The Field Geology and broader mining features of the Leonora-Duketon district, including parts of the North Coolgardie, Mt. Margaret, and East Murchison Goldfields and a Report on the Anaconda Copper Mine and neighbourhood, Mt. Margaret Goldfield [and] Th

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Bulletin Geological Survey Western Australia Nos 84, 86, 90. A fascinating set of bulletins in which the author details his geological surveys of Western Australia. Includes historical notes from the 1860's onward. The scale of the work is amazing, (Bulletin no.84) was the result of two years work, a reconnaissance survey ‘being 12,100 miles in extent’. Illustrated with large colour folding maps. Edward de Courcy Clarke (1880-1956), was a New Zealander, who joined the Geological Survey of Western Australia, from 1912 to 1920. Clarke is known for conducting extensive field work in challenging areas of Western Australia, the results being published later in Bulletins of the Geological Survey of Western Australia. He was appointed Lecturer-in-charge, Department of Geology, University of Western Australia, retiring as Professor in 1948. The Edward de Courcy Clarke Earth Science Museum, at the University of Western Australia is named after him.

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3 vols, 8vo, later buckram, rear padded with blank pages. From an Institutional library: stamps / withdrawn stamps to titles pages and verso of maps. Good.