Robert’s lecture will discuss Rio Tinto’s formation and the evolution of its main business activities in Australia. A focus of his lecture will be the initial and ongoing connections of the company with Melbourne and Victoria. After a patchy start in Australia, in 1962, Rio Tinto merged with Consolidated Zinc to form Conzinc Riotinto of Australia (CRA). Under the leadership of legendary mining figure, Sir Maurice Mawby, CRA progressed the development of the aluminium industry in Australia, the establishment of Australia’s export iron ore industry based on the Mount Tom Price deposit in the Pilbara, as well as a major copper operation on the island of Bougainville. The early Australian management saw themselves as contributing to Australia’s post-war development and nation building.

Annual Conference presented by the Robert Menzies Institute  WHEN: Thursday, 23 November 20239:30 am - Friday, 24 November 20234:30 pm WHERE: Old Quad, Building 150 (Parkville Campus)101 Tin AlleyParkville, VIC, 3052Australia (map) Click here to book and see full program of topics and speakers The period from 1954-1961 was a unique moment in Australian political history. With
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Annual Conference presented by the Robert Menzies Institute  WHEN: Thursday, 23 November 20239:30 am - Friday, 24 November 20234:30 pm WHERE: Old Quad, Building 150 (Parkville Campus)101 Tin AlleyParkville, VIC, 3052Australia (map) Click here to book and see full program of topics and speakers The period from 1954-1961 was a unique moment in Australian political history. With
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Andrew Lemon AM, FRHSV is a practising professional historian, a past president of the Royal Historical Society and throughout the 1990s, he was Victorian Editor of the Victorian Historical Journal. He is a former board member of the State Library of Victoria and of the Heritage Council and is a member of the Professional Historians
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Online Conference In Search of DNA Connections  presented by the Society of Australian Genealogists. When: Friday 24 November 8.00pm-9.00pm AEDT; Saturday 25 November 9.45am-4.30pm AEDT Where: Online via zoom Register: via https://www.sag.org.au/event-5322521  Cost: Members $80; Non-members $120 Join the Society of Australian Genealogists for a virtual conference dedicated to uncovering information and resources about DNA. The program
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Online Conference In Search of DNA Connections  presented by the Society of Australian Genealogists. When: Friday 24 November 8.00pm-9.00pm AEDT; Saturday 25 November 9.45am-4.30pm AEDT Where: Online via zoom Register: via https://www.sag.org.au/event-5322521  Cost: Members $80; Non-members $120 Join the Society of Australian Genealogists for a virtual conference dedicated to uncovering information and resources about DNA. The program
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