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

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, 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 The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) is a professional association for mining and metallurgy, with over 145,000 members. It was founded in 1871 by 22 mining engineers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Uni ...

, and some impetus from the Mine Managers Association of

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. 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

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, Broken Hill and other mining centres. The 1926 conference was held in

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, New Zealand. In 1896 its headquarters were removed from Broken Hill to Melbourne, and in June 1919 adopted its present name. In 1954 the Institute applied for a

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, granted 1955. The AusIMM represents more than 13 500 members drawn from all sections of the industry and supported by a network of branches and societies in Australasia and internationally.

Member grades and post-nominals

Some notable members

;AIME *Sir

Henry Ayers Sir Henry Ayers (now pron. "airs") (1 May 1821 – 11 June 1897) was the eighth Premier of South Australia, serving a record five times between 1863 and 1873. His lasting memorial is in the name Ayers Rock, also known as Uluru, which was en ...

foundation president, 1893 *

Uriah Dudley Uriah Dudley FIAME (c. 1852 – 8 February 1909) was a mining engineer, inventor and mine manager in Broken Hill, New South Wales and in Western Australia. He was secretary, Mine Managers Association of Broken Hill from 1890 and general secretar ...

foundation general secretary 1893–1897 *David Lauder Stirling (c. 1871 – 30 August 1949); president 1894, secretary 1906–1941 or later; also secretary, Victorian Chamber of Mines 1898–1945 * H. W. Ferd Kayser (mine manager Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company), vice-president 1894, president 1898, 1899 * Alexander Montgomery (government geologist in New Zealand, Tasmania, and Western Australia), president 1895 *

Ernest Lidgey Ernest Lidgey (22 June 1863 – 16 February 1925) was an Australian geologist who conducted important geological surveys of mining areas in Victoria, Australia. History Lidgey was born in Adelaide the son of John Lidgey (1834–1887) and his wife ...

geological surveyor in Victoria; conducted Australia's first geophysical surveys; president 1901 *

Samuel Henry McGowan Samuel Henry McGowan (c. 1844 – 13 May 1921) was an Australian businessman involved in gold mining ventures in Bendigo, Victoria. History McGowan grew up in Northern Ireland and emigrated to Australia, settling in Bendigo around 1870. He was in ...

(c. 1845 – 13 May 1921), accountant specializing in gold mining companies, mayor of Bendigo 1899–1900; president 1902 * F. Danvers Power, lecturer at Sydney University, president 1897, 1904. * Robert C. Sticht general manager,

Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was a Tasmanian mining company formed on 29 March 1893, most commonly referred to as ''Mount Lyell''. Mount Lyell was the dominant copper mining company of the West Coast from 1893 to 1994, and was based in ...

, president 1905, 1915, vice-president 1909 *

G. D. Delprat Guillaume Daniel Delprat Order of the British Empire, CBE (1 September 1856 – 15 March 1937) was a Netherlands, Dutch-Australian metallurgy, metallurgist, mining engineer, and businessman. He was a developer of the froth flotation process fo ...

(manager of the Broken Hill mine), president 1906 *Dr.

Alfred William Howitt Alfred William Howitt , (17 April 1830 – 7 March 1908), also known by author abbreviation A.W. Howitt, was an Australian anthropologist, explorer and naturalist. He was known for leading the Victorian Relief Expedition, which set out to es ...

, C.M.G., F.G.S., the eminent naturalist, was president 1907 * Frank A. Moss, (general manager of Kalgurli Gold Mines), president 1907 *

C. F. Courtney Charles Frederick Courtney (23 November 1856 – 27 September 1941) was an English metallurgist, manager of the Sulphide Corporation, a mining and chemical manufacturing company in Australia. History C. F. Courtney was born in Islington on 23 No ...

(general manager of the

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), president 1908 * Richard Hamilton, (general manager of the Great Boulder Proprietary mine), president 1909, vice-president 1910 * G. A. Richard (of Mount Morgan, Queensland), president 1910 * Herman Carl Bellinger from US; mine manager,

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1909–1914, president 1912 *

James Hebbard James Hebbard (July 1862 – 28 November 1941) was a miner who became manager of the Great Central Mine, Broken Hill. History Hebbard was born in Bendigo, Victoria, in July, 1862, the fourth son of Mary "Martha" Hebbard, née Kitto, (15 September ...

