Person

McMaster, Sir Frederick Duncan (1873 - 1954)

Born: 9 July 1873
Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 1954
Occupation: Pastoralist and Philanthropist

Summary

Sir Frederick Duncan McMaster was a visionary pastoralist and philanthropist. He was a founding member of the New South Wales State Advisory Committee of the CSIR in 1926. In 1929 his donation of £20,000 allowed the CSIR to build a new veterinary research laboratory. The resulting F.D. McMaster Laboratory was the first in Australia to focus research on the diseases and parasites affecting sheep.

Related Corporate Bodies

F. D. McMaster Animal Health Laboratory - CSIR/O, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1931 - 1963)

Published resources

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537977. Details
'McMaster, Frederick Duncan (18730709-19541128)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1478812. Details

Resource Sections

Ward, C., 'Sir Frederick Duncan McMaster [1873-1954]', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/McMaster-Sir-Frederick-Duncan. Details

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