Mingaye, John Charles Henderson (1859 - 1954)

Summary

John Charles H. Mingaye FGS, was Chief Analyst and Assayer with the Department of Mines and Agriculture, New South Wales for 40 years. He was a prolific writer of scientific literature, with most of his chemical work published throughout the NSW Mines Department publications.

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Chronology

1880s

Career position - Assistant to Charles Watt in his Parramatta Laboratory, New South Wales

1886

Career position - Assistant Analytical Chemist, New South Wales Government

1887 - 1924

Career position - Assayer then Chief Analyst and Assayer, Geological Survey Branch, Mines Department of New South Wales

1888 -

Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

1922

Career event - Elected Member (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council

1924 -

Career position - Chemist, Ammonia Company of Australia, at Clyde, New South Wales

1924

Life event - Retired, as Chief Analyst and assayer, Department of Mines, New South Wales

1937

Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)

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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

Journal Articles

• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Notes on Some Minerals & etc.', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 23 (1889), 326-328. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Analysis of Japanese coal per s.s. Afghan', The Spectrum: An Australian Journal of Science, 1 (1891). Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Analyses of some of the Well, Spring, Mineral, and Artesian Waters of New South Wales, and their Probable value for Irrigation and other Purposes', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 26 (1892), 73-132. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Platinum and its Associated Metals in Lode Material at Broken Hill, N.S. Wales', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 26 (1892), 371-373. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Notes on the Occurrence of Platinum, Gold and Tin in the Beach Sands in the Richmond River District, N.S. Wales', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 26 (1892), 368-370. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Notes and Analyses of a Metallic Meteorite from Moonbi, Near Tamworth, NSW', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 27 (1893), 82-83. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Analysis of the Artesian Waters of New South Wales, and their Value for Irrigation and Other Purposes', Report of the sixth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 6 (1895), 265-277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52884139. Details
• Mingaye, J.C.H., 'Analyses of the Artesian Waters of New South Wales, and their Value for Irrigation and other Purposes', The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, 7 (1896), 316-327. Details
• Mingaye, John C. H., 'On the Occurrence of Tellurium in New South Wales Ores', Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 1 (1889), 116-122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15813204. Details
• Mingaye, John C.H., 'Analyses and Notes on Some of the Mineral Waters of New South Wales', Report of the fourth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 4 (1893), 277-279, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15558740. Details
• Mingaye, John C.H., 'On the Occurrence of Phosphatic Deposits in the Jenolan Caves, New South Wales', Report of the seventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 7 (1898), 327-331, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15378293. Details
• Mingaye, John C.H., 'Notes and Analyses of Some New South Wales Phosphatic minerals and Phosphatic Deposits', Report of the seventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 7 (1898), 332-333, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15378298. Details

Resources

• Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. Details
• 'Mingaye, J C H (1859-1958)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-613484. Details