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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-12-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001277b.htm person Maxwell Walter AACR2 14 June 1854 9 July 1931 Place of Birth Paradise, Durham, England Place of Death Conway, New Hampshire, United States of America Agricultural scientist Walter Maxwell was brought to Australia from the United States of America to report on the sugar industry in Queensland. His 1900 report recommended that research stations be established to further the industry. One was established in Mackay and Maxwell was appointed its Director. He remained in Australia for ten years and completed three other reports for the Commonwealth. Maxwell left Australia in 1910 and went on to study the sugar industry in the Philippines for the United States Department of Agriculture and was Government Advisor to Britain during World War I. 1893 c. 1895 Career position - Research into sugar-cane juice at Audubon Park Sugar Experiment Station in Louisiana, USA 1895 c. 1900 Career position - Inaugural Director of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association's Experiment Station, USA 1900 1900 Career position - Visited Australia to report on the Sugar industry in Queensland for the Minister of Agriculture 1900 1910? Career position - Director of the sugar experiment station established in Queensland 1901 1901 Career position - Commonwealth Government Advisor on the cane sugar industry 1904 1910 Career position - Comptroller of Bureau of Central Sugar Mills 1905 1905 Career position - Commonwealth Government Advisor on the sugar bonus scheme 1907 1910 Career position - Honorary Technical Advisor to the Australian Sugar Producers' Association 1910 1910 Career position - Commonwealth Government Advisor on the cane sugar industry 1910 1910 Life event - Left Australia Easterby, Harry Tinniswood (1867 - 1932)

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 Maxwell, Walter (1854-1931)

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 'Maxwell, Walter', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Maxwell, Walter Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Maxwell, Walter (1854-1931), agricultural scientist Kerr, J. D. Maxwell, Walter (1854-1931), agricultural scientist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 460-461