Person
Cameron, Samuel Sherwen (1866 - 1933)
- Born
- 29 June 1866
Haile, Cumberland, England - Died
- 31 December 1933
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Veterinary surgeon and Agricultural administrator
Summary
Samuel Cameron was veterinary inspector for the Board of public Health in Victoria 1896-1905 and was heavily involved in the Meat Supervision Act of Victoria 1901 and the Milk and Dairy Supervision Act 1905. He was director of the Department of Agriculture in Victoria 1911-1931.
Details
Born Haile, Cumberland, England, 29 June 1866. Died Melbourne, 31 December 1933. Educated Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, Edinburgh (graduated 1888). Lecturer and hospital surgeon, Veterinary College, Fitzroy, Victoria 1889-94; veterinary officer, municipality of Dunedin, New Zealand 1895-96; veterinary inspector, Board of Public Health, Victoria 1896-1905; chief veterinary inspector, Department of Agriculture 1905-11; director, Department of Agriculture 1911-31; lecturer in veterinary hygiene and dietetics in the faculty of veterinary science, University of Melbourne 1909-24, senior lecturer 1924-28, lecturer in animal husbandry and veterinary hygiene in the faculty of agriculture 1927-33. Associated with the formation of Young Farmers' clubs in Victoria and also involved with the Better Farming Exhibition train.
Related entries
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 16, 38, 47, 68 (photograph), 90, 96, 100-101, 104, 108, 134-135, 142. Details
Book Sections
- Albiston, Harold E., 'Cameron, Samuel Sherwen (1866-1933), veterinary surgeon and public servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), p. 539. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cameron-samuel-sherwen-5478. Details
Reports
- Dickson, B.T., The work of the Division of Economic Botany for the year 1928-29 (Melbourne: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia), 1929), 32 pp. https://doi.org/10.25919/jzrg-yf83. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24088026. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92966462. Details
- 'Cameron, S S (1866-1933)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-548433. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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