Biographical entry Maxwell, Walter (1854 - 1931)

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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Events

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 Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 460-461. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100448b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Maxwell, Walter', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469761. Details