Biographical entry Mingaye, John Charles Henderson (1859 - 1958)

Summary

John Charles H. Mingaye was Chief Analyst and Assayer with the New South Wales Government Department of Mines and Agriculture. He was a prolific writer of scientific literature, with most of his chemical work published throughout the NSW Mines Department publications.

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Events

1880s

Career position - Assistant to Charles Watt in his Parramatta Laboratory, New South Wales

1886

Career position - Assistant Analytical Chemist to the New South Wales Government

1887 - 1924

Career position - Assayer then Chief Analyst and Assayer in the Geological Survey Branch of the Mines Department of New South Wales

1924 -

Career position - Chemist for the Ammonia Company of Australia at Clyde, New South Wales

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Notes on Some Minerals & etc.', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 23, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1889, pp. 326-328. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Analysis of Japanese coal per s.s. Afghan', The Spectrum: An Australian Journal of Science, vol. 1, 1891. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Analyses of some of the Well, Spring, Mineral, and Artesian Waters of New South Wales, and their Probable value for Irrigation and other Purposes', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 26, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1892, pp. 73-132. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Platinum and its Associated Metals in Lode Material at Broken Hill, N.S. Wales', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 26, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1892, pp. 371-373. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Notes on the Occurrence of Platinum, Gold and Tin in the Beach Sands in the Richmond River District, N.S. Wales', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 26, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1892, pp. 368-370. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Notes and Analyses of a Metallic Meteorite from Moonbi, Near Tamworth, NSW', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 27, Acting Government Printer, Sydney, 1893, pp. 82-83. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Analysis of the Artesian Waters of New South Wales, and their Value for Irrigation and Other Purposes', Report of the Sixth Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 6, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Sydney, 1895, pp. 265-277. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Analyses of the Artesian Waters of New South Wales, and their Value for Irrigation and other Purposes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. 7, Government Printer, Sydney, 1896, pp. 316-327. Details
• Mingaye, John C., 'On the Occurrence of Tellurium in New South Wales Ores', Report of the First Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 1, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Sydney, 1888, pp. 116-122. Details
• Mingaye, John C.H., 'Analyses and Notes on Some of the Mineral Waters of New South Wales', Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 4, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Sydney, 1892, pp. 277-279. Details
• Mingaye, John C.H., 'On the Occurrence of Phosphatic Deposits in the Jenolan Caves, New South Wales', Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 7, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Sydney, 1898, pp. 327-331. Details
• Mingaye, John C.H., 'Notes and Analyses of Some New South Wales Phosphatic minerals and Phosphatic Deposits', Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 7, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Sydney, 1898, pp. 332-333. Details

Online Resources

• Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Mingaye, J C H', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-613484. Details