Person
Rasp, Charles (1846 - 1907)
- Born
- 7 October 1846
Württemberg, Germany - Died
- 22 May 1907
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Prospector
Summary
Charles Rasp was a boundary rider on Mount Gipps station in the Barrier Ranges in the far west of New South Wales. He pegged the first block on 'Broken Hill', and was a member of the syndicate of seven people who worked the area and made their fortunes when silver was discovered there in 1885.
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Published resources
Books
- Thomson, Peter; Macklin, Robert, The Big Fella: The rise of BHP Biliton (North Sydney, New South Wales: William Heinemann, 2009), 518 pp, https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31715216. Details
Book Sections
- Coulls, A., 'Rasp, Charles (1846-1907), prospector' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z, Bede Nairn, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), p. 9. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rasp-charles-4452. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q215415. Details
- 'Rasp, Charles (1846-1907)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463061. 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_r.html. Details
- Engineers Australia ed., Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2019), 236 pp, https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/2025-08/EA1_Wonders%20never%20cease.pdf. "A new life from old soil", pp.164-5. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 August 2006
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