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	Arvi Parbo Biography / Biography of Arvi Parbo Biography
		Australian business executive, Arvi Parbo (born 1926) was a postwar immigrant who progressed through the ranks of a mining company to become its chief executive.
		Arvi Parbo was born near Tallinn, Estonia, in February 1926.
		Rather than change careers, Parbo decided in 1948 that he would emigrate to Australia because, in addition to having a mining industry, it was offering relatively speedy immigration to wartime refugees.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-arvi-parbo/index.html (215 words)

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		And Arvi remarked on a number of occasions how different it was from when he started in the mining industry in Germany some 50 years ago.
		And I do thank the company and I compliment Arvi Parbo on the announcement that is being made today about the establishment of the WMC trust.
		But Arvi you have impressed those that you’ve met in business and in life generally greatly with your integrity, with your high intelligence, your love of Australia, your love of mining, your understanding of your fellow human beings.
	www.pm.gov.au /news/speeches/1999/damexpansion.htm (964 words)

	Speech by Sir Arvi Parbo on Changes in Society & Leadership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Sir Arvi Parbo was born in Tallinn, Estonia in 1926 and received his early education there and in Germany.
		Sir Arvi was Chairman of Alcoa of Australia Limited from 1978 to 1996, Chairman of Munich Reinsurance Company of Australia Limited from 1984 to 1998 and Chairman of Zurich Australian Insurance group from 1985 to 1998.
		In 1987 Sir Arvi was appointed a Director of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited and was appointed Chairman in May 1989 until retirement in 1992.
	www.leadershipvictoria.org /speeches/speech_parbo2002.htm (1727 words)

	AM Archive - Independent inquiry into aged care
		Baillieu Myer and Sir Arvi Parbo, at seventy-six both firmly in that aging population, have announced an independent inquiry into the state of aged care with one million dollars in funding from the Myer Foundation, the philanthropic organisation established by Sidney Myer’s two sons.
		SIR ARVI: Well it’s far too early for me to say that but we certainly hope that when the inquiry's completed the Government will make use of all this work and from the conclusions which are drawn and will certainly follow through.
		SIR ARVI: Yes I’m looking for, not so much for debates but for constructive discussion because the issues are fairly clear, the needs will be increasing and it is an issue which must be met.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s525717.htm (503 words)

	The WMC Dossier - From "The Gulliver File"
		Sir Arvi Parbo, at both the 1977 and 1978 WMC annual general meetings, made even more erroneous claims submitting that there were no Aborigines "within hundreds of miles" of the mine, and that Western Australians living in towns were too far away to be affected by operations (37).
		At the same time, Arvi Parbo announced a very slimmed-down project, the initial cost for which (he declared) would be "considerably less than the A$1.3 billion estimated in the Environmental Impact Statement" (105): the decision was put down to escalating capital costs, high interest rates and current low metal prices (107).
		Arvi Parbo's response was frankly dismissive: the pending Indenture Bill would not, he believed, contain special provisions for Aborigines, and in any case WMC "did not deal directly with the Aborigines" (155).
	www.sea-us.org.au /roxby/wmc-gulliver.html (10338 words)

	Board appointment Boon to shade outfit - Business - Business - theage.com.au
		Sir Arvi — always quick to insist you call him just plain Arvi — was one of four mining industry "icons" inducted into Kalgoorlie's Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame at a nosh-up at the Australian Club in William Street last night.
		Arvi's recognition was for more than three decades of service to Australian mining.
		Cheering Arvi on last night was former CRA heavyweight Sir Roderick Carnegie and current Rio Tinto chief, the comparatively youthful Leigh "The Shadow" Clifford.
	www.theage.com.au /news/business/board-appointment-boon-to-shade-outfit/2005/08/26/1124562983403.html (831 words)

