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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002546b.htm person Baragwanath George Ernest AACR2 26 July 1903 1 June 1995 Place of Birth Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Applied chemist George Baragwanath spent his entire working life with the Victorian State Electricity Commission, starting as a Junior Engineering Assistant and finishing as a deputy Division head. His particular area of interest was brown coal.

Born Ballarat, Victoria, 26 July 1903. Died 1 June 1995. Educated University of Melbourne (BSc 1927). Spent all of his working life at the Victorian State Electricity Commission: Junior Engineering Assistant 1922-34, seconded to the Fuel Research Station, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, London 1934-38, Scientific Adviser to the Agent-General for Victoria 1938, worked on the design and operation of the Richmond gas compressing station during World War II, after the war involved in an overseas mission which led to the Lurgi gasification plant under a new body, the Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria, the establishment of the Fuel branch of the Commonwealth Department of National Development and the establishment of fuel utilisation research on brown coal within CSIRO, deputy head of the Scientific Investigations Division in the 1960s, sharing in decisions in the establishment of the Herman Research Laboratory. Between 1981 and 2013 the Australian Institute of Energy presented the Baragwanath Award, which recognised outstanding lifetime contributions by individuals to coal science and research in Australia. Foundation Member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute. A large bequest to the University of Melbourne enabled the setting up of the Baragwanath Scholarship in Geology, within Earth science.

 Baragwanath Award, Australian Institute of Energy (1981 - 2013)

The Australian Institute of Energy presented the Award 1981 - 2013

 Baragwanath, G E (1903-1995)

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 'Baragwanath, George Ernest', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Baragwanath, George Ernest Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Bass Strait oil and gas records assembled by Dr Tony Krins Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library Bass Strait oil and gas records assembled by Dr Tony Krins BSAR03890 1964 - 1987 This collection is a small set of personal records and acquired publications relating to the work Tony Krins did for Esso Australia Ltd on the Glomar III oil and gas drilling ship 1964-1968. He was a medical student at Monash University at the time and worked in the summer vacations. Some items post-date this period and document the subsequent history of Bass Strait oil and gas fields. Digital (pdf) copies of some of the records are held in the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library (archive). Some of the published items have been registered as 'Published Resources' [see below]. Included is a draft book typescript, with annotations by Krins, of Robert Murray (1987), "The Bass Strait story: A history of the discovery, development and production of the oil and gas in Gipplsand 1963-1986 by Esso and BHP" [unpublished] 215 pages, 5 pdf files; and the first 8 pages of the report "Esso Gippsland Shelf-1, Victoria: Well completion report" by Esso Exploration Australia. Inc. September 1965 [also annotated by Krins], 1 pdf file. These items can be provided upon request. 0.05 m, 20 items Print