Person

Pittman, Edward Fisher (1849 - 1932)

Born
31 July 1849
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
18 November 1932
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Geologist and Administrator

Summary

Edward Pittman was appointed New South Wales government geologist in 1891 and in 1902 became under secretary of the Department of Mines (and Agriculture until 1906) while continuing as government geologist. From 1883 he was chief mining surveyor for the colony.

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Chronology

1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1891 -
Career position - Government Geologist, New South Wales
1914
Career position - Local Secretary for Sydney, Section C (Geology), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting

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Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Book Sections

  • Vallance, T. G., 'Pittman, Edward Fisher (1849-1932), geologist and administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 241-242. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110247b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Pittman, E.F., 'Note on the Occurrence of a New Mineral at Broken Hill', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 27 (1893), 366-375. Details
  • Pittman, E.F., 'Notes on Two New Mineral Substances from the Australian Broken Hill Consols Mine', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 29 (1895), 48-51. Details

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