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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2026-02-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002708b.htm person Wainwright William Edward AACR2 3 January 1873 3 May 1959 Place of Birth Upper Holloway, England Place of Death Caulfield, Victoria, Australia Mining engineer William Wainwright was a mine manager and engineer with Broken Hill South Ltd from 1898 to 1941. He was also involved in many organisations including Chairman of the Victorian Committee of the Standards Association of Australia and twice president of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 1892 1892 Education - Diploma in Metallurgy, South Australian School of Mines and Industries 1894 1894 Education - Diploma in Mining, South Australian School of Mines and Industries 1895 1895 Career position - Battery Manager, Ivanhoe Gold Mines in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 1896 1898 Career position - Mill-manager at Queen Margaret Gold Mine, near Kalgoorlie 1898 1903 Career position - Engineer, South Mine of Broken Hill South Ltd 1903 1918 Career position - Manager, South Mine of Broken Hill South Ltd 1918 1937 Career position - General Manager, Broken Hill South Ltd 1919 1919 Career position - President, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1921 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Mining and Metallurgy), Australian National Research Council 1926 1926 Career position - Chairman of the technical committee to report on the gold-mining industry at Kalgoorlie and at the Sons of Gwalia mine, Leonora, Western Australia 1930 1930 Career position - President, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1930 1930 Career position - Leader of Australian delegation to the third Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress in South Africa 1936 1936 Award - Institute Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1937 1941 Career position - Consulting Engineer, Broken Hill South Ltd The Institute Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1935 - )

Awarded the Medal 1936. "For outstanding service in the development of mining and milling practice on the Broken Hill field and for untiring public service in many directions associated with mining and metallurgy."

 Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association (1922 - 1929)

Representative of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, on the Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association 1922-

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Foundation Member (Mining and Metallurgy) 1921 -

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

Fellow 1937 -

 Conference convened by the Prime Minister, S.M. Bruce, to consider the reorganisation of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, 30 May and 1 June 1925

Representative of Victoria

 Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1893 - )

President 1930, and 1919.

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 'Wainwright, William Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wainwright, William Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Wainwright, William Edward (1873-1959), mining and metallurgical engineer Fairweather, D.F. Wainwright, William Edward (1873-1959), mining and metallurgical engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 348 Edited Book: They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C. They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work Adelaide D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham 1986 Book: The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Currie, George; Graham, John The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Melbourne CSIRO 1966