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Rose, Walter John (1885 - 1952)

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Metallurgist and Mining engineer

Born: 12 August 1885 Dunedin, New Zealand. Died: 13 April 1952 Brighton, Victoria, Australia.

Walter John Rose was a metallurgist, mining engineer and a managing director of Titan Manufacturing Co.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1905 - 1914 Mining engineer in Broken Hill, New South Wales
1906 Bachelor of Mining Engineering (BME) completed at the University of Melbourne
1914 - 1919 War service with the Australian Imperial Force
1919 - 1922 Metallurgist at the Electrolytic Zinc Co.
1922 - 1932 Managing Director of Titan Manufacturing Co. in Melbourne
1932 - 1935 Secretary of the Southern Section of the Standards Association of Australia
1935 - 1950 Member of the Commonwealth Tariff Board

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'Rose, Walter John', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001796p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 30 August 2005

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
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