Charles Rasp
Australian prospector
Died when: 60 years 227 days (727 months)Star Sign: Libra
Charles Rasp, born Hieronymous Salvator Lopez von Pereira, (7 October 1846 – 22 May 1907) was 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).
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