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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2024-11-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005526b.htm person Fairhall Alfred Ernest AACR2 11 June 1868 2 October 1943 Place of Birth Greymouth, New Zealand Place of Death Stirling, South Australia, Australia Horticulturist Mineral collector After moving to Melbourne in 1889, Alfred Fairhall became an apprentice horticulturist. By 1894 he was established in South Australia, working for a succession of wealthy families. In his role as head gardener to Edward Stirling at Mt Lofty he made important contributions to ornamental plant breeding. Fairhall was an avid collector of minerals: his collection included significant material from the Broken Hill and Moonta-Wallaroo ore bodies. This material was purchased for the South Australian Museum in 1943 by Douglas Mawson. 1889 1889 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1897 1897 Career position - Head gardener to Edward Stirling at Mt Lofty, South Australia 1943 1943 Collection of minerals purchased for the South Australian Museum South Australian Museum (1940 - )

In 1943 Douglas Mawson purchased Alfred Fairhall's collection of minerals for the Museum

 Fairhall, Alfred Ernest (18680611-19431002)

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 'Fairhall, Alfred Ernest', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fairhall, Alfred Ernest Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Alfred Fairhall mineral collection Cowen, David The Alfred Fairhall mineral collection 2015 Australian Journal of Mineralogy 17 2 77-81