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Biographical entry Wainwright, William Edward (1873 - 1959)
- Born
- 3 January 1873
Upper Holloway, England - Died
- 3 May 1959
Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Mining engineer
Summary
William Edward Wainwright was a mine manager and engineer with BHP from 1898 to 1941. He was also involved in many organisations including Chairman of the Victorian Committee of the Standards Association of Australia and twice president of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
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Events
- 1892
- Education - Diploma in Metallurgy completed at the South Australian School of Mines and Industries
- 1894
- Education - Diploma in Mining completed at the South Australian School of Mines and Industries
- 1895
- Career position - Battery Manager at Ivanhoe Gold Mines in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
- 1896 - 1898
- Career position - Mill-manager at Queen Margaret Gold Mine, near Kalgoorlie
- 1898 - 1903
- Career position - Engineer at South Mine of Broken Hill South Ltd
- 1903 - 1918
- Career position - Manager of South Mine of Broken Hill South Ltd
- 1918 - 1937
- Career position - General Manager of South Mine
- 1919
- Career position - President of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- 1926
- Career position - Chairman of the technical committee to report on the gold-mining industry at Kalgoorlie and at the Sons of Gwalia mine, Leonora, Western Australia
- 1930
- Career position - President of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- 1930
- Career position - Leader of Australian delegation to the third Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress in South Africa
- 1936
- Award - Institute Medal received from the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- 1937 -
- Career position - Consulting Engineer at South Mine
Published resources
Book Sections
- Fairweather, D.F., 'Wainwright, William Edward (1873-1959), Mining and Metallurgical Engineer', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, p. 348. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120388b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Wainwright, William Edward', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1470987. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 29 January 2007