Person

Delprat, Guillaume Daniel (1856 - 1937)

Born
1 September 1856
Delft, Holland, Netherlands
Died
15 March 1937
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Metallurgist and Engineer

Summary

Guillaume Delprat, after studying engineering and physics in Holland and working in Spain and England, joined BHP Ltd as assistant to the General Manager 1898. He was himself General Manager 1899-1921 and worked with A.D. Carmichael on the flotation process.

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Chronology

1921 -
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Mining and Metallurgy), Australian National Research Council

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Related Corporate Bodies

Archival resources

Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd

  • Guillaume Daniel Delprat - Records, 1898 - 1929; Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Guillaume Daniel Delprat - Records, 1823 - 1937, MS 1630; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Currie, George; Graham, John, The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1966), 203 pp, https://doi.org/10.1071/9780643105553. pages 37-38, 46, 50, 52 (photograph), 54, 58-59, 67, 114, 134. Details
  • Knight, Linsay and Cheng, Christopher, Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations (North Sydney, N.S.W.: Random House Australia, 2012), 184 pp. Pages 137-139 (Mineral separation 137-139 146-148. Details

Book Sections

Edited Books

  • Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C. ed., They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work (Adelaide: D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham, 1986), 241 pp. "Delprat, Guillaume Daniel. CBE, ME, MAmIME, MIMM, MAusIMM, MRIE(Holland) (1856-1937)" p.50. Details
  • Engineers Australia ed., Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders (Barton, A.C.T.: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2019), 136 pp, https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/2025-08/EA2_Anything%20is%20possible_0.pdf. 'A life well lived - Guillaume Delprat' p.33. Details

Reports

  • Advisory Council of Science and Industry, Report of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry: covering the period from the date of the appointment of the Executive Committee (14th April, 1916) to the 30th June 1917 (Melbourne: Commonwealth Government Printer, 1917). https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2788471586. Details
  • Advisory Council of Science and Industry, Report of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry: for the year ended 30th June 1918 (Melbourne: Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1918), 64 pp. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2004795988. Details

Resources

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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