Person

Mawby, Maurice Alan Edgar (1904 - 1977)

Kt CBE FAA FTS

Born
31 August 1904
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died
4 August 1977
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Mineralogist and Business executive

Summary

Sir Maurice Mawby was an expert in mining and metals treatment. He held many appointments including technical secretary (1941-1944) of the Commonwealth Copper and Bauxite Committee (Australia); manager of New Broken Hill (1944) where he was chief metallurgist; director of research and development with Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd (from 1945) and director of exploration and research at Zinc Corporation.

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Chronology

1952 - 1954
Career position - President, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
1955
Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, New South Wales University of Technology
1955
Award - The Institute Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
1958
Career position - President, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
1959 -
Career position - Inaugural President, Australian Mineral Industries Research Association Limited (AMIRA)
1 Jan 1959
Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Industry
1 Jan 1963
Award - Knight Bachelor - Services to mining and industry
1965
Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne
1969 - 1977
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1975 - 1977
Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)

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Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Maurice Alan Mawby - Records, 1902 - 1977, 81/127; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Edited Books

  • Legge, J. S. ed., Who's who in Australia 1968 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1968), 955 pp. "Mawby, Sir Maurice Alan Edgar", p.601. Details
  • Woodcock, J. T. ed., Mining and metallurgical practices in Australasia : the Sir Maurice Mawby memorial volume (Parkville, Vic: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, c1980), 947 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituary; Sir Maurice Mawby, CBE', Proceedings of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 263 (1977), 1-2. Details
  • Wark, I. W.; and Ellis, E. G., 'Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby 1904-197', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (1) (1980), 104-128. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9800510104. Details

Resources

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See also

  • 'Dr Keith Thomas Henry Farrer OBE MA DSc FTSE - Biographical Note', Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=648. Details
  • Birch, W. D.; and Henry, D. A., 'The geology collections of Museum Victoria, Melbourne', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 6 (2) (2000), 83-91. Details
  • Branagan, David, 'Australian Geochemical Mineral Exploration: it all began at Moonta through V. P. Sokoloff', Journal of Australasian Mining History, 5 (2007), 20-38. Details

Digital resources

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