Person

Hartley, Richard Gordon (1939 - 2016)

Born
30 June 1939
United Kingdom
Died
5 May 2016
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Civil engineer and Engineering historian

Summary

Richard Hartley was a civil engineer who worked as designer, hydrologist, environmental engineer and project manager for a variety of projects in Western Australia, especially railways. Having retired because of ill-health he became absorbed in Western Australia's mining history. His research included working on railways records in the State archives, conducting oral history interviews, and the preparation of submissions on the heritage of engineering sites throughout the State. Hartley's books were on the engineering history of Western Australia's goldfields, and included a biographical encyclopaedia of Western Australian metallurgists and mining engineers and managers.

Details

Chronology

1964
Education - Bachelor of Science, BSc (Eng) (Hons), Glasgow University
1968 - 1984
Career position - Senior civil and structural engineer, Maunsell & Partners, Perth, Western Australia
1969
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1984
Life event - Retired
1992
Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), Murdoch University
1992 - 2009
Career position - Member, Engineering Heritage Panel, Western Australian Branch, Engineers Australia
1995
Career position - Founding Member, Australasian Mining History Association
1998
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Murdoch University
2009
Award - John Monash Medal, Engineering Heritage Australia
2011
Award - Telford Premium, Institution of Civil Engineers, London

Published resources

Books

  • Cumming, Denis A.; and Hartley, Richard G., Westralian founders of twentieth century mining: career biographies of mining engineers, mine managers and metallurgists who worked in the Western Australian mining industry 1890-1920 (Rossmoyne W.A.: Richard G. Hartley, 2014), 190 pp. Details
  • Hartley, Richard G., River of steel: a history of Western Australian goldfields and agricultural water supply, 1903 - 2003 (Bassendean, W.A.: Access Press, 2007), 522 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

Resources

Theses

  • Hartley, Richard G., 'A history of technological change in Kalgoorlie gold metallurgy between 1895 and 1915', PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1998, 2 v. pp. Details

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