Charles Rasp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Rasp

German-Australian prospector, and discoverer of the Broken Hill deposit

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1846

Place of Birth: Bad Cannstatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 22-May-1907

Profession: explorer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Charles Rasp, born Hieronymous Salvator Lopez von Pereira, (7 October 1846 – 22 May 1907) is known as the first person to identify the economic potential of the ore deposits at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. He was born at Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, where he was educated and he was trained in chemistry.
He emigrated to Australia to improve his health in 1869 and worked at a variety of jobs on rural stations, eventually ending up at the Mount Gipps Station managed by George McCulloch, where he was employed as a boundary rider (Coulls, 1976 and Camilleri, 2006).