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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001110b.htm person Herman Hyman AACR2 16 August 1875 7 June 1962 Place of Birth Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Geologist Engineer Mining engineer Hyman Herman joined the Geological Survey of Victoria in 1895 and in 1900 was made Acting Director. He moved to Tasmania in 1904 to work at Mt. Bischoff Mine, then returned to Melbourne in 1907 where he started his own practice. In 1912 Herman returned to the Geological Survey of Victoria as Director, followed by 20 years as Engineer-in-charge Briquetting and Research, Victorian State Electricity Commission. He was a leading adviser to business and government on exploration and mining. He retired in 1940 but continued on as a Consulting Engineer. Herman was educated at the University of Melbourne (DSc, MME, BCE) and Chairman of the State Advisory Committee on Brown Coal (Victoria 1917), on whose report the State Electricity Commission of Victoria was established; and of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. 1895 1904 Career position - Surveyor on the Geological Survey of Victoria 1896 1896 Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Melbourne 1897 1897 Career event - Member (MAusIMM), Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1904 1907 Career position - Assistant General Manager of Mt. Bischoff Mine in Tasmania 1907 c. 1912 Career position - Private consulting practise in Melbourne 1912 1920 Career position - Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria 1913 1913 Education - Master of Mining Engineering (MME), University of Melbourne 1917 1917 Career position - Chairman, Victorian State Advisory Committee on Brown Coal 1920 1940 Career position - Engineer-in-charge of Briquetting and Research at the Victorian State Electricity Commission 1924 1924 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1936 1936 Career position - Official representative at the Commonwealth Government International Chemical Engineering Conference in London 1936 1936 Career position - Official representative at the 3rd World Power conference and Congress of International Commission on Large Dams in Washington, USA 1938 1938 Award - Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Medal, awarded for outstanding service 1940 Career position - Consulting Engineer to State Electricity Commission of Victoria 1940 1940 Life event - Retired 1949 1949 Award - Honorary Life Member (HonMAusIMM), Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Australian National Committee of the World Power Conference (1925 - )

Australian representative at the 3rd World Power Conference

 Connolly, Willis Henry (1901 - 1981)

Willis Connolly was seconded to work with Hyman Herman, Briquetting and Research branch, State Electricity Commission of Victoria, 1927 - 1929.

 State Electricity Commission of Victoria, State of Victoria (1921 - c. 1993) The Institute Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1935 - )

Awarded the Medal 1938. "In recognition of his services to the Commonwealth and the States of Victoria and Western Australia in the development of their mineral resources; for his achievements in connection with the brown coal deposits of Yallourn, Victoria, and generally for long and valuable services to the mining industry and to this Institute."

 Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company (1873 - )

Assistant General Manager 1904 - 1907

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 'Herman, Hyman', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Herman, Hyman Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Mount Bischoff Tin Mines: Pioneers of Water Power in the Tasmanian Mining Industry Preston, Keith Mount Bischoff Tin Mines: Pioneers of Water Power in the Tasmanian Mining Industry 2010 Journal of Australasian Mining History 8 148-71 Book Section: Herman, Hyman (1875-1962), geologist and engineer Spaull, Andrew Herman, Hyman (1875-1962), geologist and engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 270-272 Journal Article: Mining engineering in Victoria Herman, H. Mining engineering in Victoria 1934 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 6 10 413-420 Book: Brown coal, with special reference to the State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia Herman, H. Brown coal, with special reference to the State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia Melbourne State Electricity Commission of Victoria 1952 Hyman Herman - Records State Electricity Commission of Victoria Archives Hyman Herman - Records 1907 - 1940 Information and records in the official SEC files c1907-40.