The Remarkable Reverend Clarke. The life and times of the Father of Australian Geology.

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Melbourne: O.U.P. (1982). 8vo. Or. cl. d.w. (292pp.). With title-page portr. illusts. and text-maps. 1st ed. NOTE: William Branwhite Clarke (1798-1878) was an English clergyman and geologist who came to Sydney in 1839. He made many notable discoveries particularly in the Hunter River coalfields and discovered gold in 1841.