Person

Elliott, Sizar (1814 - 1901)

Born
13 May 1814
Burnham, Essex, England
Died
1 March 1901
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Inventor and Merchant

Summary

Sizar Elliott was a keen inventor and scientific experimenter. He introduced heat technology to Australia for the transportation of food. His innovations won him awards at various shows and exhibitions. Elliott became prominent in the civic affairs of Melbourne from the late 1850s as a Member of Council and magistrate. From 1857 to 1862 he was a member of the Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (later Royal Society of Victoria) which organised the Victorian Exploring Expedition.

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Chronology

1856 - 1858
Career position - Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria
1857 - 1859
Career position - Member, Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria
1858
Career position - Member, Melbourne City Council
1858 - 1859
Award - Life Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria
1859 -
Career position - Member, Royal Society of Victoria
1859 - 1862
Career position - Member, Member of the Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria
1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

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Books

  • Elliott, S., Fifty Years of Colonial Life (Melbourne: T. Smith and Company, 1887). Details

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Journal Articles

  • Farrer, Keith Thomas Henry, 'Sizar Elliott: Technologist and Transient Tasmanian', Tasmanian Historical Research Association: Papers and Proceedings, 31 (4) (1984), 9-15. Details

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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_e.html. Details
  • Arthur, Ian, 'A very brief history of packaging', ASHET News, 9 (2) (2016), 3-8. Details
  • Arthur, Ian, 'Technology and agriculture in Australia', ASHET News, 11 (1) (2018), 3-8. Details
  • Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/index_e.html. Details
  • Farrer, Keith Thomas Henry, A Settlement Amply Supplied: Food Technology in Nineteenth Century Australia (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1980), 332 pp. Details

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