Person

Newbery, James Cosmo (1843 - 1895)

Born
28 June 1843
Leghorn, Tuscany, Italy
Died
1 May 1895
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Industrial chemist, Metallurgist and Public servant

Summary

James Newbery was appointed as analyst to the Geological Survey of Victoria in 1865 and then scientific superintendent of the Cosmo Newbery was an industrial chemist and metallurgist who was appointed Analyst to the Geological Survey of Victorian in 1865. Before coming to Victoria he was educated at the Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard, U.S.A., and qualified in metallurgy and assaying at Royal school of Mines, London. When his position with the Survey was abolished, he became Scientific Superintendent of the Industrial and Technological Museum in Melbourne, which position he held intil 1895. While in this role he continued to act as analyst for the Survey. Newbery was an expert withess to the Royal Commission on Coal in 1890. With Claude Vautin he developed and patented a method of chlorination of gold extraction widely adopted in many countries. For the 1880 International Exhibition he was Superintendent of Juries and Awards. In 1887 Newbery was badly injured in a train accident and never recovered.

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Chronology

1865 - 1879
Career position - Analyst, Geological Survey of Victoria
1870 - 1895
Career position - Scientific Superintendent, Industrial and Technological Museum

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Archival resources

Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre

  • James Cosmo Newbery - Records, 1870 - 1872; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Book Sections

  • Fowler, R. H., 'Newbery, James Cosmo (1843-1895), industrial chemist and public servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), p. 331. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050378b.htm. Details

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See also

McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn

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