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History articles in Preview

The following table lists all items of historical interest in Preview from (#52/53 in December, 1994) to the latest issue (#216 in February, 2022). As well as Feature articles, it includes Obituaries which often contain historical information.

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Roger Henderson, Chair, Historical Committee.

Preview # Title Type Pages
53 A fortunate life in seismic - Part I (an interview by Bob Sheriff) Interview 35-
54 A fortunate life in seismic - Part II (an interview by Bob Sheriff) Interview 30-34
54 Reg Sprigg Obituary 12
61 William (Bill) Stuart Obituary 35
87 Eric Blazey 1906-2000 (by Bill Langron) Obituary 8
87 Dave Dekker 1951-2000 (by Sharyn Dawson) Obituary 8
89 Geoff Dickson 1938-2000 (by Peter Dalhous) Obituary 12
95 Adelmo Agostini 1941-2001 (by Steve Webster) Obituary 15
96 Wilfred Parkinson 1919-2001 (by Charles Barton & Max Banks) Obituary 11
97 Samuel Carey 1911-2002 (by Patrick Quilty) Obituary 12-13
98 Geological Survey of Victoria celebrates 150 years of achievement Article 23
99 Fifty Years Of Potential Field Modelling Article 16-19
100 Norm Uren retires Article 11-12
100 Stanley Ward 1923-2002 (by Phil Wannamaker) Obituary 12
100 The History of Preview Article 6-8
107 Hugh Doyle 1927-2003 (by John Glover) Obituary 10
108 Rodney Tuson 1941-2003 (by Bob Richardson) Obituary 9
109 Geophysical Anniversaries - 200 years ago, 60 years ago (Doug Morrison) Article 14
110 The magnetic shoal near Bezout Island (Doug Morrison) Feature 15-16
111 Geophysical Anniversaries - 140 years ago - Neumeyer (Doug Morrison) Article 52
111 James Dooley 1919-2004 (by Barry Drummond) Obituary 45-46
111 Bernie Milton 1920-2004 (by Nick Dunston, Reg Nelson & Dave Cockshell) Obituary 47
112 Geophysical Anniversaries - 175 years ago - R W Fox (Doug Morrison) Article 28-29
113 Geophysical Anniversaries - 101 years ago on the island of Mauritius (Doug Morrison) Feature 18-19
114 Geophysics at Newmont - a history of innovation and development (Part I, 1946-1975) Feature 23-24
114 Geophysical Anniversaries - 70 years ago -'Southern Cross' (Doug Morrison) Feature 21-22
115 90 years ago - some pioneering field trips (Part I) (Doug Morrison) Feature 16-18
115 Geophysics at Newmont - a history of innovation and development (Part II, 1975-2005) Feature 19-21
116 90 years ago - some pioneering field trips (Part II) (Doug Morrison) Feature 20-23
116 Willem Verhoeff 1930-2005 (by Norm Uren) Obituary 12
116 Keiiti Aki 1930-2005 (by Dave Denham, Koya Suto & John McDonald) Obituary 13
117 90 years ago - some pioneering field trips (Part III) (Doug Morrison) Feature 17-20
118 Farewell to WMC (Lisa Vella) Feature 19-21
119 Some old books - late 19th C (Doug Morrison) Feature 29-30, 32
120 Paul Passalsky: a young man's legacy to geophysics (Doug Morrison) Feature 18-19, 25
120 Anita Heath 1955-2005 (by Craig Dempsey) Obituary 9-10
121 Neumayer: pioneer exploration geophysicist (Part 1) (Doug Morrison) Feature 21-24
122 Neumayer: pioneer exploration geophysicist (Part 2) (Doug Morrison) Feature 12-15
123 Neumayer: pioneer exploration geophysicist (Part 3) (Doug Morrison) Feature 17-20
123 Edward Burnside 1919-2006 (by Ian Pontifx, Keith Yates & Chris Haslam) Obituary 14
124 Neumayer: pioneer exploration geophysicist (Part 4) (Doug Morrison) Feature 32-34
124 Desmond Rowston 1923-2006 (by Stewart Gunson) Obituary 10
125 Neumayer: pioneer exploration geophysicist (Part 5 - final) (Doug Morrison) Feature 34-36, 38-39
126 Jack Rayner and the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey (John Rayner) Feature 39-42
126 Anton Hales 1911-2006 (by Ted Lilley) Obituary 9, 14
126 Satoru Ohya 1932-2006 (by Koya Suto) Obituary 14
127 Jack Rayner in America, 1945 (John Rayney) Feature 33-38
128 Jack Rayner and AGGSNA (John Rayner) Feature 34-39
129 Geophysicists at war: mines, magnetism and memories - Part 1 (John Rayner) Feature 36-38
