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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2013-05-01 human Tom Hyde updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005366b.htm person Beattie William Anderson AACR2 4 July 1902 14 July 1980 Place of Birth Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand Place of Death Ringwood, Victoria, Australia Agricultural consultant William Beattie attended Auckland University College and moved on to Trinity Hall in Cambridge gaining a first-class pass in law exams in 1925. He practised as a barrister and solicitor before becoming a farmer at Tangiteroria in the mid-1930s. He campaigned to improve the pork industry and became a member of the National Pig Industry. He served in the Australian Imperial Force from 1941-1945. Beattie was employed as senior research officer by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and was tasked to undertake a survey of the Australian beef cattle industry. He developed measures to improve the quality of beef in the market through better breeding and pastures which he raised in the press and with Federal parliament in 1952. From 1955-1958 he worked with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on food production in South America. He held directorships in various companies and established his own stock and farm management consultancy in Melbourne. He was also Victorian president of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals from 1964-1968 and was part of the council of the Institute of Public Affairs from 1964-1977.

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 'Beattie, William Anderson', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Beattie, William Anderson Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Beattie, William Anderson (1902-1980), agricultural consultant Stokes, H. J. W. Beattie, William Anderson (1902-1980), agricultural consultant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 143-144 Resource: B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch