Richard Thilthorpe Slee
Richard Thilthorpe Slee, (1879–1935), mining engineer, was General Manager of the BHP mine at Broken Hill, Australia. Notable for his mining rescues, he was killed in a mine accident in 1935. Origins R.T. Slee was born in Sydney on 29 August 1879, the eldest son of Richard Slee (1831–1912) and Mary Ann Slee (née Thilthorpe). His parents had nine children, of whom five boys and two girls survived to adulthood. His father, a native of Devon, England, was proprietor of the Slee Stove Works, a foundry at Woolloomooloo, winning medals for his patent fuel stoves from the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales and at the Sydney International Exhibition (1879). Some of those medals are now in the Powerhouse Museum collection. Prominent in public affairs, Richard Slee served as an alderman of Rookwood Municipal Council, being elected its first mayor in 1892. He also supported many charities, including the NSW Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute, of which he was made a life member. ...
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