
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1898
Career position - Bibliography of the Geology of Western Australia published
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1901
Career position - Geologist on the Drake-Brockman expedition to the Kimberley
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1903
Career position - Surveying and mapping the Pilbra area
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1915 -
Career position - Honorary member of the Royal Society of New South Wales
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1915
Career position - President of the Mueller Botanic Society of Western Australia/The Royal Society of Western Australia
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1924
Award - ANZAAS Mueller Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)
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1925
Career position - President of the Mueller Botanic Society of Western Australia/The Royal Society of Western Australia
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1926
Life event - Retired
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1927
Award - Clarke Memorial Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
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1937
Award - Kelvin Memorial Medal received from the Mueller Botanic Society of Western Australia/The Royal Society of Western Australia
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