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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/P003811b.htm person Mussen Gerald AACR2 17 October 1872 21 March 1960 Place of Birth Dunedin, New Zealand Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Entrepreneur Journalist (Sir) Gerald Mussen, in association with Amalgamated Zinc (De Bavay's), arranged in 1925 for wood from north-west Tasmania to be tested in Holland for its potential in the manufacture of newsprint. In spite of unpromising results, a pilot plant was set up to used the pulp which contained a high percentage of eucalyptus sulphite. Plans to float an operating company in 1930 fell through because of the economic conditions at the time.

Born Dunedin, New Zealand, 17 October 1872. Died Melbourne, 21 March 1960. Knighted 1939. Educated Southland High School, Invercargill. Joined gold rush to Coolgardie 1897; freelance journalist, Sydney; Melbourne based reporter, Sydney Daily Telegraph from 1901; industrial adviser, Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd (BHAS), Port Pirie, South Australia 1917-19, consulting industrialist, BHAS, Broken Hill 1919-22; founding proprietor, Adelaide News 1922-23; bought land for a paper mill in Burnie, Tasmania 1924, forming a company that eventually became Associated Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd, of which he remained a major shareholder; developed the fish-canning industry at Port Lincoln, South Australia from 1937. Chairman, Victorian Central Citrus Association 1924-30; chairman, Federal Citrus Association 1927-30. Wrote Australia's Tomorrow (1944).

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 'Mussen, Gerald', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mussen, Gerald Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Mussen, Sir Gerald (1872-1960), entrepreneur, journalist and industrial relations consultant Kennedy, B.E. Mussen, Sir Gerald (1872-1960), entrepreneur, journalist and industrial relations consultant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 653-654 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