Alan Knox Denmead

Denmead married fellow University of Queensland graduate and geologist, Noela Harris in 1932.

[1] Denmead and his wife resided in Cracow, Queensland during 1932, during the gold boom of that period.

[8] Denmead was progressive in pushing for an extensive program of geological mapping and coal resource evaluation.

With support from the Commonwealth Department of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, exploration of the Bowen Basin coal reserves was undertaken, and would fuel the state's mining industry for decades to come.

In addition to the growth in the coal export industry, bauxite mining and alumina refining also commenced, as well as research into oil and gas production.