Person
Kahan, Raoul Robellaz (1883? - 1952)
- Born
- 1883?
Victoria, Australia - Died
- 6 October 1952
- Occupation
- Assayer
Summary
Raoul Kahan was Assistant Assayer at the Royal Mint, Perth 1909-1918. He then spent the remainder of his career overseas, retiring in 1940 to Perth and a farm at Kojonup, Western Australia. He was educated at the universities of Adelaide (BSc) and Western Australia (BSc ad eundum gradum).
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Chronology
- September 1897
- Education - South Australian Pass list preliminary examination University of Adelaide
- November 1897
- Education - South Australian Junior Public Examination, Third Class, Christian Brothers College, Perth
- November 1899
- Education - South Australia Senior Public Examination, Third Class
- 1905
- Education - BSc University of Adelaide, Chemistry I (diploma course) third class
- 1909 - 1918
- Career position - Assistant Assayer at the Royal Mint in Perth
- 1914
- Education - BSc University of Western Australia (ed eundum gradum BSc (Adelaide))
- 1918 - 1920
- Career position - Deputy Master and Assayer at the Royal Mint in Bombay, India
- 1920
- Career position - Superintendent of erection of a gold refinery for the Transvaal Chamber of Mines in Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1921 - 1940
- Career position - Manager of the gold refinery
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Resources
- 'Kahan, Raoul Robellaz (1883-1952)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475531. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 18 September 1997, Last modified: 7 July 2025