Person
Maxwell, Walter (1854 - 1931)
- Born
- 14 June 1854
Paradise, Durham, England - Died
- 9 July 1931
Conway, New Hampshire, United States of America - Occupation
- Agricultural scientist
Summary
Walter Maxwell was brought to Australia from the United States of America to report on the sugar industry in Queensland. His 1900 report recommended that research stations be established to further the industry. One was established in Mackay and Maxwell was appointed its Director. He remained in Australia for ten years and completed three other reports for the Commonwealth. Maxwell left Australia in 1910 and went on to study the sugar industry in the Philippines for the United States Department of Agriculture and was Government Advisor to Britain during World War I.
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Chronology
- 1893 - c. 1895
- Career position - Research into sugar-cane juice at Audubon Park Sugar Experiment Station in Louisiana, USA
- 1895 - c. 1900
- Career position - Inaugural Director of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association's Experiment Station, USA
- 1900
- Career position - Visited Australia to report on the Sugar industry in Queensland for the Minister of Agriculture
- 1900 - 1910?
- Career position - Director of the sugar experiment station established in Queensland
- 1901
- Career position - Commonwealth Government Advisor on the cane sugar industry
- 1904 - 1910
- Career position - Comptroller of Bureau of Central Sugar Mills
- 1905
- Career position - Commonwealth Government Advisor on the sugar bonus scheme
- 1907 - 1910
- Career position - Honorary Technical Advisor to the Australian Sugar Producers' Association
- 1910
- Career position - Commonwealth Government Advisor on the cane sugar industry
- 1910
- Life event - Left Australia
Published resources
Book Sections
- Kerr, J. D., 'Maxwell, Walter (1854-1931), Agricultural Scientist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 10 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 460-461. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100448b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539075. Details
- 'Maxwell, Walter (1854-1931)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469761. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 14 August 2019
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