Person

Lowrie, William (1857 - 1933)

Born
18 October 1857
Selkirkshire, Scotland
Died
20 July 1933
Echunga, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Agricultural educator

Summary

William Lowrie was Professor of Agriculture and Principal of Roseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia from 1888. After a period of teaching in New Zealand he was Director of Agriculture in Western Australia from 1908 and of South Australia from 1912.

Archival resources

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

  • William Lowrie - Records, 1880 - 1933, PRG 30/5/17; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Black, Alan W., 'Lowrie, William (1857-1933), agricultural educationist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 160-161. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100156b.htm. Details

Resources

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_l.html. Details
  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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