	Strathdon Community: Sir Arvi Parbo AC
		Strathdon Community Council are pleased to announce that Sir Arvi Parbo AC has generously agreed to take on the appointment as Patron, Strathdon Community.
		Sir Arvi is no stranger to Strathdon Commuinity or aged care for that matter, having previously been Patron of the Strathdon Redevelopment Appeal and as Patron of the 2020 A Vision for Aged Care in Australia project undertaken 2002-2004 by The Myer Foundation.
		Sir Arvi has already officiated at the opening of the recent Annual Art Show and has indicated he will be active in sharing with our residents the ongoing activites of Strathdon Community.
	www.strathdon.com.au /sirAParbo.htm (728 words)

	The Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden - Newsletter 15-07-1998
		This fine piece of furniture was funded by the Friends and echoes the stunning timber paneling incorporating inlays of local native timbers and bush artifacts which forms the front of the herbarium cupboards on one wall of the meeting room, also made by John Hayward.
		During his opening speech Sir Arvi paid tribute to Friends who had promoted the AALBG since it was proposed, and been instrumental in the development of the Garden.
		WMC chairman Sir Arvi Parbo paid tribute to Olympic Dam environmental scientist Mr John Zwar and WMC director and former Head of Exploration Roy Woodall at the official opening of the $250,000 WMC Ltd Herbarium/Meeting Room at Port Augusta's Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden on Wednesday, May 27.
	www.australian-aridlands-botanic-garden.org /friends/news/98_07_15.htm (3772 words)

	New Scientist Premium- The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science met in Adelaide last ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Scientists have a responsibility to ensure that their work is not misused by others, in particular by radical elements of the environmental movement, a leading Australian industrialist said last week.
		Speaking at the ANZAAS meeting, Arvi Parbo, chairman of Broken Hill Proprietary and Western Mining, said scientists also have the responsibility to explain the facts to the community and not to sensationalise their findings.
		Parbo, who opened the conference, said that early fears about global warming had been exaggerated.
	www.newscientist.com /article/mg13217901.900.html (305 words)

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		In 1994, his close relationship with then chairman Sir Arvi Parbo helped him fend off calls for his head, after revelations WMC had squandered $500 million on barren Canadian goldmines.
		And the fortunes of the family dynasty that became WMC were cemented in 1956 when Bill Morgan employed a penniless but gifted Estonian engineer named Arvi Parbo, who arrived in Australia via the ruins of post-war Germany.
		Sir Arvi, who was later to become chairman, took Morgan under his wing.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/printArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/08/16/1029114015683.html (2152 words)

	Chris Pearce: Federal Member for Aston: Speeches: Baltic Deportees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		As an example, as the honourable members for Franklin and Boothby highlighted, Aston is proud to have as one of its residents Sir Arvi Parbo.
		Sir Arvi was born in Estonia in 1926 and settled in Australia in 1949, having come from a displaced persons camp in Germany at the age of 23.
		Whilst I have referred to Sir Arvi as a well-known example, a great many other people from the Baltic nations who have come to join us here in Australia have contributed in many diverse areas over the years, including working in hospitals, the building industry and the agricultural and transport industries.
	www.maxmoose.com.au /sites/cpspeech/sp022001.htm (561 words)

	Rio Tinto\| Minerals and Metals for the world \| Media \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		It is no small thing to follow a speaker as distinguished as Sir Arvi Parbo – the doyen of Australian mining and patron of this club.
		Two months ago we heard Sir Arvi talk about the contribution minerals and energy have made to this country.
		He described how continuing success in finding, producing and selling minerals had come to be taken for granted by the Australian public, many of whom were ignorant of the economic and social dividends that mining produces.
	www.riotinto.com /media/media.aspx?id=465 (117 words)

	ourcommunity.com.au - Current News
		TWO of Australia's wealthiest men, philanthropist Baillieu Myer and Arvi Parbo, have teamed up to launch an independent inquiry into the state of aged care in Australia, declaring it will be free from political interference, the Australian reports.
		Mr Myer said his study would be able to "shed light and not heat" on the subject, saying the philanthropic sector could lead independent debate, free from political interference.
		Sir Arvi, also 76 and a long-time friend of Mr Myer, said: "There is no question that it is one of the important issues for this country.
	www.ourcommunity.com.au /article/view_news.do?articleid=205 (419 words)