129 Lawrence Drake 1931-2007 (by Keeva Vozoff, Jim Tayton & Edward Bowen) Obituary 8
130 Geophysicist at war: mines, magnetism and memories - Part 2 (John Rayner) Feature 32-34
137 Paleomagnetiam 1958 revisited: a Golden Anniversary (Ted Lilley) Article 35-36
142 Tony Barringer 1925-2009 (by Roger Henderson) Obituary 8-9
145 Turhan Taner 1928-2010 (by Roy and Judy Farrell) Obituary 12-13
145 Ken Seedsman 1929-2010 (by Keith Johns) Obituary 11
148 My first shot (seismic refraction) (Peter Gunn) Article 45
148 Shanti Rajagopalan 1960-2010 (by David Boyd) Obituary 10-11
150 History of Preview -25 years and 150 issues (Ann-Marie Anderson Mayes) Article 9-10
150 History of seismic resolution (John Denham & Les Denham) Feature 33-36
150 Rembering Grahame Sands Memorial Tribute 6
150 Craig Hoffman 1961-2010 (by Mike Harch & Kelly Keates) Obituary 7
152 Duncan Crone 1929-2011 (by ?) Obituary 11
152 Len Collett 1922-2011 (by ?) Obituary 11
154 Harold O Seigel 1924-2011 (by Chris Nind et al) Obituary 7
157 Stewart Gunson 1925-2012 (by Norm Uren) Obituary 13
158 George Keller 1927-2012 (by Roger Henderson & Charles Stoyer) Obituary 11
160 Peter Elliott 1954-2012 (by Kim Frankcombe) Obituary 9
161 Jodie Gillespie 1972-2012 (by ?) Obituary 8
163 Geophysical instruments in the National Historical Collection (Denis Shephard) Feature 21-27
164 Three magnetometers from Australia's Historical Collection (Denis Shephard) Feature 22-29
166 First official recommendation to establish exploration geophysics in institutions in Aust. (R. Henderson) Feature 39-47
169 Kenneth Zonge 1936-2013 (by Larry Hughes et al.) Obituary 12
171 Hugh Rutter 1941-2014 (by Kim Frankcombe, Bob Smith, Jim Lalor & Phil Schmidt) Obituary 17
172 Alan Appleton 1934-2014 (by Dave Cockshell) Obituary 22
172 SIROTEM - Australia's first locally invented TEM system (Roger Henderson) Feature 39-46
173 Don Gray 1931-2014 (by Alla Metlenko) Obituary 18
173 Trevor Jones 1949-2014 (by Marina Costelloe) Obituary 18
174 Robert Sheriff 1922-2014 (by Norm Uren) Obituary 13
175 Peter Gunn remembers his life as a geophysicist Feature 34-43
176 Alex Copeland 1950-2015 (by Kim Frankcombe et al.) Obituary 14
176 Dave Hutchins 1948-2015 (by Bob Timmins) Obituary 17
177 Christopher Wiles 1947- 2014 (by Mike Sexon et al.) Obituary 14
179 The first gravity meter in Australia in 1890s (Roger Henderson) Feature 53-61
180 The first lecturer in exploration geophysics in Australia (Roger Henderson) Feature 40-46
181 Lewis Albert Richardson: a pioneer of exploration geophysics in Australia (Bob Richardson) Feature 38-41
184 High productivity vibroseis techniqes: a review (Tim Dean) Feature 36-40
185 The development of optically pumped magnetometer systems and their application in Australia: Part 1 (by John Stanley) Feature 46-53
185 People: Vale Lindsay (Lin) George Parry (1922–2016)/Where are they now? Obituary 11-13
186 A list of history items in Preview, Nos. 169-185 (by Roger Henderson) News 8
186 The development of optically pumped magnetometer systems and their application in Australia: Part 2 (by John Stanley) Feature 42-49
187 David Boyd 1926-2017 (by Dave Tucker & Dave Isles) Obituary 12-14
187 Time domain EM comes to Australia: the early history of the MPPO-1 (by Brian Spies) Feature 44-49
188 How Bernie Milton helped Hugh Rutter with the discovery of Olympic Dam (by David Isles) Feature 41-44
189 Phillip Playford 1932-2017 (by Kim Frankcombe) Obituary 13
189 Geophysical surveying in Australia by the navigators James Cook and Mathew Flinders (by Doug Morrison) Feature 38-41
189 The level of knowledge about exploration geophysical methods in Australia prior to the IGES, 1928-30. Part 1 (by Roger Henderson) Feature 42-49
190 The level of knowledge about exploration geophysical methods in Australia prior to the IGES, 1928-30. Part 2 (by Roger Henderson) Feature 46-54
191 Marion Elizabeth Rose 1947-2017 (by Phil Harman et al.) Obituary 19-20