(manager of the Central Mine, Broken Hill), president 1913 * John Warren (mining) (manager of Block 10, Broken Hill), vice-president 1894, president 1902 * Hyman Herman (director of the Victorian geological survey), joined 1897, president 1914, remained councillor to 1959. * Robert Silvers Black, (general manager of Kalgurli Gold Mines), president 1917 *

J. W. Sutherland John Waters Sutherland (16 August 1870 – 27 September 1946) was a mining engineer and metallurgist in Western Australia. History Sutherland was born in Scotchmans Lead, Victoria, a son of miner John Sutherland and his wife Wilhelmina Sutherland, ...

metallurgist at Lake View Consols and Golden Horse Shoe gold mines; president 1918 *Professor D. B. Waters of Otago, New Zealand, vice-president 1917,1918 (absent for most of this period — he was with

New Zealand Tunnelling Company The New Zealand Tunnelling Company (also ''New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company'') was a tunnel warfare unit of the Royal New Zealand Engineers during World War I which specialised in sapping and mining. The tunnelling companies were occupied ...

in France). ;AIMM * R. W. Chapman, vice-president 1906, president 1920 *

Colin Fraser Colin Fraser may refer to: * Colin Fraser (Australian politician) (died 1877), Australian politician *Colin Fraser (Canadian politician) (born 1978), Canadian politician *Colin Fraser (ice hockey) Colin Fraser (born January 28, 1985) is a Canadia ...

(later Sir Colin), president 1923 * H. W. Gepp, later Sir Herbert William Gepp, president 1924 * Ernest W. Skeats (professor of Geology, University of Melbourne), vice-president 1924, president 1925 * David Lauder Stirling, general secretary 1922–45 * R. M. Murray (general manager,

), president 1927 * Alfred Stephen Kenyon, treasurer 1897, secretary 1906, president 1928 * E. C. Andrews (New South Wales Government Geologist), president 1929 * William Edward Wainwright (general manager of Broken Hill South), president 1919, 1930, vice-president 1916–18, 1933, 1934 * Wiliam Harley Wainwright son of W. E. Wainwright, (chief metallurgist, BHP) life member *

Essington Lewis Essington Lewis, CH (13 January 18812 October 1961) was a prominent Australian industrialist. He was the Director-General of the Department of Munitions during World War II. Biography Early life Essington Lewis was born in Burra, South Austr ...

(managing director of

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) vice-president 1932, president 1935 *

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 Fairweat ...

, president 1932 (succeeded W. E. Mainwright at Broken Hill South mine and as General Manager) *Professor J. Neill Greenwood (Dean of Melbourne University Faculty of Applied Science), president 1936,1937 * Donald Yates, superintendent of Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty., president 1937 *

Julius Kruttschnitt Julius Kruttschnitt (July 30, 1854 – June 15, 1925) was a German American railroad executive. Biography He was born on July 30, 1854 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1873 and worked briefly as a s ...

(general manager,

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) president 1939 * Oliver H. Woodward (general manager, North Mine, Broken Hill) active in tunnelling operations WWI, president 1940 * Arthur H. P. Moline (1877-1965) (succeeded R. M. Murray as general manager, Mount Lyell, in 1944), president 1945 * Asdruebal James Keast (general manager, Zinc Corporation; Australian Aluminium Production Commission 1951–55), president 1946, vice-president 1947 * Frank R. Hockey / Francis Richard Hockey (general superintendent, BHP), president 1947, vice-president 1949,1950 * F. F. Espie / Frank Fancett Espie (general superintendent,

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), president 1948 * Godfrey Bernard O'Malley, vice-president 1943–46 * Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby (director of exploration, Zinc Corporation, Limited), vice-president 1950,1951, president 1953,1954 * Ian Munro McLennan (General Manager, BHP), president 1951 *

Beryl Elaine Jacka Beryl Elaine Jacka (9 June 1913 – 27 December 1989) was a private secretary for the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AUSIMM) (1948–1976), the inaugural secretary of the Australian Minerals Industry Research Association (A ...

MBE, typist 1936; assistant general secretary 1945–52, secretary 1952–1976 * Gordon Colvin Lindesay Clark CMG

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History

Member grades and post-nominals

Some notable members

See also

References