| 1901 | Bachelor of Engineering (BE), the University of Sydney. |
| 1903 | Member of expedition to the New Hebrides as geologist. |
| 1904 | Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney. |
| 1906 - 1958 | Honorary curator of minerals, later a Board member and finally Chairman of the South Australian Museum. |
| 1905 - 1920 | Lecturer in mineralogy and petrology, University of Adelaide. |
| 1907 - 1909 | Member of Shackleton's British Antarctica Expedition (BAE) as physicist. |
| 1909 | Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide. |
| 1911 - 1914 | Organiser, leader and chief scientist of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE). |
| 1916 - 1919 | Enlisted in British Army as Captain (promoted Major) involved in logistical war work in northern Europe. |
| 1920 | President, Geography Section, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement
of Science (ANZAAS). |
| 1920 - 1952 | Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Adelaide. |
| 1923 - 1924 | President, Royal Society of South Australia. |
| 1926 | President, Geology Section, ANZAAS. |
| 1929 - 1931 | Organiser, leader and chief scientist, British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research
Expedition (BANZARE). |
| 1932 - 1937 | President, ANZAAS. |
| 1952 | Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney. |