Robert Logan Jack papers

Collection

Accession number
5638
Date
1874-1919
Author / Creator
Jack, Robert Logan, 1845-1921
Abstract
Papers of Robert Logan Jack.
Scope and content

Narratives contained in the field notebooks describe interactions and observations of Aboriginal people and their culture, encountered during Jack's expeditions

System of arrangement
Arranged into 23 series.
Description
16 archival boxes
Additional format
Digital copies available for selected items.
Administrative / Biographical history

Robert Logan Jack (1845-1921) was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. He was educated at the Irvine Academy and at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Geological Survey of Scotland in 1867 and by 1876 had contributed greatly to Scottish geology by mapping the coalfields. In 1877 he married Janet Simpson, nee Love, they had one son, Robert Lockhart Jack (1878-1964). Janet Simpson had one son and two daughters from a previous marriage. In 1876 Jack was appointed geological surveyor for Northern Queensland and arrived at Townville in 1877. In 1879 he became the second Queensland Government Geologist for the colony. Jack resigned his Queensland government post in 1899 to explore the metalliferous deposits in the Szechuan Province of China for an English company.

Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status

Out of copyright.

Copyright shared with Library Board of Queensland.

Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.
Notes
English, German, Chinese.
This material contains Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content, and has been made available in accordance with State Library of Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections Commitments.
Preferred citation
5638, Robert Logan Jack papers, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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