Guide to the J.H. Rattigan Map Collection

Summary

Collection number:

MFC 34

Creator:

Rattigan, John Herbert

Extent:

4 items and in 1 map folder + 2 boxes

Language:

English

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

{"geogname":"Hunter River Region","subject":["Carboniferous","Permian"],"persname":"G.D. Osborne","content":["\u003cspan class='persname'\u003eG.D. Osborne\u003c/span\u003e (1899-1955) was a geologist and an academic. In the early 1920's, Osborne conducted extensive geological fieldwork of the","\u003cspan class='geogname'\u003eHunter River Region\u003c/span\u003e. Against popular thought at the time, he discovered that the","\u003cspan class='subject'\u003eCarboniferous\u003c/span\u003e and","\u003cspan class='subject'\u003ePermian\u003c/span\u003e rock strata was not separated by an unconformity but by a steep overthrust fault, which he coined, 'the Hunter overthrust'. It was this 145km of mapping and identifying of this major feature in the Hunter that lead to Osborne's credentials as a significant structural geologist in Australia. He later published work on the stratigraphical and structural synthesis on the region."]}

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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