	ATSE - Parbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The following article is an address by Sir Arvi Parbo AC FTSE. The address was delivered to the Old Scotch Collegians Association in Melbourne on 2 July 1999.
		On the telegram the full stop had been left out and, because it was all in capital letters, the message read that the Clarks were accompanied by "a parbo".
		Finally, after several executive meetings, it was decided that whatever a parbo was, it should be booked a room at the Pittsburgh Hilton.
	www.atse.org.au /index.php?sectionid=436 (3423 words)

	Strathdon Community
		Dr Dennis Napthine MLA, The Honorable Bruce Atkinson, The Honorable Gerald Ashman and Vasan Srinivason visited Strathdon and were met by Sir Arvi Parbo to tour the facility and new buildings.
		Discussions were held with Trevor Nixon, June Edmiston and Sir Arvi Parbo regarding issues and future challenges within the aged care industry.
		L to R: June Edmiston, The Hon Dr Denis Napthine MLA and Sir Arvi Parbo.
	www.strathdon.com.au /vipsJun18_02.htm (126 words)

	urg::: BHP to mop up WMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Mining legend Sir Arvi Parbo, a former long-time chief of WMC and who also chaired both WMC and BHP during his career, yesterday was concerned at the virtual extinction of Australia's second-tier mining sector.
		WMC is the latest victim of a worldwide consolidation of the mining industry that has created a few global giants.
		Sir Arvi said the new mega-miners lacked the appetite for risk taking that was essential for developing new projects.
	lists.myspinach.org /pipermail/urg/2005-June/001754.html (411 words)

	IMMIGRATION MUSEUM TO DOCK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The proposal has been carefully evaluated since June by the interim committee, chaired by Sir Arvi Parbo, and has received the broad support of the Victorian community, Mr Kennett said.
		In seeking to determine the feasibility of establishing an immigration museum at Station Pier, the interim committee has identified the opportunity to honour Victorias settlers in a way which recognises the importance of their contributions and the uniqueness of their experience: their struggles and triumphs, their traditions and cultures, their life in a new homeland.
		The Premier thanked the interim committee for their dedication to the project and, in particular Sir Arvi Parbo.
	www.dpc.vic.gov.au /domino/Web_Notes/pressrel.nsf/ee22d422f5ba02774a256371000748fb/cba35679910029f84a2561f20007646e!OpenDocument (380 words)

	Who's king of the heap? - Business - www.theage.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Sir Arvi retired in 1999 but his career and WMC’s history are inextricably intertwined.
		He was managing director of the group by 1975, when he and the group’s exploration director, Roy Woodall, diverted their small charter plane to land at the Olympic Dam exploration site on the Roxby Downs cattle and sheep station.
		But Sir Arvi is not alone in hoping for a local victory.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Business/Whos-king-of-the-heap/2005/03/09/1110160837160.html (1311 words)

	Reception to mark the occasion of Alcoa gifting three works to the National Portrait Gallery Old Parliament House, ...
		THE HON JOHN HOWARD MP Thank you very much Wayne Osborn, Marilyn Darling, the chairman of the Gallery Andrew Sayers, chief patron, to Sir Arvi and Lady Parbo, and representatives and members of the Forrest and Clark families, Wim Boissevain, ladies and gentlemen.
		First, can I say to Alcoa how incredibly generous this gift is to this gallery and on behalf of the gallery and the people of Australia I accept it very gratefully.
		In the time that I have been in public life I haven’t met a businessmen for whom I have developed a greater personal regard than Arvi Parbo.
	www.pm.gov.au /News/Speeches/speech1431.html (264 words)

	2020 A Vision for Aged Care in Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Project patrons: Mr Baillieu Myer AC and Sir Arvi Parbo AC The Myer Foundation has released the outcomes of a special project on aged care in Australia.
		The Myer Foundation, through an initiative of the outgoing Chairman of the Sidney Myer Fund, Baillieu Myer AC, and Sir Arvi Parbo AC, has recognised that the philanthropic sector is uniquely poised to create the environment in which this dialogue can flourish.
		Baillieu Myer AC and Sir Arvi Parbo AC are the project patrons.
	www.myerfoundation.org.au /main.asp?PageId=238 (1555 words)

