A001256 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-08-17 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001256b.htm corporateBody Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd AACR2 29 March 1893 1960s Start Place Mt. Lyell, Tasmania, Australia Location Mt. Lyell, Tasmania Metallurgy Rail industry Mineralogy or Mining The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company (MLMRC) was established in 1893 when several small lease holders in the area amalgamated. The company undertook copper mining and smelting on Tasmania's west coast. MLMRC also constructed a railway on Tasmania's west coast during the 1890s. The company was delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange in 1981 and led to the formation of Renison Goldfields Consolidated Limited. Murray, Hugh Mervyn (1906 - 1982)

General Manager 1948 - 1966

 Bell, George Renison (1840 - 1915)

Mine manager 1900 - 1908

 Sticht, Robert Carl (1856 - 1922)

General Manager 1897 - c1922; Chief Metallurgist 1895 - 1897.

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 'Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Peaks of Lyell Blainey, Geoffrey The Peaks of Lyell Carlton South Melbourne University Press 1954 Journal Article: Lake Margaret power scheme: something old, something new Brown, D.; Johnston, B. Lake Margaret power scheme: something old, something new 2012 Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering 9 1 23-32 Conference Paper: Lake Margaret Power Scheme - Something old, something new Brown, David; Johnston, Ben Lake Margaret Power Scheme - Something old, something new Barton, Australian Capital Territory Engineers Australia 2011 16th Engineering Heritage Australia Conference: Conserving Our Heritage - Make a Difference! 435-447 Conference Paper: Tasmania's heritage Wilderness Railway Cooper, Ian; Tomlin, John; Reeve, Tony Tasmania's heritage Wilderness Railway Barton, Australian Capital Territory Engineers Australia 2011 16th Engineering Heritage Australia Conference: Conserving Our Heritage - Make a Difference! 537-550 Journal Article: Tasmania's heritage wilderness railway Cooper, I.; Tomlin, J.; and Reeve, T. Tasmania's heritage wilderness railway 2012 Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering 9 1 33-43 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Book Section: Murray, Hugh Mervyn (1906-1982), metallurgical engineer and mine manager Haygarth, Nic Murray, Hugh Mervyn (1906-1982), metallurgical engineer and mine manager Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2013 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 200-1 Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd - Records 75/83 1899 One volume of photographs "Souvenir of Mount Lyell", 1899. 0.02 m, 1 volume Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd - Records 74/67 1892 - 1966 Minutes 1892-1959; correspondence - general manager 1900-1966, company secretary 1903-1955, London Office 1916-1934; share registers 1903-1944; accounts including the Reduction Works and Emu Bay railway line, 1903-1948; Refined Metals Shipments register 1918-1923; newspaper cuttings; maps and plans; photographs. Also includes records of the Chemical Works Committee, Blue Tier, North Mt. Lyell Copper Co. Ltd, The Mount Read and Roseberry Mines Ltd., The Mt. Lyell Farmers' Fertilizers Ltd. and the Copper Producers Association Pty. Ltd. 77 m