Person
Wolskel, Augustus (1867 - 1949)
- Born
- 1867
Europe - Died
- 20 December 1949
Kew, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Applied chemist and Inventor
Summary
Augustus Wolskel was a technical chemist, who envisaged and formed a co-operative company to manufacture fertilisers for farmers at cost price. He founded and was the first General Manager of the Phosphate Co-operative Company of Australia until 1938, and a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. He was keen on history, joined the Historical Society of Victoria in 1921, became a Council member in 1926, Vice-president in 1931 and from 1939-1942 was president of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHSV). When he died in 1949, he left a bequest fund whose beneficiaries were the Economics Institute, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the RHSV.
Details
Chronology
- 1890 - c. 1891
- Career position - Victorian representative, Patent Asphaltum Company, NSW
- 1917 - c. 1919
- Career position - Heathcote Chemical Company Pty Ltd
- 1919 - 1939
- Career position - General Manager, Phosphate Co-operative Company of Australia Limited
- c. 1929 - c. 1931
- Career position - President, Chamber of Mines, Victoria
- c. 1932 - 1933
- Career position - President, Economic Society, Victoria
- 1937 - 1938
- Career position - Chairman, chemical engineering group, Australian Chemical Group
Ken McInnes
Created: 21 February 2019, Last modified: 15 April 2019