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365: 431: 378: 371: 273: 297: 105: 136:, for General Proficiency. At the end of 1947, Veevers was named Dux of the College and received the Schofield Scholarship and Halse Rogers Prize. He went up to the 313: 512: 117: 415: 507: 218: 468: 156:, (1948–1951), rising to geologist (1952–1960) and senior geologist 1961–1967. In 1968, he was appointed as a senior lecturer at 408: 242: 502: 517: 160:
and has since been a Professor of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. He was awarded his PhD in 1956 from
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Veevers is the son of George Stanley Veevers and Dulcie Annie (nÊe James) and attended
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Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) Part 2 – The Lists
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and graduated as a Bachelor of Science in 1952 and a Master of Science in 1954.
116:(13 October 1930 – 12 August 2018) was an Australian professor of geology and a 438: 385: 185: 481: 230: 132:(1944–1947). In 1946 he won the Wigram Allen Scholarship, endowed by Sir 254:
Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 204
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Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics
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New South Wales
Newington College
University of Sydney
Imperial College London
Macquarie University
fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Newington College
George Wigram Allen
University of Sydney
Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics
Canberra
Macquarie University
Imperial College London
National Library of Australia
Veevers crater
Geological Society of Australia
Centenary Medal
SMH Notices
Encyclopedia of Australian Science
M J Banks Family Tree
"Alumni Sidneienses"
University of Sydney
On-line Directory
Macquarie University
Catalogue
National Library of Australia
S W Carey Medal
Geological Society of Australia
It's an Honour
Flag of Australia

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