Person
Gabriel, Gordon Escott (1885 - 1964)
- Born
- 27 September 1885
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 11 August 1964
- Occupation
- Mining engineer
Summary
Gordon Gabriel worked for the New South Wales Department of Mines 1930-1952, being appointed Inspector of Mines in 1934. After his retirement from the Department he worked as a Consulting Mining Engineer and Director of Tullabong Tin Syndicate.
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Chronology
- 1911
- Education - Educated Sydney Technical College (A.S.T.C.)
- 1912 - 1913
- Education - Studied Mine Manager's Certificate at Cobar, Broken Hill and Emmaville, New South Wales
- 1914 - 1919
- Military service - War Service with the 1st Light Horse and 12 Field Co. of the Australian Engineers
- 1916
- Award - Military Medal
- 1919 - 1923
- Career position - Experimental Metallurgist, then Chief Assayer, at Junction North Mine Broken Hill
- 1924 - 1930
- Career position - Manager of the South Comet Lead and Zinc Mine
- 1930
- Career position - Joined the New South Wales Department of Mines
- 1934 - 1952
- Career position - Inspector of Mines for the New South Wales Department of Mines
- 1940 - 1942
- Military service - War service with the Royal Australian Engineers
- c. 1952 -
- Career position - Consulting Mining Engineer and Director of Tullabong Tin Syndicate
Published resources
Resources
- 'Gabriel, Gordon Escott (1885-1964)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473539. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 14 August 1997, Last modified: 2 March 2018