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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003461b.htm person Courtis Henry AACR2 8 August 1829 29 August 1883 Place of Birth Lunnon, Wales Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Chemical engineer Henry Courtis was a gas engineer who supplied Bath's Hotel in Ballarat with gas made from gumleaves in the late 1850s. He also designed and constructed gas plants in: Victoria - Ballarat, Albury, Talbot, Prahran, Clunes, Wagga Wagga, Daylesford, South Melbourne, Horsham, Echuca, Creswick, Brighton, Footscray Western Australia - Perth Queensland - Ipswich New Zealand - Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Christchurch, Hokitika, Gisborne, Wellington and Napier Courtis and his wife Sarah Anne Burall (1817-1882) spent much of their married life living in Victoria's Warnambool, Ballarat, and Castlemaine districts. Their two sons also worked in the gas industry and managed the New Zeland plants in Dunedin and Timaru respectively Details and images supplied by John Courtis. Courtis, Henry (1829-1883)

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 'Courtis, Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Courtis, Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Lucky City: the first generation at Ballarat, 1851-1901 Bate, W. A. The Lucky City: the first generation at Ballarat, 1851-1901 Melbourne melbourne university Press 1978 Book: Gas in Ballarat: an Illustrated History Proudley, Ray Gas in Ballarat: an Illustrated History Melbourne Gas and Fuel Corporation 1985 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 Gas Governor Gas Governor Sketch by Henry Courtis Section Retort House Section Retort House Sketch by Henry Courtis Henry Courtis Henry Courtis

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