Person
Fryar, William (1828 - 1912)
- Born
- 25 January 1828
Wellington, Northumberland, United Kingdom - Died
- 22 December 1912
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Parliamentarian, Public servant, Surveyor and Mining inspector
Summary
William Fryar like many others of the colonial era had a highly varied career. Initially he worked as a licensed surveyor in Queensland and in 1874 joined the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 1877 he resigned and returned to surveying and also took up a directorship with the Queensland Evangelical Standard newspaper. Fryer was later appointed the first Queensland inspector of mines.
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Chronology
- 1853
- Life event - Arrived in Australia (Queensland)
- 1864 - 1882
- Career position - Licensed Surveyor with the Queensland Lands Department (multiple non-successive posts)
- 1874 - 1877
- Career position - Independent Member for East Moreton in the Legislative Assembly
- 1875 - 1876
- Career position - Secretary for Public Lands
- 1882 - 1904
- Career position - First Queensland Inspector of Mines
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Book Sections
- Stoodley, June, 'Fryar, William (1828-1912)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), p. 223. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040247b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Fryar, W., 'On the Mineral Resources of Kilkivan, Wide Bay, and on the Recent Discovery of Cobalt Ore in that District', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 3 (1886), 129-136. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8009456. Details
- 'Fryar, William (1828-1912)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465804. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 17 October 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011