Person

Jamieson, William (1853 - 1926)

Born: 1853
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died: 8 May 1926
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Surveyor

Summary

William Jamieson took a leading part in the establishment of the Broken Hill mines and surveyed the site of the Broken Hill township. He was appointed General Manager, Broken Hill Mining Co. (later BHP Co. Ltd) 1884-1885.

Archival resources

Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd

William Jamieson - Records, 1885 - 1898; Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Kennedy, B. E., 'Jamieson, William (1853-1926), surveyor and businessman' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 470-471. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jamieson-william-6827. Details

Journal Articles

'Obituaries: Isaac Manly Barrow, Derek David Frank and Sir Wilson Jameson', Medical Journal of Australia, 1 (16) (1963), 596-597. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539452. Details
'Jamieson, William', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463054. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018

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