Person

Parbo, Arvi Hillar (1926 - 2019)

AC Kt FTSE

Born
10 February 1926
Tallinn, Estonia
Died
1 May 2019
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Company director

Summary

Sir Arvi Parbo was Company Director of a variety of companies, in the fields of science and finance. He was educated University of Adelaide (BE).

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Chronology

1956 - 1958
Career position - Under Surveyor and Technical Assistant, Nevoria Mine
1958 - 1960
Career position - Underground Manager, Nevoria Mine
1960 - 1964
Career position - Technical Assistant to Managing Director, Western Mining Corporation Holdings Ltd
1964 - 1968
Career position - Deputy General Superintendent, Western Mining Corporation Holdings Ltd
1968 - 1971
Career position - General Manager, Western Mining Corporation Holdings Ltd
1971 - 1986
Career position - Managing Director, Western Mining Corporation Holdings Ltd
1974 -
Career position - Chairman, Western Mining Corporation Holdings Ltd
1977 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1978
Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - For services to industry
1983
Award - Gold Medal, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy London
1983
Award - The Institute Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
1984
Award - John Storey Medal
1985 - 1991
Career position - President, Australia-Japan Business Co-operative Committee
1986
Award - Sir Willis Connolly Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1977]
1987 - 1989
Career position - Director, Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd
1989
Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne
1989 - 1992
Career position - Chairman, Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd
1990
Career position - President, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
1992
Award - Rotary Club of Melbourne Vocational Service Award
1993
Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - For service to the mining industry and to commerce.
1995
Award - Chairman of the Year award, Australian Institute of Company Directors
1995 - 1997
Career position - President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
1996
Award - ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1997
Award - Honorary Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
1997 - 2019
Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Victoria
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for outstanding service to the international and Australian business communities

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Published resources

Books

  • Parbo, Arvi, Down Under - Mineral Heritage in Australasia: an Illustrated History of Mining and Metallurgy in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea (Melbourne: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1992), 320 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Chapman Oration : 'Sophisticated detectives' succeed [delivered by Sir Arvi Parbo]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 52 (25) (1980), 24. Details
  • 'Four new Honorary Fellows named [Bryan Kelman, Brian Loton, Arvi Parbo, Laurence Hartnett]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 56 (13) (1984), 40. Details
  • Anon, 'Sir Arvi Parbo AC Kt FTSE', Impact: magazine of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 209 (2019), 63. https://www.atse.org.au/what-we-do/strategic-advice/impact-209/. Details
  • Parbo, Arvi, 'The Mineral Heritage: Central Victoria', AUSIMM Bulletin and Proceedings, 7 (1990), 23-37. Details
  • Parbo, Arvi, 'The Mineral Heritage: Northern Territory', AUSIMM Bulletin and Proceedings, 5 (1990), 38-41. Details
  • Parbo, Arvi, 'The Mineral Heritage: the People', AusIMM Bulletin and Proceedings, 2 (1990), 32-36. Details

Resources

See also

  • Engineers Australia ed., Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders (Barton, A.C.T.: Institution of Engineers Australia, 2019), 136 pp. 'A Mining Magnate - Sir Arvi Parbo' p.104. Details

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