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Morley, I. W. (Ian Webster), 1904-
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- Morley, Ian Webster, 1904-
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1904-1989
History
Mining engineer Ian Morley was born in Melbourne in 1904. He studied Metallurgical Engineering and Mining Engineering at the University of Melbourne, graduating from his second degree in 1929. His career was spent as a mining engineer in Australia and New Guinea. From 1940-1969, he was the State Mining Engineer and Chief Inspector of Mines in Queensland. He was a consultant to the United Nations, various Australian governments and mineral, petroleum and finance companies both here and abroad from the 1950s to the 1970s. In 1969 he was awarded the Imperial Service Order. He was the author of many mining articles and published Black sands: a history of the mineral and mining industry in eastern Australia in 1981.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, FF, 17-Jun-2020
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Sources
Ruth S. Kerr (2012). 'Morley, Ian Webster (1904-1989)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, accessed online 17-Jun-2020.
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Revised with other forms of name, dates of existence, updated history, authority record identifiers and sources, FF, 17-Jun-2020.