193 David Leaman 1943-2018 (Bob Richardson et al.) Obituary 14-15
194 Broughton Edge: was he the father of exploration geophysics in Australia ? (by Roger
Henderson)
Feature 44-49
195 Edgar H Booth: was he the first Australian exploration seismologist? (by Roger Henderson) Feature 46-50
195 Vale: Search Exploration Services 1987-2017 News 13
196 John Kingsley Newman 1925-2018 (by Bob Smith) Obituary 12-13
198 Kevin Wake-Dyster 1953-2018 (by Tim Barton & Henk van Paridon) Obituary 13
198 The second lecturer in exploration geophysics in Australia (by Roger Henderson) Feature 32-34
199 Peter Milligan 1951-2019 (by Richard Lane) Obituary 13
200 Nikola Tesla, providor of the SI unit of magnetic flux density (by Roger Henderson) Byte 3
200 Georg Ohm, providor of the SI unit of electrical resistance (by Roger Henderson) Byte 16
202 Keeva Vozoff 1928-2019 (by Roger Henderson and Ted Tyne) Obituary 11-12
202 Michael Faraday, providor of the SI unit of capacitance, the Farad (by Roger Henderson) Byte 20
203 Galvani and Volta (by Roger Henderson) Byte 12
203 Barry Drummond 1950-2019 (by Tim Barton) Obituary 13-16
203 Sheldon Breiner 1936-2019 (By Roger Henderson) Obituary 17-18
204 Hans Lundberg  (by Ken Witherly) People 12-16
204 Ted Tyne's best of Exploration Geophysics  Feature 36-48
205 Brian Spies 1949-2020 (by Ted Tyne) Obituary 8-12
205 Don Emerson's best of Exploration Geophysics Feature 43-68
206 Letter to Editor re Lundberg (by Roger Henderson) Editor's desk 1
206 John Denham's best of Exploration Geohysics Feature 45-51
207 A Tribute to Ron Green (by John Stanley & Phil Schmidt) People 8-10
207 Michael Asten's best of Exploration Geophysics Feature 48-52
208 Bouguer's gravitational corrections (Roger Henderson) Feature 39-43
208 David Annett's best of Exploration Geophysics Feature 44-51
209 Patrick Hillsdon 1947-2020 (by Roger Henderson) Obituary 10
209 Michael John Sexton 1952-2020 (by Tim Barton) Obituary 11-12
209 Divination: A geophysicists view (Donald Emerson) Feature 48-57
209 Mark Lackie's best of Exploration Geophysics Feature 58-60
210 Biological geomagnetic field sensing (Roger Henderson) Feature 34-36
210 Peter Anthony Hopgood 1949-2020 (Andrew Lewis) Obituary 12
210 Leslie John Starkey 1934-2020 (Jason Meyers & Kim Frankcombe) Obituary 12
211 Richard John Llewellan Lane 1962-2021 (Nick Williams) Obituary 10
211 The first measurements of gravity in Australia (R Henderson) Feature 48-49
212 ASEG History Committee: Some current activities News 14
212 Geophysical student practicals around Canberra (Ted Lilley) News 15-16
214 The first magneotelluric survey in Australia (Roger Henderson) News 12-13
214 John Henry Coggan 1944-2021 (Don Pridmore & Greg Hall) Obituary 14
215 Letter to Editor re Malaspina and Dawes (by John Milsom) Editor's desk 1
216 Letter to Editor re Dagelet (by Doug Morrison) Editor's desk 2
216 Pivotal Moments (Niels Christensen) Feature   32-34
217 Williamm Francis Budd (1938-2022) (Les Denham) Obituary    12-13
217 The First Radiometric Surveys for Uranium in Australia (Roger Henderson) Byte 13
217 Pivotal Moments (Niels Christensen.) (Continued). Feature 31-32
217 Henri Becquerel (Roger Henderson) Byte 36
218 David Alan Falvey (1945-2022) (David Denham) Obituary 15-16
218 Pivotal Moments (Niels Christensen.) (Continued). Feature 33-35
219 Pivotal Moments (Niels Christensen.) (Continued). Feature 31-32
220 Frederick Edward Mulhearin Lilley (1940-2022) (Phillip Wynne) Obituary 13-14
220 Pivotal Moments (Niels Christensen.) (Continued) Feature 30-32
221 Sydney Hall (1923-2022) (Steve Hearn) Obituary 12
221 Pivotal Moments (Niels Christensen.) (Continued) Feature 44-37
222 Joe Cucuzza (1952-2022) (Michael Asten) Obituary 10-11
223 Nominations for Milestones in Electrical and EM methods News 6
223 Nominations and Awards for prominent members -see citations Greg Street (46-47), Ted Tyne (50-51), Andrew Mutton (52-53) Feature 44-53
224 A Sliding Door Moment – Cauchy’s Integral Theory, etc.(Des Fitzgerald) Feature 32-35