Person
Millen, John Dunlop (1877 - 1941)
- Born
- 3 May 1877
Londonderry, Ireland - Died
- 1 August 1941
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Summary
John Dunlop Millen ASTC MIEAust was a respected mining engineer and general manager of Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company at its smelter works in Launceston from 1904 and its mine at Waratah, Tasmania from 1906 to 1919. He was elected a Senator for Tasmania from 1919 until 1938. During that period he was a Member of the Joint Committee on Public Accounts (1920-1925); Member of the Wireless Agreement Committee 1921-1922; Chairman of the Royal Commission on National Insurance 1923-1927; and was the Government Director, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Limited.
He was also very active within the engineering profession, and served as a Councillor of the Institution of Engineers Australia, and was its national President in 1924.
Details
Chronology
- 1884
- Life event - Migrated with his parents to Queensland, settling in Toowoomba
- c. 1890
- Education - Diploma (honours) (ASTC), Sydney Technical College [qualifications in engineering, metallurgy and analytical chemistry]
- c. 1904 -
- Career position - Mining engineer, Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Co. smelting works at Launceston
- c. 1905 -
- Career position - Consulting mining engineer, Renison Bell tin-mine, North-East Dundas
- 1906 - 1919
- Career position - General manager, Mount Bischoff tin-mine, Waratah
- 1919
- Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1919 - 1938
- Career position - Senator for Tasmania, Commonwealth of Australia
- 1920
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1924
- Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Bennett, Scott, 'Millen, John Dunlop (1877 - 1941), mining engineer and politician' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 503-4, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/millen-john-dunlop-7578. Details
Journal Articles
- 'First members of institution [Diamond Jubilee feature article]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 51 (20) (1979), 69. 'Registered member number 20'. Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Tenth Annual Report [1929]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2 (4) (1930), 123-127. 'Standards Association of Australia - Institution of Engineers Australia to be represented on the Council by: Sir Henry Barraclough, Mr R J Boyd, Sir George Julius, Mr D F J Harricks, Mr A J Gibson, and Senator J D Millen', p.124. Details
- Millen, John Dunlop, 'Presidential address [1925]', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 5 (1925), lxxii-lxxvii, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.861807481592491. Details
- Preston, Keith, 'Mount Bischoff Tin Mines: Pioneers of Water Power in the Tasmanian Mining Industry', Journal of Australasian Mining History, 8 (2010), 148-71, https://www.mininghistory.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/9-Preston.Vol_.8..compressed.pdf. Details
See also
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Third Annual General Meeting [March 1923] and Third Annual Report [1922]', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 3 (1924), xiv-xxxix, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.632839845047257. 'Engineering Standardisation - The Institution's representatives are: Messrs J J C Bradfield, O W Brain, A J Gibson, G A Julius, Senator J D Millen, Professor W H Warren', pp.xxiii-xxiv. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 6 March 2025