P001567 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001567b.htm person Fraser Colin Kt AACR2 14 May 1875 11 March 1944 Place of Birth Coromandel, New Zealand Place of Death Toorak, Victoria, Australia Geologist Company director Sir Colin Fraser obtained an MSc in geology from Auckland University College in 1906 and surveyed the Mount Morgan mine in Queensland in 1914. He was closely associated with W.S. Robinson and was an integral part of the powerful Collins House group of mining companies. 1906 1906 Education - Master of Science (MSc), Auckland University College 1922 1922 Career event - Elected Member (Mining and Metallurgy), Australian National Research Council 1935 1935 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Public service 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member (Mining and Metallurgy) 1922 -

 Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) (1936 - 1986)

Director 1936 -

 Associated Pulp and Paper Mills (APPM) (1936 - 1980s)

Director 1936 -

 Austral Bronze Company Pty Ltd (1915 - 1969)

Director 1929 -

 Metal Manufactures Limited (1916 - )

Chairman 1928 -

 Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Co of Australia (ER&S) Ltd (1907 - 1994)

Managaing Director 1928 -

 Zinc Corporation Limited (1905 - 1949)

Director 1927 -

 Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australasia (1916 - ?)

Chairman 1933- ; Director 1919 -

 British Australian Lead Manufacturers Pty Ltd (1918 - 1955)

Director (1918 - 1930s)

 North Broken Hill Ltd (1895 - 1976)

Director 1937 -

 Broken Hill South Ltd (1885 - 1972)

Chairman 1926 - ; Director 1916 -

 Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd (BHAS) (1915 - )

Managing Director 1916 - ; Director 1915 -

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 Fraser, Colin (1875-1944)

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 'Fraser, Colin', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fraser, Colin Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Fraser, Sir Colin (1875-1944), geologist and company director Kennetee, John Fraser, Sir Colin (1875-1944), geologist and company director Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 576-577 Journal Article: Obituary: Sir Colin Fraser Skeats, Ernest W. Obituary: Sir Colin Fraser 1944 Australian Journal of Science 6 6 176 Colin Fraser - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Colin Fraser - Records 1916 - 1943 Files relating to B.H.A.S. administrators, finance, production, labour, technology and sales 1916-30s; personal correspondence; records relating to his involvement with many companies including Broken Hill mining companies, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation; Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Co. of Australia, Electrolytic Zinc Co., Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Co. Ltd., British Australian Lead Manufacturers Pty Ltd 1916-43; files on mining propositions and ore deposits 1930s; technical papers 1919-39; annual reports of a wide range of exploration, mining, metals treatment and manufacturing companies 1920s-1943 [In the Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd collection].