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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098]; Ken McInnes updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000789b.htm person Smyth Robert Brough AACR2 Brough Smyth, R. 1830 8 October 1889 Place of Birth Wallsend, Northumberland, England Place of Death Prahran, Victoria, Australia Mining engineer Meteorologist Brough Smyth was Government Meteorologist, Melbourne 1855-1858, Secretary of the Victorian Mines Department 1860-1876 and Director of the Bendigo School of Mines 1883-1887. He was also the Secretary to the Victorian Board of Science, and the Central Board appointed to watch over the interests of aborigines. 1846 1852 Career position - Clerk, Consett Iron Works, Durham, England 1852 1852 Life event - Migrated to Melbourne, Victoria 1853 1855 Career position - Draftsman, (rising to acting chief draftsman), Victorian Government Survey [under Andrew Clarke] 1855 1859 Career position - Government meteorologist, Melbourne 1858 1860 Career position - Secretary, Victorian Board of Science 1860- Career position - Honorary Secretary, Board for the Protection of Aborigines Honorary Secretary, Board for the Protection of Aborigines 1860 1876 Career position - Secretary, Victorian Mines Department 1863 1863 Career position - Secretary, Royal Society of Victoria 7 Apr 1868 7 Apr 1868 Career event - Associate (AssocInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1878 1882 Career position - Mining engineer, Madras, India 1883 1887 Career position - Director, Bendigo School of Mines, Victoria Wardell, William Wilkinson (1823 - 1899)

William Wardell AssocMInstCE endorsed Brough Smyth's nomination for AssocInstCE in 1868

 Clarke, Andrew (1824 - 1902)

Andrew Clarke AssocInstCE endorsed Brough Smyth's nomination for AssocInstCE 1868

 Board of Science, Colony of Victoria (1858 - 1860)

Secretary 1858 - 1860

 Bendigo School of Mines (1873 - )

Director 1883 - 1887

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 'Smyth, Robert Brough', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Smyth, Robert Brough Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Gazette Article: Secretary for Mines, etc. [Smyth, Robert Brough] Secretary for Mines, etc. [Smyth, Robert Brough] 1860 Victorian Government Gazette 170 2501 Journal Article: 'The Half-Mad Bureaucrat' Robert Brough Smyth (1830-1889) Hoare, M. E. 'The Half-Mad Bureaucrat' Robert Brough Smyth (1830-1889) 1974 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 2 4 25-40 Resource Section: Smyth, Robert Brough Smyth, Robert Brough Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Robert Brough Smyth: His Early Years as Revealed by his Correspondence with Adam Sedgwick Darragh, Thomas A. Robert Brough Smyth: His Early Years as Revealed by his Correspondence with Adam Sedgwick 2000 Historical Records of Australian Science 13 1 19-42 Book Section: Smyth, Robert Brough (1830-1889), civil servant and mining engineer Hoare, Michael Smyth, Robert Brough (1830-1889), civil servant and mining engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 161-163 Journal Article: Ozone Smyth, R. Brough Ozone Melbourne T.M. Buzzard 1859 The Australian Medical Journal 4 1-4 Journal Article: On a New Mineral from McIvor Smyth, R. Brough On a New Mineral from McIvor Melbourne Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1858 Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 2 17-19 Book: The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria Smyth, Robert Brough The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria facsimile Carlton, Vic. Queensberry Hill Press 1980 Book: The gold fields and mineral districts of Victoria Smyth, R. Brough The gold fields and mineral districts of Victoria Melbourne Government Printer 1869 Book: The Aborigines of Victoria : with notes realating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania [Vol.2] Smyth, R. Brough [also Chauncy, Philip; Bidley, William; Le Souef, Albert A. C. ; Howitt, Alfred W.; Davis, John Moore; Locke, William; Greeves, Augustus F. A.; G. B. Halford.] The Aborigines of Victoria : with notes realating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania [Vol.2] Melbourne Government Printer 1878 Journal Article: On the construction of an instrument for measuring the Dew Point Smyth, R. Brough On the construction of an instrument for measuring the Dew Point Melbourne Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1858 Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 2 61-62, illustrated Journal Article: Phenomena of Hailstorms in Victoria Smyth, R. Brough Phenomena of Hailstorms in Victoria Melbourne Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1857 Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1 135-138 Journal Article: On the comparitive value and durability of the Building Materials in use in Melbourne Smyth, R. Brough On the comparitive value and durability of the Building Materials in use in Melbourne Melbourne Philosophical Society of Victoria 1855 Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria 1 24-33 Journal Article: On the Influence of the Physical Character of a Country on the Climate : being a Letter to the President Smyth, R. Brough On the Influence of the Physical Character of a Country on the Climate : being a Letter to the President Melbourne Philosophical Society of Victoria 1855 Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria 1 203-221 Journal Article: On the Unexplored Districts of Victoria Smyth, R. Brough On the Unexplored Districts of Victoria Melbourne Royal Society of Victoria 1865 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 6 62-67 Parliamentary paper: Aborigines: return to an order of the Legislative Assembly, dated 18th August 1868 Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines Aborigines: return to an order of the Legislative Assembly, dated 18th August 1868 Melbourne John Ferres, Government Printer 1868 Parliamentary paper: Building stone Board on Claims to Reward for the Discovery of the Building Stone Building stone Melbourne John Ferres, Government Printer 1858 Book: The Aborigines of Victoria : with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania [Vol.1] Smyth, R. Brough The Aborigines of Victoria : with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania [Vol.1] Melbourne Government Printer 1878 Book: The Cranbourne meteorite Murphy, Sean The Cranbourne meteorite North Melbourne Australian Scholarly publishing 2023 Conference Paper: Robert Brough Smyth: a Mystery Solved Darragh, Tom Robert Brough Smyth: a Mystery Solved Melbourne Earth Sciences History Group, GSA Inc. 2007 The History of Geology in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century; the Story in Australia, and in Victoria, from Selwyn and McCoy to Gregory - 1853 to 1903 Pierson, R. R. 26-9 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Journal Article: Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history Turnbull, Paul Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history 2015 Museum & society 13 1 72-87 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Book: A science of our own: exhibitions and the rise of Australian public science Hoffenberg, Peter H. A science of our own: exhibitions and the rise of Australian public science Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press 2018 Robert Brough Smyth - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Robert Brough Smyth - Records MS 8781 1820 - 1889 Correspondence 1856-83 in particular with H. Barkly, R. Barry, C.R. Darwin, F.W. Haddon, W.J. Henwood, C. Lyell, A. Sedgwick and F. Mueller and some dealing with the Paris Universal Exhibition 1867; manuscript notes and lectures 1880s including work by D. Jerrold and W. Thomas; pictures and original sketches, some by W. Thomas; and printed material including newspaper cuttings 1871-89; maps and articles; overall dates 1820-89 [1 box, MS 8781]. 1 box Artwork