Andrew Gibb Maitland
Andrew Gibb Maitland (1864-1951) qualified as a civil engineer at the University of Leeds and migrated to Queensland where he joined the Geological Survey in 1888.
In 1896, Maitland succeeded H.P Woodward as the Director of the Geological Survey of WA, a position he held for 30 years. Maitland produced hundreds of field maps and publications, including the Bibliography of the Geology of Western Australia (1898), the first of ninety-one survey bulletins issued under his direction.
He is considered to be one of Western Australia’s most important geologists whose detailed record of the geological information on the early goldfields continues to be of use and significance today. Gibb River and Maitland Range in Western Australia were named after him in honour of his geological contributions and successes as Government Geologist.
Further Reading
- 705P Vol. 192 – Staff of the Geological Survey of Western Australia [picture]
- PR2523 – The origin, history and work of the Geological Survey of Western Australia
- PR2987 – Recent advances in the knowledge of geology of Western Australia
- PR8097 – The antimony deposits of Western Australia
- PR8098 – A summary of geology of Western Australia
- PR15518 – Western Australia at the Franco-British Exhibition : a mineralogical museum
- Over 54 Geological maps and Cartographic material, including:
- 55/30/1.1 – Geological map of part of the north end of Kalgoorlie [cartographic material]
- 4/12/33 [1917] Plate I – [Some maps and sections to accompany report on the geology and mineral resources of the Yilgarn goldfield] [cartographic material]
- Call No. 47/11/9 - Map of Western Australia 1908 [cartographic material] artesian bores / Department of Land and Surveys, Western Australian : signed by A. Gibb Maitland, Government Geologist