Allan Arthur Davidson died in a nursing home in London on January 7th, 1930. He had not been in good health for some time prior to his fatal illness.
An Australian by birth, he commenced his professional career in 1887 with two years’ work at the Broken Hill and Thackaringa mines in New South Wales. In 1889 he entered the service of the Australian Smelting and Refining Co., Dry Creek, as a student, and in four years passed through the various grades to assistant surveyor. Two years were subsequently occupied in mining and prospecting in Western Australia, with a similar period spent as assistant to the late Mr. Robert Gibson in the Kalgoorlie district.
In 1897 he was employed in inspecting the New Guinea goldfields and reporting on properties in North Queensland, and in the following year he was appointed manager of the Central Australian Exploration Co. In 1901 he transferred his activities to West Africa, with which country he was more particularly associated during the remainder of his career, with an interlude in South America at various mines in Chile in 1907. He was interested in the Kelli Consolidated Tin Co., Ltd., for a number of years until its transfer to the Associated Tin Mines of Nigeria, Ltd., and in other West African enterprises.
Mr. Davidson was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1907.
Vol. 40, Trans IMM 1930-31, p.449
