Clarence Herbert (Charles) Wray (1864–1935)
The death of Mr. Charles H. [Herbert] Wray, a well-known mining engineer in this State, occurred in a private hospital in Perth on Sunday. The late Mr. Wray, who was 73 years of age, was a Californian Mexican by birth, who received his education in England. He came out to the Kalgoorlie field soon after its discovery in 1893. For sometime, he was connected with Messrs. Bewick, Moreing and Co. and in 1905 made a thorough survey of many mines north of Kalgoorlie. He was later attached to the mining investigation staff of Mr. Herbert Hoover, former President of the United States. Mr. Wray also had a wide knowledge of the northern gold areas of Western Australia and in 1932 after some years' residence in Sydney, returned to this State on behalf of the Nor-West Mines Investigation Co. to investigate the rivers of the North-west for gold deposits. For a period he was also connected with the New Consolidated Goldfields. The late Mr. Wray leaves a widow and three children residing in Sydney.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- interview, Sunday Times (Perth), 30 October 1932, p 5s
- death notice, West Australian, 2 September 1935, p 1
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Wray, Elinor (wife)
- Hirst, Hannah Rebecca (daughter)
- Wray, Herbert Angell (son)
- Wray, Edward Hooper Ellis (son)
- Wray, Mary Hope (daughter-in-law)
- Ellis, Hannah (mother-in-law)
- Ellis, Angel (father-in-law)
- Ellis, Adele (sister-in-law)
- Ellis, Baby (sister-in-law)
- Ellis, Cecilia (sister-in-law)
- Phillips, Rebecca (sister-in-law)
- Ellis, Caroline Phillipa (sister-in-law)
- Ellis, Rosetta Lydia (sister-in-law)
- Tait, Irene Ethel (sister-in-law)
- Ellis, Eliza Dobson (sister-in-law)
- East, Deborah (sister-in-law)
- Ellis, Jessie Alice (sister-in-law)
- Ellis, Blanche Matilda (sister-in-law)
- Ellis, Maurice Elias (brother-in-law)
- Ellis, Louis Mondle (brother-in-law)
- Ellis, David Solomon (brother-in-law)
- Phillips, Morris Mondle (brother-in-law)
- Ellis, Mondle Samuel (brother-in-law)
- Ellis, Solomon Asher (brother-in-law)
- Ellis, Frank Samuel (brother-in-law)
- Ellis, Victor Bernard (brother-in-law)
- Ellis, Arthur Abraham (brother-in-law)
- Ellis, Mary Hannah (niece by marriage)
- Ellis, Henry P. (nephew by marriage)
- Hoover, Herbert Clark (employer)
Citation details
'Wray, Clarence Herbert (Charles) (1864–1935)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/wray-clarence-herbert-charles-23084/text32358, accessed 25 December 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
1864
California,
United States of America
Death
1 September,
1935
(aged ~ 71)
Perth,
Western Australia,
Australia
Cultural Heritage
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