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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000815b.htm person Sutton George Lowe CMG AACR2 23 October 1872 11 January 1964 Place of Birth Everton, Lancashire, England Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Agricultural scientist Science administrator Public servant George Sutton was noted as a successful experimenter in the breeding of wheat varieties. After several years at the Hawkesbury Agricultural college, he was manager of the experimental farm at Corowa, New South Wales. On the death of William Farrer in 1906, Sutton took charge of all wheat-breeding research for the New South Wales Government. In 1911 he became Agricultural Commissioner for Western Australian wheatbelt. Continuing his own experimental work, he emphasised environmental suitability, milling quality, disease resistance and yield. The 'Nabawa' variety was released in 1918 and remained the premier variety until replaced in the 1930s by the variety 'Bencubbin'. Appointed Director of Agriculture for Western Australia in 1921, Sutton was severely hampered by lack of resources. Nevertheless he provided advice to farmers in times of severe drought, converted model farms to experimental ones with the task with supplying commercial quantities of wheat and other crops to farmers, and instituted a program of cadetships for new graduates. His insistence on quality not always appreciated but led in 1927 to a national register of wheat varieties. Watson published extensively in the Agricultural gazette of New South Wales and the Journal of the Department of Agriculture Western Australia. In 1937 he was awarded the Farrer Memorial Medal in recognition of his contribution to the wheat industry in Australia. 1900 1905 Career position - Experimentalist (later lecturer in agronomy), Hawkesbury Agricultural College 1905 1908 Career position - Manager, experimental farm, Corowa, New South Wales Department of Mines and Agriculture 1908 1911 Career position - Manager, experimental farm, Corowa, New South Wales Department of Agriculture 1911 1921 Career position - Agricultural Commissioner for Western Australian wheatbelt, Western Australia Department of Agriculture 1919 1920 Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1921 1937 Career position - Director of Agriculture, Western Australia Department of Agriculture 1922 1922 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Agriculture), Australian National Research Council 1932 1932 Career event - Elected Member (Agriculture), Australian National Research Council 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1937 1937 Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust 1937 1937 Award - Doctor of Agricutural Science (DAgSc), honoris causa, University of Western Australia 1937 1937 Life event - Retired 1951 1951 Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - Services to agriculture in Western Australia 1958 1964 Award - Life Member, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Colony and State of Western Australia (1898 - 2006)

Director of Agriculture 1921 - 1937

 Farrer Memorial Medal (1936 - )

Awarded the Medal 1937

 Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

President 1919 - 1920

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member (Agriculture) 1932 - ; Associate Member (Agriculture) 1922 - 1932

 State Committee Western Australia, Advisory Council of Science and Industry (1916 - 1920)

Associate member 1916 - 1920

 Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (1935 - 1996)

Life Member 1958 - 1964

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

Felow 1937 -

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 Sutton, George Lowe (1872-1964)

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 'Sutton, George Lowe', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Sutton, George Lowe Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 Tillyard, R.J. The work of the Division of Economic Entomology for the year 1928-29 Melbourne Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) 1929 Book Section: Sutton, George Lowe (1872-1964), agricultural scientist Moir, R. J. Sutton, George Lowe (1872-1964), agricultural scientist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 142-143 Resource: Farrer Memorial Trust Medal recipients and orations New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Farrer Memorial Trust Medal recipients and orations Sydney New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2023 George Lowe Sutton - Records JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia George Lowe Sutton - Records LBWA/1428A 1902 - 1964 Subject files dealing with agricultural history, agricultural sciences, animal husbandry, wheat, farm management and related topics, and organisations (no dates given); biographical files on Sutton himself but also W.G. Burges, W.J. Farrer, A.L. Hagedoorn, Lefroy family, J. Macarthur, H.V. MacKay, R. Marshall, J. Mitchell, H. Pye and J. Teasdale; press cuttings, articles and photographs; dates for articles only 1902-1960 [22 boxes, LBWA/1428A, MN 199]. 22 boxes Photographs