Bright Sparcs
Biographical entry
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Pittman, Edward Fisher (1849 - 1932) |
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Geologist and Administrator | |
Born: 31 July 1849 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 18 November 1932 South Yarra, Victoria. | |
Edward Fisher Pittman was appointed New South Wales government geologist in 1891 and in 1902 became under secretary of the Department of Mines (and Agriculture until 1906) while continuing as government geologist. From 1883 he was chief mining surveyor for the colony. |
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