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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002427b.htm person Lewis Essington CH FAA HonMIEAust AACR2 13 January 1881 2 October 1961 Place of Birth Burra, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Tallarook, Victoria, Australia Metallurgist Company director Essington Lewis joined Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited in 1904 and remained with the company until his death, becoming General Manager in 1921, Managing Director in 1926, Chief General Manager in 1938 and Chairman in 1950. c. 1901 c. 1903 Education - Educated South Australian School of Mines 1904 1904 Career position - Foreman at Broken Hill Sulphuric Acid and Zinc Plant 1915 1918 Career position - Metallurgist and Assistant Manager at Broken Hill Pty. Co. Smelting Works in Port Pirie, then Manager of Iron Knob Tramway and Ironstone Quarries then Manager of Broken Hill Munitions Co. 1918 1920 Career position - Assistant General Manager of BHP Co. 1921 1925 Career position - General Manager of BHP 1926 1937 Career position - Managing Director of BHP 1938 1950 Career position - Chief General Manager at BHP 1940 1940 Award - Bronze Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1940 1945 Career position - Director General of Munitions 1942 1945 Career position - Director General of Aircraft Production and Chairman of the Aircraft Advisory Committee 1943 1943 Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne 1943 1943 Award - Companion of Honour (CH) - Director - Munitions and Aircraft Production in WW2 1944 1944 Award - Bessemer Gold Medal, Iron and Steel Institute London 1948 1948 Award - Florence M. Taylor Medal, Australian Institute of Metallurgists 1948 1948 Award - Honorary Member (HonMIEAust), Institution of Engineers, Australia. - For outstanding position in the steel and associated industries of Australia 1950 1961 Career position - Chairman of BHP 1954 1961 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1956 1956 Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne Lewis, John (1844 - 1923) Kernot Memorial Medal, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne (1926 - )

Awarded the Medal 1943 "... as Managing Director B.H.P., Director General of Munitions and Aircarft Production"

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow (by special election) 1954 - 1961

 The Institute Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1935 - )

Awarded the Medal 1940. "In recognition of his outstanding work in the development of the steel and allied industries in Australia, his personality, vision and organising ability as applied to this work; and for his national service."

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Elected Honorary Member 1948

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 'Lewis, Essington', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lewis, Essington Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Engineering Heritage : Biographies Engineering Heritage : Biographies Engineering Heritage Australia 2024 Engineering Heritage Australia : wiki website Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Edited Book: Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders Engineers Australia Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders Barton, A.C.T. Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 Book Section: Lewis, Essington (1881-1961), industrialist and wartime director of munitions Blainey, Geoffrey; G. Smith, Ann Lewis, Essington (1881-1961), industrialist and wartime director of munitions Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 87-92 Journal Article: Essington Lewis, Whyalla and the Middleback Ranges [The Essington Lewis Memorial Lecture (14th, 1989, Adelaide)] Rudd, E. A. Essington Lewis, Whyalla and the Middleback Ranges [The Essington Lewis Memorial Lecture (14th, 1989, Adelaide)] 1989 AUSIMM Bulletin and Proceedings 294 7 25-30 Book Section: Essington Lewis, 1881-1961 Baker, Anne Pimlott Essington Lewis, 1881-1961 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Resource Section: Primary description of person CP 111; Essington Lewis Primary description of person CP 111; Essington Lewis National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Journal Article: Iron and steel industry in Australia [Part 3] Lewis, Essington Iron and steel industry in Australia [Part 3] 1929 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 6 227-241 Journal Article: Iron and steel industry in Australia [Part 2] Lewis, Essington Iron and steel industry in Australia [Part 2] 1929 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 5 183-192 Journal Article: Iron and steel industry in Australia [Part 1] Lewis, Essington Iron and steel industry in Australia [Part 1] 1929 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 4 125-137 Book: The steel master: a life of Essington Lewis Blainey, Geoffrey The steel master: a life of Essington Lewis South Melbourne Macmillan of Australia 1971 Edited Book: Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Engineers Australia Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 Journal Article: Ian William Wark 1899-1985 Rees, A. L. G. Ian William Wark 1899-1985 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 4 533-548 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Essington Lewis - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Essington Lewis - Records 78/104 1933 - 1949 Copies of outward correspondence 1940-1944; record book of important correspondence; copies of reports; Defence Sub-Committee report; copies of report on overseas visit 1944-1945; notebook containing technical information; index to minutes 1940; munitions diary 1944; details of invitations; copies of "Australian Munitions Digest" 1941-1946; Christmas cards; photograph album 1944; correspondence files relating to Lewis' activities as Director-General 1939-1943; list of files; correspondence files relating to Advisory Panel on Industrial Organisation 1938-1940; correspondence files with Business Board; personal correspondence; miscellaneous publications; newspaper clippings; copies of index to Panel files; information files; maps and charts; digest of decisions and announcements. 51 rolls Microfilm Essington Lewis - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Essington Lewis - Records 72/38 1923 - 1954 Correspondence, A-Z 1923 - ; BHP invitations; estate papers; diaries; itineraries; Lawn Tennis Association of Australia material 1952-4; material relating to membership of other clubs. 12 deed boxes and 63 archives boxes Essington Lewis - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Essington Lewis - Records 72/40 1932 - 1973 Landscape Pty. Ltd. (Lewis' Tallabrook property) minutes; correspondence; accounts; liquidation papers 1932-1973. 28 boxes Essington Lewis - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Essington Lewis - Records 72/17 1883 - 1956 Photographs - reprints of those used in Geoffrey Blainey's The Steel Master. 0.32 m Essington Lewis - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Essington Lewis - Records 93/130 1980 Two binders containing photocopies of notes taken by Dr John Johnson of interviews with people associated with Essington Lewis during his career, as a research assistant for BHP Ltd. 0.1 m Essington Lewis - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Essington Lewis - Records 92/87 1896 - 1899 Letters from John Lewis, Kooringa, S.A., to Essington Lewis (one of his sons) at Dalhousie Springs, S.A. (6); and photocopy of letter Essington Lewis to Gilbert Lewis (a brother) 24 December 1896 of which original already held. 1. 3.3.;1899, 1 p.ms. 4. 26.4.1899, 1 p.m. 2. 13.3.1899, 1 p.ms. 5. 21.7.1899, 2 p.ms. 3. 14.4.1899, 2 pp.ms. 6. 21.8.1899, 1 p.ms. 0.01 m Essington Lewis - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Essington Lewis - Records 92/47 1924 Photograph album containing black and white photographs (some 200) of places of interest along the route taken from Oodnadatta to Darwin from 5 June to 4 July 1924; typescript diary account of the trip, commencing from Adelaide. Marriage certificate of James Cowan and Sarah Ann Warren at Two Wells, District of Gawler, 1873. 1 album