Mr George Lowe Sutton
- Position
- Member Centenary Committee
- Year of death
- 1964
- Plaque number
- FB32
- Dedicated by
- Kings Park Board on 29 September 1929
- More information
Biography abstract:
George Lowe Sutton (22/10/1872 - 11/1/1964) was born in Lancashire, England and arrived in Sydney aged ten. He was educated at Sydney Boys' High and Technical College.
He went into dairy farming and in 1900 was appointed experimentalist and later lecturer and agronomist at Hawkesbury Agricultural College.
He worked with William Farrer on wheat breeding, with Mr Sutton taking charge of breeding new wheat varieties on experimental farms in low rainfall areas of New South Wales.
This led to his appointment of Wheat Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture in 1911.
In 1921, Sutton became Director of Agriculture where he set up government cadetships for Agriculture undergraduates at UWA in an effort to have qualified staff for the development of new breeds of wheat for West Australian conditions.
In 1914 Sutton chaired a committee which reported on the bulk handling of grain, which led to Co-operative Bulk Handling of the WA grain pool.
As Director of Agriculture, Mr Sutton had a significant influence on the agricultural prosperity of WA.
He belonged to the state committee of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and presided over The Royal Society.
Mr George Sutton was a member of the Western Australian Centenary Committee in 1929.