Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian geologist
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About Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray
- Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray (18 February 1846 – 5 September 1925) was an Australian geologist. Murray was born in Frimley, Surrey, England, the eldest child of Captain Virginius Murray (1817-1861) and his wife Elizabeth Alicia, née Poitier.
- He was brought to Australia in 1855 by his mother, three years after his father had migrated there.
- Murray was educated at Rev.
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- Fenner's, (M.A.) private school at South Yarra, Melbourne.
- Murray left school in 1860, and worked on a cattle run near Avoca, Victoria and later had some success as a gold prospector.In April 1862 Murray joined the Geological Survey of Victoria, directed by Alfred Selwyn, as field assistant to Charles Smith Wilkinson.
- Murray had experience in Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, the Otway ranges, and many other districts.
- When the Geological Survey was terminated on economic grounds in 1869, Murray engaged in mining and mining surveying in the Ballarat district.
- He joined the government service again in 1871, and made geological surveys of the Bendigo and Ballarat goldfields.
- Murray did a lot of pioneering surveying in Gippsland much of which had not been explored; some of this was done with Alfred William Howitt.In 1881 Murray was appointed geological surveyor for the department of mines, Victoria, and remained until his resignation in 1897.
- He afterwards held appointments with various English mining companies and in his later years did a good deal of prospecting work.
- Murray died on 5 September 1925.
- He married twice and was survived by sons and daughters of both marriages.
- In 1887 he published a capable volume, Victoria: Geology and Physical Geography, and a large number of his reports and maps will be found listed in Bulletin No.
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- He was a hard-working and able geologist, who did excellent exploring and pioneering geological work in Victoria and particularly in relation to mining country.
- Murray died in Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria.
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