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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000042b.htm person Elliott Sizar AACR2 13 May 1814 1 March 1901 Place of Birth Burnham, Essex, England Place of Death Prahran, Victoria, Australia Inventor Merchant Sizar Elliott was a keen inventor and scientific experimenter. He introduced heat technology to Australia for the transportation of food. His innovations won him awards at various shows and exhibitions. Elliott became prominent in the civic affairs of Melbourne from the late 1850s as a Member of Council and magistrate. From 1857 to 1862 he was a member of the Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (later Royal Society of Victoria) which organised the Victorian Exploring Expedition. 1856 1858 Career position - Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1857 1859 Career position - Member, Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1858 1858 Career position - Member, Melbourne City Council 1858 1859 Award - Life Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1859 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Victoria 1859 1862 Career position - Member, Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Victorian Exploring Expedition (1860 - 1861)

Member of the Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (later Royal Society of Victoria) 1857 - 1862

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Member 1859 -

 Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1855 - 1859)

Member 1856 - 1858; Life Member 1858 - 1859

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

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 'Elliott, Sizar', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Elliott, Sizar Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Elliott, Sizar (1814-1901), merchant and innovator Beever, E. A. Elliott, Sizar (1814-1901), merchant and innovator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 137 Resource Section: Elliott, Sizar Elliott, Sizar Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Book: Fifty Years of Colonial Life Elliott, S. Fifty Years of Colonial Life Melbourne T. Smith and Company 1887 Journal Article: Sizar Elliott: Technologist and Transient Tasmanian Farrer, Keith Thomas Henry Sizar Elliott: Technologist and Transient Tasmanian 1984 Tasmanian Historical Research Association: Papers and Proceedings 31 4 9-15 Journal Article: Technology and agriculture in Australia Arthur, Ian Technology and agriculture in Australia 2018 ASHET News 11 1 3-8 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Book: A Settlement Amply Supplied: Food Technology in Nineteenth Century Australia Farrer, Keith Thomas Henry A Settlement Amply Supplied: Food Technology in Nineteenth Century Australia Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1980 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 Journal Article: A very brief history of packaging Arthur, Ian A very brief history of packaging 2016 ASHET News 9 2 3-8