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5 unusual facts about Mount Morgan Mine


Mount Morgan Mine

Wealth from the Mount Morgan mine was also bequeathed in 1912 to establish the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.

Wealth from the Mount Morgan mine funded Persian oil exploration, establishing the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which became BP in 1954.

The syndicate comprised William Knox Darcy (later influential in establishing the Anglo Persian Oil Company), Walter Russell Hall (later influential in establishing the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research), Thomas Skarratt Hall, and Thomas, Frederick and Edwin Morgan.

The company became The British Petroleum Company (BP) in 1954.

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research was established from the trust in 1915.


Patrick Perkins

Perkins also had interests in property and mining, including the Mount Morgan Mine and coal mining in the West Moreton area.


see also

Frederick Morgan

Frederick Augustus Morgan (1837–1894), Australian mining investor, co-discoverer of the Mount Morgan Mine