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Mussen, Gerald (1872 - 1960) |
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| Entrepreneur and Journalist | ||
| Born: 17 October 1872 Dunedin, New Zealand. Died: 21 March 1960 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. | ||
| (Sir) Gerald Mussen, in association with Amalgamated Zinc (De Bavay's), arranged in 1925 for wood from north-west Tasmania to be tested in Holland for its potential in the manufacture of newsprint. In spite of unpromising results, a pilot plant was set up to used the pulp which contained a high percentage of eucalyptus sulphite. Plans to float an operating company in 1930 fell through because of the economic conditions at the time. |
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| Born Dunedin, New Zealand, 17 October 1872. Died Melbourne, 21 March 1960. Knighted 1939. Educated Southland High School, Invercargill. Joined gold rush to Coolgardie 1897; freelance journalist, Sydney; Melbourne based reporter, Sydney Daily Telegraph from 1901; industrial adviser, Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd (BHAS), Port Pirie, South Australia 1917-19, consulting industrialist, BHAS, Broken Hill 1919-22; founding proprietor, Adelaide News 1922-23; bought land for a paper mill in Burnie, Tasmania 1924, forming a company that eventually became Associated Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd, of which he remained a major shareholder; developed the fish-canning industry at Port Lincoln, South Australia from 1937. Chairman, Victorian Central Citrus Association 1924-30; chairman, Federal Citrus Association 1927-30. Wrote Australia's Tomorrow (1944). | ||
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