Biographical entry Lowrie, William (1857 - 1933)

Summary

William Lowrie was Professor of Agriculture and Principal of Roseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia from 1888. After a period of teaching in New Zealand he was Director of Agriculture in Western Australia from 1908 and of South Australia from 1912.

Archival resources

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• William Lowrie - Records, 1880 - 1933, PRG 30/5/17; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Black, Alan W., 'Lowrie, William (1857-1933), Agricultural Educationist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 160-161. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100156b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Lowrie, William', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463825. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P001312. Details