Person

Keast, Asdruebal James (1892 - 1980)

Born: 21 June 1892
Dimboola, Victoria, Australia
Died: 17 March 1980
Kew, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Mining engineer

Details

Chronology

1961: Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne

Related Awards

The Institute Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1935 - )
Awarded the Medal 1963. "In recognition of his outstanding record in the building and reconstruction of major mining and metallurgical enterprises, including lead-silver-zinc, aluminium and uranium in Australia and gold in Canada; also, for his personal initiation of improvements in industrial and social welfare in these industries."
Kernot Memorial Medal, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne (1926 - )
Awarded the Medal 1961

Published resources

Book Sections

Fairweather, D.F., 'Keast, Asdruebal James (1892-1980), mining engineer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 604-605. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140689b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24087709. Details
'Keast, A J (1892-19801231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-461809. Details

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