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Colin Fraser (mining)
Sir Colin Fraser (14 May 1875 – 11 March 1944) was a mining engineer and executive in New Zealand and Australia. History Fraser was born in Coromandel, New Zealand, a son of mine manager John Cameron Fraser and his wife Elizabeth Stuart Fraser, née McKay. He studied geology part-time at Auckland University while on the staff of the Bank of New Zealand, graduated M.Sc in 1906 and entered the service of the N.Z. Government as mining geologist 1905–1911. He was associated with W. S. Robinson in London as an employee of Robinson, Clark & Co, consulting mining engineers 1911–1914, when he was involved in tin mines in Cornwall and nickel mines in Canada. He next took a commission from the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co. to make a geological examination of some of its properties in Australia. He was next associated with W. L. Baillieu in developing Broken Hill's non-ferrous production capability for wartime needs. He was appointed to the Advisory Panel on Industrial Organisation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coromandel, New Zealand
Coromandel, ( mi, Kapanga) also called Coromandel Town to distinguish it from the wider district, is a town on the Coromandel Harbour, on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula, which is in the North Island of New Zealand. It is 75 kilometres east of the city of Auckland, although the road between them, which winds around the Firth of Thames and Hauraki Gulf coasts, is 190 km long. The population was as of . The town was named after HMS Malabar (1804), HMS ''Coromandel'', which sailed into the harbour in 1820. At one time Coromandel Harbour was a major port serving the region's gold mining and kauri industries. Today, the town's main industries are tourism and mussel farming. Coromandel Harbour is a wide bay on the Hauraki Gulf guarded by several islands, the largest of which is Whanganui Island. The town and environs are a popular summer holiday destination for New Zealanders. Coromandel Town is noted for its artists, crafts, alternative lifestylers, mussel farmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Mines And Metals Association
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Mining Engineers
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Deaths
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1875 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third Class is renamed Second Class in 1956). * January 5 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris. * January 12 – Guangxu Emperor, Guangxu becomes the 11th Qing Dynasty Emperor of China at the age of 3, in succession to his cousin. * January 14 – The newly proclaimed King Alfonso XII of Spain (Queen Isabella II's son) arrives in Spain to restore the monarchy during the Third Carlist War. * February 3 – Third Carlist War – Battle of Lácar: Carlist commander Torcuato Mendiri, Torcuato Mendíri secures a brilliant victory, when he surprises and routs a Government force under General Enrique Bargés at Lácar, east of Estella, nearly capturing newly cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Fairweather
Andrew Fairweather (31 May 1882 – 4 May 1962) was a mine manager in Broken Hill, New South Wales. History Fairweather was born in Adelaide, son of marine engineer Andrew Abercrombie Fairweather (1855–1940) and his wife Cecilia Russell Fairweather née Leason (1851–1895), who married in 1879. :James Leason (c. 1821 – 29 July 1908) arrived in SA aboard ''Trafalgar'' March 1850 with daughters Clara and Emma, wife Emma and new baby having died ''en route''. Leason then married Cecilia Wilson (c. 1823 – 10 March 1910), had another ten children; Cecilia Russell Leason being the first. Leason took over "St James farm" at The Reedbeds in 1859 and prospered. He moved to Lillimur, Victoria (near Kaniva) in October 1877. Fairweather was educated at LeFevre's Peninsula Primary School and Port Adelaide High School, winning a scholarship in December 1895 which took him to Way College in 1896, from which institution he gained an entrance scholarship to Adelaide University, graduating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toorak, Victoria
Toorak () is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington local government area, on Boonwurrung Land. Toorak recorded a population of 12,817 at the 2021 census. The name Toorak has become synonymous with wealth and privilege, the suburb long having the reputation of being Melbourne's most elite, and ranking among the most prestigious in Australia. It has the highest average property values in Melbourne, and is one of the most expensive suburbs in Australia. It is the nation's second highest earning postcode after Point Piper in Sydney. Located on a rise on the south side (or left bank) of a bend in the Yarra River, Toorak is bordered by South Yarra, at Williams Road on the west, Malvern, at Glenferrie Road on the east, Prahran and Armadale, at Malvern Road to the south and the suburbs of Richmond, Burnley and Hawthorn on the north side of the river. The suburb's main street is consider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Club (Sydney) ''
