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Cecil Madigan
Cecil Thomas Madigan (15 October 1889 – 14 January 1947) was an Australian geologist, explorer, academic, aerial surveyor, meteorologist, author, and army officer.
Cecil Thomas Madigan was born in Renmark, South Australia, to contractor and fruitgrower Thomas Madigan and Mary Dixie (née Finey) a teacher. Cecil was the oldest of two sons and two daughters. He was raised by his mother, as his father had died in the Kalgoorlie, Western Australian Goldfields.
He attended Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, and then the University of Adelaide. He graduated with a BSc in mining engineering.
Madigan won a Rhodes Scholarship in 1911 to study geology at Magdalen College, Oxford, but deferred the appointment as he was invited by Sir Douglas Mawson to go as meteorologist on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
After doing service in World War I, he returned to Magdalen College, where he earned a B.A. in 1919, M.A. in 1922, and later, D.Sc. in 1933. He won first-class honours in geology and won blues in rowing and boxing.
In December 1911 the party left Hobart on board the SY Aurora. In January 1912 they reached Commonwealth Bay in Adélie Land, Antarctica, where they set up a collection of buildings subsequently known as Mawson's Huts. From there he led several expeditions into uncharted regions of Adélie Land and George V Land. These expeditions gathered vital information about the presence of coal in Antarctica.
Madigan later served with the Royal Engineers in France during the First World War. He saw action at the Battle of Loos where he was wounded, and the Battle of the Somme.
After his return to Australia, Madigan was appointed lecturer in geology at the University of Adelaide in 1922, a post he held until his death, and continued his friendship with Mawson, who had been appointed professor of geology following the retirement of Walter Howchin in 1920. Mawson and Madigan, along with their students at the university, made important additions to geology, in particular understanding the Cambrian. During the 1920s, Madigan undertook extensive study and mapping of the Cambrian on the Fleurieu Peninsula, and determined that this section of the coastline was overturned. Reg Sprigg later gave Madigan particular credit for his early work on the Cambrian.
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Cecil Madigan
Cecil Thomas Madigan (15 October 1889 – 14 January 1947) was an Australian geologist, explorer, academic, aerial surveyor, meteorologist, author, and army officer.
Cecil Thomas Madigan was born in Renmark, South Australia, to contractor and fruitgrower Thomas Madigan and Mary Dixie (née Finey) a teacher. Cecil was the oldest of two sons and two daughters. He was raised by his mother, as his father had died in the Kalgoorlie, Western Australian Goldfields.
He attended Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, and then the University of Adelaide. He graduated with a BSc in mining engineering.
Madigan won a Rhodes Scholarship in 1911 to study geology at Magdalen College, Oxford, but deferred the appointment as he was invited by Sir Douglas Mawson to go as meteorologist on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
After doing service in World War I, he returned to Magdalen College, where he earned a B.A. in 1919, M.A. in 1922, and later, D.Sc. in 1933. He won first-class honours in geology and won blues in rowing and boxing.
In December 1911 the party left Hobart on board the SY Aurora. In January 1912 they reached Commonwealth Bay in Adélie Land, Antarctica, where they set up a collection of buildings subsequently known as Mawson's Huts. From there he led several expeditions into uncharted regions of Adélie Land and George V Land. These expeditions gathered vital information about the presence of coal in Antarctica.
Madigan later served with the Royal Engineers in France during the First World War. He saw action at the Battle of Loos where he was wounded, and the Battle of the Somme.
After his return to Australia, Madigan was appointed lecturer in geology at the University of Adelaide in 1922, a post he held until his death, and continued his friendship with Mawson, who had been appointed professor of geology following the retirement of Walter Howchin in 1920. Mawson and Madigan, along with their students at the university, made important additions to geology, in particular understanding the Cambrian. During the 1920s, Madigan undertook extensive study and mapping of the Cambrian on the Fleurieu Peninsula, and determined that this section of the coastline was overturned. Reg Sprigg later gave Madigan particular credit for his early work on the Cambrian.