Corporate Body
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1893 - )
- From
- April 1893
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Functions
- Education, Metallurgy and Mineralogy or Mining
- Alternative Names
- Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers (Former name, 1893 - 1919)
- Website
- http://www.ausimm.com
- Location
- Level 3, 15-31 Pelham Street Carlton, Victoria 3053
Summary
The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) was founded in 1893, as the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers. The purpose of the Institute is to promote the sciences and professions relating to mining and metallurgy.
From their Web site, December 2001: "The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy represent the interests of professionals associated in all facets of the mining, exploration and minerals processing industries."
Details
Formed as the "Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers" (AIME) the inaugural meeting was held in Adelaide in April 1893. Founding members were drawn from men who were associated with the Broken Hill mines as well as those representing the various colonies.
In 1917, AIME had been invited to join with all the other colonial engineering societies, to become part of a federation of the existing engineering institutes. However, as many members were not engineers, such as mine managers and metallurgist, it decided to remain a separate organisation.
In 1919, the membership formally voted not to join the "Institution of Engineers, Australia". and to change its name to the "Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy" to recognise the range of technical professionals in the mining industry beyond just engineering.
Related entries
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Broken Hill South Ltd - Records, 1936 - 1945, 80/99; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
- Broken Hill South Ltd - Records, 1934 - 1971, 84/94; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
- Broken Hill South Ltd - Records, 1938 - 1974, 80/110; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
- Ian Munro McLennan - Records, 1937 - 1977, 78/95; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4823428. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/126534497. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458224. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_a.html. Details
- Branagan, D. F., 'Mosher, Kenneth George (1913-1990), Geologist, Public servant and Military' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), p. 186. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mosher-kenneth-george-15028. Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Historical account of the formation of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers Australia, 1 (1921), 28-46, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.628107070347674. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 27 April 2000, Last modified: 7 April 2022
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