	ABC Radio National - Business Report Transcript - 1November 1996
		As well, the immigration debate: the views of Sir Arvi Parbo, Alison Broinowski and Ian Lin, who's reviewing the Government's immigration policy.
		Sir Arvi Parbo is something of a business elder these days.
		Still Chair of Western Mining and for years a champion of Australia's engagement with Asia, he's welcomed the joint parliamentary declaration against racism as a sign of political leadership, but one that's overdue.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/8.30/busrpt/bstories/br011196.htm (4093 words)

	Chip finally meets the old block - CBD - www.smh.com.au
		We know it's hard to comprehend but BHP Billiton boss Chip Goodyear had never met industry living legend Sir Arvi Parbo until yesterday.
		Chip finally got to meet Sir Arvi as seats were taken at a Melbourne Mining Club bash attended by a record 570 rock-kickers.
		Sir Arvi was an MD and later chair of the "old" WMC during its high-growth years before handing the reins to Hugh Morgan, who split the company in two.
	www.smh.com.au /news/CBD/Chip-finally-meets-the-old-block/2004/11/09/1099781395629.html (856 words)

	Crikey Website - The Business Council turns 21 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Except for the incumbent President, Hugh Morgan, the parents have all gone out to pasture and there are signs it's a case of 'Back to Future' in policies as it searches for a reason to continue.
		Some would argue that with Morgan at the top, stewardship of the Big End of town in Australia has rightfully returned to Melbourne and the 'real' business leaders of the country: just as it was 21 years ago when Morgan's mentor, the impressive, but deeply conservative Sir Arvi Parbo held sway.
		That was striking in his appearance on the ABC Inside Business a couple of week ago: For all the relevance of the Council's new policy ideas, Morgan was most uncertain and highly defensive on the big business issues at the moment: corporate pay, board responsibility, transparency and disclosure.
	www.crikey.com.au /articles/2004/03/22-0003.html (1773 words)

	Sir Arvi Parbo: Extract from 'On Mining and Minerals'
		Sir Arvi Parbo: Extract from 'On Mining and Minerals'
		The following text is a substantial part of a speech which Sir Arvi Parbo AC gave to the Melbourne Mining Club on 9 August 2001.
		Although he covered many issues, some of which are included below, of greatest interest to the Lavoisier Group is his commentary on the Kyoto Protocol.
	www.lavoisier.com.au /papers/articles/AParbomining2001.html (2617 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The book documents the positive impact immigration has had on Victoria during the twentieth century, in addition to profiling 44 Victorian immigrants – and their immigration experiences.
		Included in these profiles are eminent Victorians such as: Sir William Angliss, Elizabeth Chong, the Grollo Family, Mirka Mora, Sidney Myer, Sir Gustav Nossal, Sir Arvi Parbo, Neville Roach and Helena Rubenstein.
		Speaking at the launch, the Premier said that the book’s content made for interesting reading, especially for those that questioned the worth of a migration program that settles refugees.
	www.dpc.vic.gov.au /domino/Web_Notes/MediaRelArc02.nsf/d025c300601da9dc4a25688e00143d49/5e56f7d4608e7cbc4a256b120080f1a5?OpenDocument (222 words)

	Scotch College: Great Scot - Luncheons and reunions
		Sir Arvi Parbo, AC was our Guest Speaker at the Australian Club at the July Luncheon being introduced by Chairman of the Day, Peter Addison.
		Sir Arvi told of his early education, and his arriving in Australia in November 1949 and his experiences as a migrant of that era.
		He related the story of his rather unorthodox application for employment with Western Mining Corporation, which led to his 43 years with that Company.
	www.scotch.vic.edu.au /gscot/GSSep99/p28lunch.htm (776 words)

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