Geological map of Singapore
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Alexander's detailed geological map of Singapore, published in ‘Report on the availability of granite on Singapore and the surrounding islands’ (1950). Click to enlarge. |
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Elizabeth Alexander in the field in Singapore, c.1949. (LDGSL/38). Alexander is shown undertaking resistivity experiments using her and her husband’s specially designed and built equipment. Amongst other findings, the experiments allowed Alexander to determine the depth and quality of granite.
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Alexander’s contract with the New Zealand government ceased at the end of the Second World War. Reunited with her husband, she returned to Britain to organise the care of her children and complete a number of geological papers she had begun a decade earlier.
In January 1948 she arrived back in Singapore. The priority was to help in the rebuilding of the island’s infrastructure including its decimated university (which saw Alexander acting as its temporary registrar).
Her geological research opportunities were therefore limited, but in 1949 she was formally commissioned by the Singapore colonial government to survey the area for sources of granite for construction. The results, along with the first detailed geological map of Singapore, were published in 1950.
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| Progress report and accompanying map covering the period from 9 November to 9 December 1949. (LDGSL/38). Click to enlarge. |
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