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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-01-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000479b.htm person Harrison James AACR2 April 1816? 3 September 1893 Place of Birth Renton, Scotland Place of Death Geelong, Victoria, Australia Inventor Journalist James Harrison worked as a journalist on various newspapers in Victoria from his arrival there in 1839 until his return to England about 1873. He was also a keen inventor, being a pioneer in all kinds of refrigeration and in 1873 he won a gold medal at the Melbourne Exhibition by proving that meat kept frozen for months remained perfectly edible.

Born Renton, near Ben Lomond, Scotland, April 1816?. Died Geelong, Victoria, 3 September 1893. Educated Evening College and Mechanics' Institute, Glasgow. Apprentice printer, Glasgow; compositor, London 1832-37; to Sydney with printing equipment for the Literary News 1837; foreman, Sydney Monitor and work for the Sydney Herald 1837-39; worked for the Port Phillip Patriot 1839-40; founder, Geelong Advertiser 1840, editor 1840-67, owner 1842-62; also founded Geelong Almanac and Intelligencer 1950; founder Geelong Register 1865-67; editor, Melbourne Age from 1867. Designed and built the plant for the first Australian manufacture of ice 1854; formed the Sydney Ice Company with P.N. Russell 1860; designed a revolutionary refrigerator 1860; work on the refrigeration of ships for the export of meat from 1870; in England ca 1873-92, working as a journalist on the Age under the name "Oedipus"; returned to Geelong 1892, continuing to write and making plans to produce soda from his block. His portrait is in the Geelong Art Gallery.

 Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia (1866 - 1867)

Commissioner 1865 - 1867, Juror for the Exhibition

 Sydney Ice Company (1860 - 1862)

James Harrison helped establish the Sydney Ice works in 1860.

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 Harrison, James (1816-1893)

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 'Harrison, James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Harrison, James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The machinery employed for artificial refrigeration and ice-making Selfe, Norman The machinery employed for artificial refrigeration and ice-making 1896 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 30 xxxii-lxxiii Journal Article: Ice Making Machinery (Patent, 27 July, 1860) Harrison, James Ice Making Machinery (Patent, 27 July, 1860) 1848-68 Specifications of Letters of Registration of Patents for Inventions - South Australia 1 8 Journal Article: Back to the Future: the James Harrison Memorial Oration Young, Neville Back to the Future: the James Harrison Memorial Oration 1991 AIRAH Journal 45 3 9-12 Journal Article: James Harrison: Inventor and Science Journalist Morrison, Elizabeth James Harrison: Inventor and Science Journalist 1998 Australasian Science 19 10 48 Book Section: Harrison, James (1816?-1893), journalist and inventor Bruce-Wallace, L. G. Harrison, James (1816?-1893), journalist and inventor Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 520-521 Book: James Harrison, Pioneering Genius Lang, William Rawson James Harrison, Pioneering Genius Newtown Neptune Press 1982 Journal Article: James Harrison - Pioneering Genius Jones, L. James Harrison - Pioneering Genius 1983 Australian Physicist 10 179 Journal Article: Patenting Australian colonial technology Arthur, Ian Patenting Australian colonial technology 2011 ASHET news 4 2 4-6 Book: Australian inventions and innovations Ingpen, Robert Australian inventions and innovations Rigby Publishers Limited 1982 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Edited Book: Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Engineers Australia Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 Journal Article: Technology and agriculture in Australia Arthur, Ian Technology and agriculture in Australia 2018 ASHET News 11 1 3-8 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