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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-09-29 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007107b.htm person Rodda Stanley Northey AACR2 9 November 1877 16 January 1939 Place of Birth Grass Valley, East Oakland, Alemeda County, California, United States of America Place of Death "Oomoo" Kalorama, Victoria, Australia Mining engineer Educational administrator Stanley Rodda MAusIMM, was the Principal of the Working Men's College, Melbourne from 1913 to 1927, and a Councillor from 1927 to 1936, and President in 1931. He expanded the scope of the technical teaching programs of the College before, during and after the First World War. He took a special interest in establishing welding classes and an automotive school, and was active in the formation of the Victorian Institute of Welding Engineers, the Australian Welding Institute, and the Australian Institute of Automotive Engineers. He also lobbied for Melbourne to be a centre for training aeronautical engineers, as it had an established industry and the Aircraft Laboratory was in Melbourne. He was a mining engineer, from a mining family, who studied at the University of California, then gained wide experience in mine management in California, South Africa, West Africa, Western Australia, England and Queensland. In 1931, he established the firm "S. N. Rodda Pty Ltd - Mineral Earth Millers", to pulverise diatomaceous earth and commercially make Tripolite and to make its absorptive properties available for telephone insulators, and for other industry, agriculture and defence uses. The original Working Men's College Building 10, now demolished, was named the "SN Rodda School of Motor Mechanics", and "Rodda Lane" is also named after him. 1898 1901 Career position - Assistant general manager, Lancaster mine, Krugersdorp, South Africa 1901 1901 Career position - General manager, Tarauah and Abosso mines, West Africa 1901 c. 1904 Career position - Assistant-metallurgist and manager, Associated Northern group of mines, Kalgoorlie [As well as overseeing operations in Fremantle, Port Pirie and Dapto] c. 1904 c. 1904 Career position - Mining engineer, potential hydraulic gold mine, California [Recommended against it, due to the environmental issues of the sluicing operation.] c. 1904 c. 1906 Career position - Consulting mining engineer, London [ reporting on numerous industries-mining, manufacturing plants, cement works, textiles, throughout England. Including the Mona Parys, Anglesey.] 1907 1907 Career position - Mine manager, Chillagoe Co's. Redcap Mine, Mungana, Queensland 1907 1911 Career position - General manager, Mungana (Chillagoe) Mining Co Ltd, Queensland 1909 1909 Life event - Naturalisation 1910 1910 Career event - Member (MAusIME), Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers 1910 1910 Life event - Married Eileen Marie Lannah Meagher at St. Kilda, Victoria 1913 1927 Career position - Principal, Working Men's College, Melbourne [Succeeded by Mr. F. Ellis, MW BE in 1927] 1919 1919 Career position - Vocational training adviser, Repatriation Department 1925 1925 Career position - Foundation President, Victorian Institute of Welding Engineers 1927 1927 Career position - Foundation President, Australian Institute of Automotive Engineers 1927 1936 Career position - Councillor, Working Men's College, Melbourne 1931 1931 Career position - President, Council, Working Men's College, Melbourne 1931 1931 Career event - Established S. N. Rodda Pty Ltd - Mineral Earth Millers Victorian Institute of Welding Engineers (c. 1925 - 1929)

Foundation President, 1925 -

 Australian Institute of Automotive Engineers (1927 - )

Foundation President, 1927-

 Working Men's College (1882 - 1933)

Principal, 1913-1927; Member of Council, 1927-1936; President of Council, 1931.

 'Rodda, Stanley Northey (Dobbie)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Rodda, Stanley Northey (Dobbie) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: RMIT University History RMIT University Archives RMIT University History RMIT University Archives 2022 Newspaper Article: People we know :Mr Stanley Rodda Anon People we know :Mr Stanley Rodda 1917 Punch 6, col.2-3 Newspaper Article: College director. Engineer appointed. Experienced in many lands. Mr. S.N. Rodda. Anon College director. Engineer appointed. Experienced in many lands. Mr. S.N. Rodda. 1913 Weekly Times 33, col.3