Colin Branch (geologist)

Colin David Branch (born 23 May 1936) is an Australian geologist and former Chairman of the Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia. Branch is a Fellow of The Geological Society of Australia.[1]

Dr Colin Branch
B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D. (Syd), FGSA
Born
Colin David Branch

(1936-05-23)23 May 1936
Sydney, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
EducationNewington College
University of Sydney
OccupationGeologist
Spouse(s)Pamela Valerie (née Ford)
Children1 son, 1 daughter
Parent(s)Edith Alicia Doris (née Baker) & Kenneth Macquarie Branch

Early life

Branch was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Edith Alicia Doris (née Baker) and Kenneth Macquarie Branch. His father was an architect[2] and honorary carrillonist at the University of Sydney.[3] He attended Newington College in 1951 and 1952.[4] In 1956 he was awarded a Bachelor of Science (with honors) from the University Sydney. In 1962 he became a Doctor of Philosophy.

Geological career

Branch was a field geologist with the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR) from 1957 until 1962.[5] He was senior volcanologist with the Department Lands, Mines and Surveys, Rabaul, New Guinea, in 1963 and 1964. In 1965 he returned to Canberra as petrologist-in-charge wth the BMR and remained in that role until 1968. In 1969 he was appointed as a senior lecturer in geology at the University of Southern Queensland and in 1970 he became a professor. He moved to Adelaide, South Australia, as professor of geology at the University of South Australia and held that chair until 1976. Branch became director of resources at the Department Mines and Energy, Adelaide, in 1976 and assistant director general of the Department of Mines in Perth in 1987. He has been Chairman of the Minerals and Energy Research Institute, Perth.[6]


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References
  1. Geological Society of Australia Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. "BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH". The Sydney Morning Herald (29, 575). New South Wales, Australia. 18 October 1932. p. 4. Retrieved 5 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "CARILLON RECITALS". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 1 January 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 93
  5. Branch, C. D. (Colin D.) (2007), Two strong legs and a winch rope : a field geologist's life in North Queensland, 1957–59, Colin D. Branch, retrieved 5 April 2019
  6. Geological Society of Australia Retrieved 5 April 2019.


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