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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-09-17 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-03-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006568b.htm person Bell William Robert AACR2 30 September 1830 February 1911 Place of Birth Biurne, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Place of Death Burnie, Tasmania, Australia Mineral prospector William Bell was a mineral prospector who pursued his occupation in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. From the 1870s he was employed as a prospector for a number of mineral exploration syndicates in Tasmania including the Van Diemen's Land Company. He was among the few prospectors employed by the Van Diemen's Land Company who made significant finds. These included deposits of silver, scheeligte and barytes, and lodes of manganese and iron. Bell also claimed that there were auriferous deposits at Mt Lyell. 1839 1839 Life event - Migrated to South Australia with his family 1857 1857 Life event - Moved to Tasmania 'Bell, William Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bell, William Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Mining the Van Diemen's Land Company holdings 1851 - 1899: a case of bad luck or clever adaptation Haygarth, Nic Mining the Van Diemen's Land Company holdings 1851 - 1899: a case of bad luck or clever adaptation 2018 Journal of Australasian mining history 16 93-110 Journal Article: Riches and Prosperity: the Life of W. R. Bell, Tasmanian Mineral Prospector Haygarth, Nic Riches and Prosperity: the Life of W. R. Bell, Tasmanian Mineral Prospector 2010 Tasmanian Historical Research Association Papers and Proceedings 57 203-35