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Union Club may refer to: Ottoman Empire * İttihatspor, a Turkish football club founded as Union Club in 1908 United Kingdom * Union Club (Bristol), an 18th-century pro-Whig political club * Union Club (London), a gentlemen's club in Trafalgar Square, 1827–1923 United States * Union Club of Boston, Massachusetts * Union Club of the City of New York * Pacific-Union Club, in San Francisco, California * Atherton Hotel at Oklahoma State University, originally the Union Club Fictional * Union Club, a club in short stories by Isaac Asimov, many in ''The Union Club Mysteries ''The Union Club Mysteries'' is a collection of mystery short stories by American author Isaac Asimov featuring his fictional mystery solver Griswold. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1983 and in paperback by the Fawcett Crest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athenaeum Club, Melbourne
The Athenaeum Club is a private club situated in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ..., Australia. The club has been in operation since 1868 and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2018. – ''The Athenaeum Club will be carried on by Mr. Hay, of the Bull and Mouth.'' References External links Athenaeum Club website {{coord, 37, 48, 51.99, S, 144, 58, 15.39, E, display=title Heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne 1868 establishments in Australia Organizations established in 1868 Organisations based in Melbourne Gentlemen's clubs in Australia Clubs and societies in Victoria (Australia) Collins Street, Melbourne Buildings and structures in Melbourne City Centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Club (Melbourne)
The Australian Club in Melbourne, Australia is a gentleman's club founded in 1878 by English settlers to provide accommodation, food and refreshments, and congenial surroundings for Melbourne and Victorian businessmen. The Club is still active and its building at 110 William Street retains its original 19th-century architecture and furniture. Notable members The following notable persons are known to have been members: *Sir William John Clarke (1831–1897), landowner, stud-breeder and philanthropistSee Australian Dictionary of Biography under that head name *Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk (1886–1965), radio pioneer and businessman *Sir Colin Fraser (1875–1944), *Duncan Gillies (1834–1903), politician * Rupert W. Hornabrook (1871–1951), anaesthetist *Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson (1875–1952), politician and lawyer *Sir James MacBain (1828–1892), businessman and politician *John Alexander MacPherson (1833–1894), politician *Sir Norman Angus Martin (1893–1978), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Club
The Melbourne Club is a private social club established in 1838 and located at 36 Collins Street, Melbourne. The club is a symbol of Australia's British social heritage and was established at a gathering of 23 gentlemen on Saturday, 17 December 1838, and initially used John Pascoe Fawkner's hotel on the corner of Collins Street and Market Street. The Melbourne Club moved to new purpose-built premises at the eastern end of Collins Street, designed by Leonard Terry in Renaissance Revival style, in 1859. A dining room wing with a bay window was added at the western end in 1885, designed by Terry and Oakden. It includes, among other rooms, a library, main dining room, private dining room, breakfast room, billiard rooms, lawn room and bedrooms. The building is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. At the rear of the Club building is a private courtyard garden, maintained by arborist-horticulturalist John Fordham, which is also listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australasian Institute Of Mining And Metallurgy
The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) provides services to professionals engaged in all facets of the global minerals sector and is based in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. History The Institute had its genesis in 1893 with the formation in Adelaide of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers drawing its inspiration from the success of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, and some impetus from the Mine Managers Association of Broken Hill. Office-holders were equally from South Australia and "The Hill", where the Institute established its headquarters. This approach to the foundation of a federal organization was welcomed in mining districts of other Australian colonies. and branches were formed in Broken Hill, the Thames Goldfield (New Zealand), Ballarat, and elsewhere. Succeeding annual conferences were held at Ballarat, Hobart, Broken Hill and other mining centres. The 1926 conference was held in Otago, New Zealand. In 1896 its headquarters w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
