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Shale oil visionary Sir Ian McFarlane passes away

SIR Ian McFarlane, instigator of the revolutionary but ultimately ill-fated Queensland oil shale projects at Rundle and then Stuart deposit near Gladstone, has died at the age of 84 after a short battle with cancer. <b>By RICK WILKINSON</b>

Shale oil visionary Sir Ian McFarlane passes away

McFarlane was brought up in Sydney and Canberra where his father Stuart was secretary to the federal Treasury Department between 1938 and 1948. The Stuart oil shale deposit was named after him. The young...

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