Person
Wilson, David (1830? - 1899)
- Born
- 1830?
Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland - Died
- 26 August 1899
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural expert
Summary
David Wilson was the State dairy expert in Victoria from 1888 and superintended the government's model dairy at the Centennial International Exhibition. He facilitated the transition from making butter by hand to its production in centralised factories and drew up plans and articles of association for co-operative factory companies. Wilson arrived in Victoria in 1854 and initially worked as a dairy farmer in Inverleigh then Springbank. He was an early importer of cream separators, and introduced pasteurisation in the 1890s. Wilson was also a founding member of the Dairymen's Association of Victoria.
Skip to
Published resources
Book Sections
- Farrer, Keith Thomas Henry, 'Wilson, David (1830?-1899), dairy expert' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 519-520. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilson-david-9133. Details
Resources
- 'Wilson, David (1830-18990826)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467907. Details
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_w.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 25 August 2006
- Foundation Supporter - ARC Learned Academies' Special Projects