Person
Fraser, Colin (1875 - 1944)
Kt
- Born
- 14 May 1875
Coromandel, New Zealand - Died
- 11 March 1944
Toorak, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist and Company director
Summary
Sir Colin Fraser obtained an MSc in geology from Auckland University College in 1906 and surveyed the Mount Morgan mine in Queensland in 1914. He was closely associated with W.S. Robinson and was an integral part of the powerful Collins House group of mining companies.
Details
Chronology
- 1906
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), Auckland University College
- 1922
- Career event - Elected Member (Mining and Metallurgy), Australian National Research Council
- 1935
- Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Public service
- 1937
- Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
Related entries
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Colin Fraser - Records, 1916 - 1943; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Kennetee, John, 'Fraser, Sir Colin (1875-1944), geologist and company director' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 576-577. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fraser-sir-colin-6236. Details
Journal Articles
- Skeats, Ernest W., 'Obituary: Sir Colin Fraser', Australian Journal of Science, 6 (6) (1944), 176. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537926. Details
- 'Fraser, Colin (1875-1944)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476110. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 August 2024
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