Richard Gordon Hartley (30 June 1939 – 2016) was an Australian civil engineer, and a historian of the mining and engineering industry. Harley was born in the United Kingdom.http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005728b.htm Encyclopedia of Australian Science entry for Richard Hartley He attained an honours degree from

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in 1992, with studies focusing on gold mining in the early twentieth century Goldfields of Western Australia. Continuing his examination of developments in this technology, he obtained a PhD from Murdoch in 1998. His work on the

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and

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was published in 2007, the centenary of the scheme. It has been the most thorough work completed on the scheme, involving extensive archival research and extensive interviews. Hartley died in

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, Western Australia in 2016.

Mining heritage membership and awards

*1992–2009 Member, Engineering Heritage Panel, Western Australian Branch,

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*1995 Founding Member, Australasian Mining History Association *2009 John Monash Medal, Engineering Heritage Australia *2011 Telford Premium Prize, Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom

Selected works

* Cumming, Denis A. and Hartley, Richard G., ''Westralian founders of twentieth century mining: career biographies of mining engineers, mine managers and metallurgists who worked in the Western Australian mining industry 1890-1920'', Richard G. Hartley, Rossmoyne W.A., 2014. * Hartley, Richard G., ''River of steel: a history of Western Australian goldfields and agricultural water supply, 1903 - 2003'', Access Press, Bassendean, W.A., 2007. * Hartley, Richard G.,
Fernie, Norman (1898-1977) Engineer
, in John Ritchie (ed.), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 155–156. * Hartley, Richard G., ''A history of technological change in Kalgoorlie gold metallurgy between 1895 and 1915'', PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1998, 2 v.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartley, Richard G. 1939 births 2016 deaths Goldfields Water Supply Scheme Mundaring Weir Australian civil engineers Australian historians